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April 1, 2010
Controversial Ariz. H.S. Football Coach Resurfaces
In the mid- to late-1990s, Bernie Busken, was one of the most-successful football coaches in the state of Arizona. He led Mountain View High School to an 82-9 record but was fired in 2002 after allegations that he abused players. Busken admitted to t...
March 31, 2010
Difibrillator Saves Football Player’s Life
On March 3, 16-year-old Johnathan Moore, a football player for Glenda Dawson High School (Texas), was running with his teammates in preparation of football practice. He collapsed, his heart stopped beating and he had no pulse. The school had an autom...
March 30, 2010
Football Coach Killed During Home Invasion
Salvador Heredia-Arriaga, 26, an assistant football coach at his alma mater, natomas High School (Calif.), was shot and killed over the weekend when he walked in on his home being robbed. .http://cbs13.com/local/natomas.coach.killed.2.1598512.html...
March 26, 2010
Florida International U Football Player Stabbed To Death
Kendall Berry, 22, a running back on the Florida International University football team, was stabbed to death on campus Thursday night. There is no confirmation if anyone is in custody.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5glHeZ1LkXms_Lcp...
March 25, 2010
Lawmakers Urging Black Football Players Not To Go To U of South Carolina?
Black lawmakers are urging black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone black trustee. State Rep. David Weeks, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus said the state is giv...
March 25, 2010
Massachusetts Might Change Football Playoff System
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association is looking to change its playoff format moving from its current system to a more standard playoff format, which already is used in soccer, baseball, soccer, etc. The reasoning is that teams that ...
March 24, 2010
Football Coaches Discuss Role of A.D.s
Arizona and Washington State football coaches discussed what they want out of their new athletic directors.http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/8810/arizona-and-washington-state-move-forward-with-new-ads...
March 12, 2010
Pass Blocking System: Easy and Efficient
One of the oldest-and best-of our football clichés is the put-down of the forward pass: "Whenever you throw a football, three things can happen and two are bad."The two bad things are an incompletion and an interception. The good thing, of cou...
March 11, 2010
1st Female Varsity Football Coach To Be Named
Natalie Randolph is expected to be named head football coach at Coolidge High in Washington, D.C. Randolph, 29, will be the only female head coach in the country. Randolph had a five-year career as a wide receiver for the D.C. Divas of the women&rsqu...
March 1, 2010
Softball, Football Coach Dies In Car Accident
Mike Messier, the softball and football coach at Exeter-West Greenwich High School (R.I.) died last week when his car crossed the center lane, left the road and struck some trees on a dimly lit road during a heavy rainstrorm.http://www.projo.com/high...
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