Athletics

  • Vanderbilt University

    College athletics reforms coming fast, Vanderbilt board committee told

    (Correction: An earlier version of this story included a reference to expansion of the Southeastern Conference, which was inaccurate and has been deleted.) Reform measures for college athletics can be expected quickly, with ideas like freshman ineligibility rules and higher admissions standards being considered, the athletics committee of the Vanderbilt… Read More

    Nov 16, 2011

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    Help send Commodore football team to Knoxville in style

    Commodore fans are invited to the McGugin Center at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, to help give a rousing send-off to the football team as it departs for Saturday night’s game against the University of Tennessee. Read More

    Nov 16, 2011

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    Kudos

    Greg Barz (Vanderbilt) Greg Barz, associate professor of ethnomusicology, has co-edited a volume of essays, The Culture of AIDS in Africa: Hope and Healing Through Music and the Arts, published by Oxford University Press. Anne Davis, instructor in law, has been named managing attorney of the Southern Environmental Law… Read More

    Nov 1, 2011

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    Quick response saves devoted Commodore football fan

    A Vanderbilt alumnus and longtime football season ticket holder suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at Oct. 22’s game at Vanderbilt Stadium. Thanks to the quick response of Vanderbilt’s LifeFlight Event Medicine team and the presence of an automatic external defibrillator (AED), Jim Askew, 77, will be back in the stands… Read More

    Oct 28, 2011

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    VUCast Extra: Vandy Wins # 4

    Vanderbilt beats Army to gain win number four. Go Dores!   [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Oct 25, 2011

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    Women’s basketball television schedule announced

    Tiffany Clarke giving a media interview. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) The Southeastern Conference announced its 2011-12 women’s basketball television schedule Sept. 22, and the Commodores will play on TV 10 times during the regular season. Read More

    Sep 24, 2011

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    It’s Good to Be Gold

    Watch Vanderbilt’s 2011 institutional message. [vucastblurb]… Read More

    Sep 16, 2011

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    We’re in Omaha where it’s good to be gold

    Watch the pre-game activities as our Vanderbilt baseball team reaches the College World Series for the first time. For all the latest College World Series information, visit CWS Central. Read More

    Jun 17, 2011

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    Vanderbilt baseball wins NCAA regional

    Taylor Hill struck out a career-best 13 in eight innings, allowing only one run, and Jason Esposito went 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBI in Vanderbilt’s 6-1 victory over Belmont in the championship game of the Nashville Regional Sunday night at Hawkins Field. For… Read More

    Jun 6, 2011

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    Vanderbilt Bowlers Second at NCAA

    TAYLOR, Mich. – Vanderbilt’s inspired run at the NCAA Bowling Championship fell just short Saturday as the Commodores fell to Maryland-Eastern Shore in the title match, 4 games to 2. Read More

    Apr 18, 2011

  • New England Patriots Coach Bill Belichick stood by his risky fourth down call in a game on Nov. 15, 2009, despite critics' beliefs that it caused his team's loss to the Indianapolis Colts. (Keith Allison via Wikimedia Commons)

    What fourth-down decisions in pro football tell us about deadlines and risky decision making

    Try asking any Monday morning quarterback about blown fourth-down play calls in the NFL and you are guaranteed passionate opinions. In most fourth-down plays, an NFL team will punt or try for a field goal. But, occasionally, teams decide to do something that is viewed as risky – attempt a… Read More

    Feb 2, 2011

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    Events featuring daughter of Malcolm X, first African American to play in the NBA scheduled at Vanderbilt University during Black History Month

    Ambassador Atallah Shabazz, daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X, will give a talk, “Melting Pot: Cultural Diplomacy/Multi-National Patriotism,” at Vanderbilt University Thursday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. in Room 103 of Wilson Hall. Her lecture is among several free, public events scheduled at Vanderbilt University during February – Black History Month. Read More

    Jan 25, 2011

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    New hip doesn’t slow down Vanderbilt hall-of-fame swimmer Frank Lorge

    By all accounts, Frank Lorge, a 2010 Vanderbilt Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, is the best swimmer ever to compete for Vanderbilt. He was undefeated by opponents in dual meets during his career from 1968-1972, a two-time SEC champion in the 200-yard backstroke, and the first SEC swimmer to break… Read More

    Jan 4, 2011

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    Listen: Recycle during basketball games

    Recycling at all Vanderbilt men’s and women’s basketball games  continues for the second year, thanks to a partnership between the Sustainability and Environmental Management Office and Athletics. Sporting events provide the opportunity to recycle much material that otherwise ends up in local landfills, according to Lindsay Walker, recycling coordinator,… Read More

    Dec 31, 2010

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    CloserVU: Day One with Coach Franklin and Family

    From his arrival at the airport to the formal announcement, get a personal look at the first hours Head Football Coach James Franklin and family spent as new members of the Commodore Nation. Warning: Watching this video might create the involuntary response of wearing black and gold and yelling, “GO… Read More

    Dec 22, 2010

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    Chancellor: Hiring of James Franklin marks new day for football program

    Space travel is not off the table if it would help bolster the Vanderbilt football program under new head coach James Franklin, said Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos. Read More

    Dec 17, 2010

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    Video: James Franklin interview with Joe Fisher

    Head Coach James Franklin gives his first interview to Vanderbilt’s Joe Fisher. Media Contact: Rod Williamson, rod.williamson@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

    Dec 17, 2010

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    James Franklin: Vanderbilt Football Head Coach

    James Franklin, assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at the University of Maryland, will be introduced Friday as the 27th head coach in Commodore football history by Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos and Vice Chancellor for University Affairs and Athletics David Williams II. Read More

    Dec 17, 2010

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    Video: Caldwell steps aside as Vanderbilt head coach

    Robbie Caldwell stepped down as Vanderbilt’s head football coach, effective after the Commodores’ Nov. 27 game with Wake Forest. Read the full release. Read More

    Nov 27, 2010

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    Caldwell steps aside as Vanderbilt head coach

    Robbie Caldwell stepped down as Vanderbilt’s head football coach, effective after the Commodores’ Nov. 27 game with Wake Forest. Read More

    Nov 27, 2010