Michigan State AD Mark Hollis resigns: ‘It’s the right time to let people heal’
I’m thinking he hopes to avoid the tough questions about former head coach Kathie Klages.
Category: NCAA
victim impact statement quotes
Brianne Randall:
“I was a 17-year-old that reported your abuse to police in 2004. You used my vulnerability at the time to sexually abuse me. I reported you to police immediately and had a rape kit done … you had the audacity to tell [police] I misunderstood the treatment because I wasn’t comfortable with my body. How dare you? Sadly they took your word instead of mine.”
Jordyn Wieber:
“Even though I am a victim, I won’t live my life as one. I am an Olympian.”
Mattie Larson:
“I was at the height of my career at 19 and the Olympics were just a year away and I just couldn’t take any more of the abuse. I was broken. Larry, my coaches, and USA Gymnastics turned the sport I fell in love with as a kid to my personal living hell.”
Makayla Thrush:
“Nobody should ever have to question their doctor, especially one who was the doctor for the US Olympic team.”
NCAA investigating Michigan State University
The MSU President has resigned after 13 years.
At least a dozen former Spartan athletes — from the gymnastics, volleyball, rowing, softball and track and field programs — were among the women and girls who gave victim-impact statements during Nassar’s sentencing hearing.
That was a major reason the NCAA sent Hollis and Michigan State University a letter of inquiry this week to begin an investigation into the athletic department’s handling of the Nassar situation. …
Who will be key figures at center of NCAA investigation at Michigan State?
Larissa Boyce
In Nassar’s first year working at MSU, 1997, a gymnast from a local club team that worked out on campus accused him of sexually assaulting her in his MSU office and at Jenison Fieldhouse. Boyce reported it to Klages and says she was told she would face “serious consequences” if she reported Nassar to police. Boyce was the first victim known to have told an MSU employee about Nassar’s abuse.
why doesn’t Oklahoma draw a crowd?
After all that success, they are still not in the top 10 of NCAA attendance.
K.J. Kindler 1992 Floor
Two Arabian 1 1/4 saltos to prone!
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Her Bars is included at the end of that clip. Comanichi piked dismount
Thanks Dory.
Washington Men’s Gymnastics video
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Georgia highlights from last weekend
Hoping the new coaching group can bring them back to glory days.
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teal ribbons in support of abuse victims
UCLA wore teal ribbons last weekend in support of Jordyn Wieber and all victims of sexual abuse.
Jordyn made her victim impact statement in Lansing MI and made it back in time to coach the meet next day.
Stanford, Bridgeport, Whitewater, NIU, La Crosse, Washington, Bowling Green, Ursinus, and Lindenwood were also spotted sporting teal.
North Carolina celebrates diversity
North Carolina gymnastics head coach Derek Galvin sat down with his gymnasts prior to their meet against Temple on Friday night, holding a … Maya Angelou poem.
He handed out copies to both teams and read it aloud to his own:
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” …
UNC gymnastics reflects on Nassar after team’s Equality Night
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Oklahoma, LSU, Utah
Week 3 current rankings.
related – A FAMILY FIGHT:
Courage & Strength. Faith & Fight.
Those are the four words, along with the initials DR, emblazoned on a patch worn on the sleeve of the OU women’s gymnastics team’s warmup tops … In the middle is a blue ribbon to represent colon cancer.
The initials stand for Dave Richardson, the husband of the team athletic trainer, Jenn. Dave was diagnosed with cancer in June 2016 and the team immediately rallied around the man they refer to as their “Norman dad.” …
Thanks Sue.
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