Mondays with Myles – President Brand on coaching diversity

NCAA President Myles Brand talks about the importance of diversifying the intercollegiate athletics community. Watch this second episode with host Anthony Calhoun:

A good career cut short

In the world of intercollegiate athletics, injuries are inevitable. You just hope when they occur it's something the student-athlete can recover from in a timely fashion.

For Alabama point guard Ronald Steele, the injury bug kept biting until the Crimson Tide's floor leader announced Tuesday he is going to sit out the rest of his senior season in hopes of finally becoming healthy. READ THE STORY>>

Convention behind-the-scenes video with NCAA Director of Operations

We thought spending the day with Mike King, the NCAA's director of operations, would provide a unique behind-the-scenes look at Convention. On this day, King was responsible for making sure everything ran smoothly from a logistics perspective, including oversight of the 50 buses (carrying a few thousand Convention attendees) traveling to the Newseum.

Rookie QB Flacco impressive both on and off the field

Sunday's AFC Championship game against the Pittsburgh Steelers didn't go the way Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback Joe Flacco was hoping.

In the Ravens' 23-14 loss to the Steelers, Flacco completed just 43.3 percent of his passes (13 of 30) for 141 yards, and threw three interceptions (after not throwing an interception in his first 49 playoff passes). His quarterback rating of 18.2 was his lowest in his 19-game NFL career.

Despite his struggles this past weekend, Flacco made history during the Ravens' run in the playoffs. He became the first rookie in NFL history to win two playoff games after Baltimore's upset win over the Tennessee Titans two Saturdays ago.

He guided Baltimore into the NFL's version of the Final Four, an awesome feat for a rookie signal-caller.

Flacco isn't your ordinary rookie NFL quarterback. He didn't play at a high-profile Division I school. He never played in a BCS bowl game. Heck, he never saw the field in any college bowl game.

Instead, Flacco competed at Delaware, a Division I FCS program. In 2007, he led the Blue Hens to the FCS National Championship game against Appalachian State. Flacco set 20 school records in his two seasons at Delaware. READ THE STORY>>