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July 1, 2014

High School Athletes Better at Landing Competitive Jobs

In high school, athletes tend to be popular, and new research is showing that after high school, those kids from the in crowd are also more likely to get the best jobs. The study, published in the Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, speci...

June 30, 2014

NCAA Re-Opens Investigation Into Academic Misconduct at UNC

From CBSSports.comThe University of North Carolina has announced the NCAA is coming back to campus and effectively re-opening a 2011 investigation into academic impropriety involving former student-athletes at the school. The investigation, which vag...

June 30, 2014

Jason Kidd Expected to Coach Milwaukee Bucks

The Nets and Bucks agreed Monday on a compensation package for Jason Kidd to leave Brooklyn and become the head coach in Milwaukee, league sources told CBSSports.com.The Nets get their own 2015 second-round pick, which Milwaukee owned, and the Bucks'...

June 25, 2014

Overbearing Parents Add to Stress of Coaching

From the Democrat & ChronicleAsk area high school athletic directors how often they handle issues with parents who aren’t happy with their child’s coach, and many will provide the same answer: Every day.Parental pressure on coach...

June 25, 2014

Overbearing Parents Add to Stress of Coaching

Ask area high school athletic directors how often they handle issues with parents who aren't happy with their child's coach, and many will provide the same answer: Every day.Parental pressure on coaches has never been greater. League by league, schoo...

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...