Toto Gana’s first semester of college has not exactly been par for the course. This week, the Lynn freshman will be at Augusta National Golf Club for the 81st edition of the Masters Tournament.
Before Alec Donovan became the NCAA’s first publicly
gay wrestler, he had to win a lifelong match with a private pain that other gay athletes understand too well.
Eric McDowell and other sports information directors like him are writers, planners, schedulers, stats-keepers, videographers, web designers. But they’re also in a unique spot to position college sports for the future.
Basketball brought the Catamounts and Josh Speidel together. Then came the accident, the coma and the rehab – and now, their bond is bigger than the sport.