The London Saracens, a professional rugby team, trained at the Miami Dolphins training facility on NSU’s campus during the week of April 4. Gary Gershman, J.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of history and legal studies in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and a rugby player. He explains the differences between rugby and football.
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On the Bench: Are you ready for some football?
There’s no better time to be a football fan in the U.S. It has been another great season full of joys and disappointments, heroes and losers and the mouth of Rex Ryan. Finally, only two teams remain. This Sunday, at 6:30 p.m., the Green Bay Packers will battle the Pittsburgh Steelers for the coveted Lombardi […]
It’s not always wise to use your head in sports
The win-at-all-costs culture has existed in professional sports for decades. Winning is ingrained in the minds of professional athletes. They are trained to win. They want to win. They have to win. But, sometimes winning comes at a cost. Sometimes professional athletes ultimately pay the biggest price — their own lives.
No Football for NSU
NSU does not have a football team and when they first come to the university, many students wonder why that is. “An institution with 29,000 students, you would think would have a football team but athletic programs are determined by the size of the undergraduate population,” said George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president. “There […]