athletics

Longtime Case Western Reserve University athletics administrator Patrick Kennedy will serve as the university’s interim director of athletics and chair of physical education, effective Oct. 16. Kennedy, the department’s associate athletic director since 2000, assumes the position vacated after…

The Case Association of Student-Athletes encourage members of the Case Western Reserve University community—from students to administrators—to wear blue clothes every Friday, starting this week for homecoming weekend. The gesture is way to show campus pride and also support for Spartan athletics.

Since last year, the Spartan men’s basketball team has provided the service Cakes at Case, selling cakes to deliver to Case Western Reserve University students and employees during important times of the year, including birthdays, holidays and final exams. Each cake is freshly baked and…

Outside linebacker Scott Campbell’s job on the football field—among other things—is to put a licking on the opposing team’s offensive players. It’s an aspect of football the biology and psychology major doesn’t take lightly, as he fully understands the risk for concussions in the hard-hitting,…

Case Western Reserve Director of Athletics Dave Diles has accepted a position leading the sports programs of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), the oldest state-supported college of its kind in the United States. “I congratulate Dave on this new opportunity and wish him the best,” said Louis…

Over the next two and a half weeks, about 11,000 athletes will come to Cleveland for the 2013 National Senior Games—the world’s largest multi-sport event for athletes over age 50. That’s approximately the same number of competitors in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Such a large event calls for…

On Saturday, Leah Levey will board a flight to Israel, embarking on her fifth trip to the country. But this time around, she’s got a new goal in mind—a soccer goal, to be exact. The rising senior is one of 20 women selected for the USA Women’s Soccer Team for the 19th Maccabiah Games. The…

“Keep your helmets on, guys, we’re still rolling!” someone barked at the football players running drills Tuesday morning on Case Field. But rather than the familiar blue and white of Spartan football, the players wore the red and white of the University of Wisconsin. Because, for half a day, Case…

In her first year on campus, Sara Zargham already is making history as the first woman from Case Western Reserve University to compete in the singles portion of the NCAA Division III Tennis Championship. The 32-player championship tournament runs May 23-25, at Stowe Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich.,…

The Case Western Reserve University baseball team will play its annual game at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, on Wednesday, April 24, versus Ohio Northern University. The first pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. Prior to the game, the team will honor its five senior baseball…