Posted on: 24 Apr 2025
Before we get into the Best Swimming Colleges, it is worth saying that the United States is a swimming powerhouse. At last year’s Summer Olympics in Paris, the American men’s and women’s swimming squads combined to win more gold medals than any other team. And that’s been the trend: the US had led the medal […]
Posted on: 17 Apr 2025
Most of the best lacrosse colleges can be found on the East Coast, which makes sense when you consider the history of the sport. The modern game of lacrosse has its roots in centuries-old games played by Native American tribes, and it was most prevalent around the Great Lakes and in the mid-Atlantic region of […]
Posted on: 16 Apr 2025
When I was in high school, resources for extra homework help weren’t exactly abundant. If you were struggling with a Shakespeare sonnet, you could always run to the bookstore and pick up a CliffNotes guide. SparkNotes was also gaining in popularity. But these early homework help resources had limited catalogs and were focused primarily on […]
Posted on: 07 Apr 2025
Last year, I wrote an article for College Transitions on the highest-paid soccer players in the world. In it, I proclaimed that mainstream America was “tepid” on soccer. And while it’s true that soccer’s popularity amongst Americans is dwarfed by pro football, baseball, and basketball, the sport is definitely on the rise. A report released […]
Posted on: 31 Mar 2025
Playing a sport in college is a serious endeavor. In many cases, the workload of a college athlete is comparable to that of a full-time job (which is why so many, including myself, believe that college athletes should be paid, and not just via NIH deals). According to NCAA data, college athletes across all three […]
Posted on: 20 Mar 2025
In college sports, there’s less competitive parity than there is in pro sports. That’s my impression at least. I could be wrong. But for a while there in the 2010s it felt like no school other than Alabama was allowed to win a college football championship. The UConn women’s basketball squad literally went years without […]
Posted on: 27 Feb 2025
College sports are a big business. And among college athletics, football is by far the most lucrative: college football programs earn an average of $31.9 million per school per year. In fact, college football brings in more money than the next 35 college sports combined. But that’s not to say that the money in college […]
Posted on: 25 Feb 2025
Who are the best point guards of all time at the collegiate level? Well, it depends on what we mean by “best.” Point guards can dominate the game in different ways. Some point guards are great because they’re elite scorers. Others, because they’re adroit passers. Others still, because their basketball IQs, their sense of space, […]