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June 24, 2014

Disabled Students Gain Equal Access to N.J. High School Sports

From PressOfAtlanticCity.comNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie recalled the big part organized sports played in his youth as he signed a bill this month guaranteeing disabled students equal access to school athletics.The new law requires public schools t...

June 24, 2014

LeBron James Opts out of Contract With Heat

LeBron James' agent Rich Paul has informed the Miami Heat that the four-time NBA MVP will exercise his early termination option and become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.Opting out does not mean that James has decided to leave the Heat, sources...

June 23, 2014

USC to Begin Offering Four-Year Scholarships

From USCTrojans.comUSC will offer four-year athletic scholarships to all scholarship student-athletes in the revenue sports of football and men’s and women’s basketball in lieu of the current practice of offering one-year renewable schola...

June 23, 2014

USC to Begin Offering Four-Year Scholarships

USC will offer four-year athletic scholarships to all scholarship student-athletes in the revenue sports of football and men's and women's basketball in lieu of the current practice of offering one-year renewable scholarships, USC Athletic Director P...

June 16, 2014

More NFL Players Expected to Wear Helmet Sensors This Season

From USA TodayMore NFL players are likely to wear sensors that assess head impact in games this season as the league and its players union expand a project proponents hope will help them tackle the concussion issue.Kevin Guskiewicz, a University of N...

June 16, 2014

Univ. of Miami Recruiting 9-Year-Old Girls Basketball Star

Jaden Newman isn't a normal girls basketball player. The 9-year-old earned national headlines in January for playing on her school's varsity high school basketball team while still in fourth grade. Yet she's now getting attention of a more formal kin...

June 12, 2014

Chicago Public Schools Didn’t Maintain Eligibility Paperwork for Basketball Players

From Chicago Sun-TimesA week after Curie High School (Illinois) won the city basketball championship, a Chicago Public Schools investigation revealed that seven Curie basketball players had been ineligible for the entire season because the correct pa...

June 12, 2014

Metta World Peace Takes High School Coaching job

Thunder guard Derek Fisher isn't the only former NBA player who accepted a coaching job following the 2013-14 season.Metta World Peace (formerly known as Ron Artest) will become a basketball coach next season for the Palisades High Dolphins. He's exp...