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May 14, 2013

Minimum GPA For Omaha High School Athletes Would Make Hundreds Ineligible

Omaha.comhttp://www.omaha.com/article/20130512/NEWS/705129915/1694 If the Omaha Public Schools required student-athletes to maintain a 2.0 grade-point average, hundreds of teenagers who played high school sports last year likely would have been ineli...

May 14, 2013

Title IX Documentary Earns Award

InsideIndianaBusiness.comhttp://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=59390#middle "Sporting Chance – The Lasting Legacy of Title IX" produced by Creative Street Entertainment in conjunction with the NCAA and support from Northwestern M...

May 13, 2013

Ohio Vote Expected On Competitive-Balance Referendum

CantonRep.comhttp://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x499863698/Competitive-balance-vote-is-Thursday-close-call-expected By the end of this week, we all should know whether a referendum issue before high school principals to address competitive balance is p...

May 13, 2013

Pioneer In Girls Athletics Dies

kmaland.comhttp://kmaland.com/04266_E_Wayne_Cooley_dies_114005.asp The longtime Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Executive Secretary passed away Saturday at the age of 90. Edward Wayne Cooley was born in Mercer, Mo., on Sept. 16, 1922. He marrie...

May 10, 2013

Chattanooga Hires Jim Foster

The Associated Presshttp://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9260754/chattanooga-mocs-hire-jim-foster-women-basketball-coach Chattanooga has hired a future Hall of Famer as its next women's basketball head coach.The university announce...

May 8, 2013

Tweet About Athletics Gets High School Student Suspended

The Wichita Eaglehttp://www.kansas.com/2013/05/07/2793492/heights-high-suspends-senior-class.htmlThe senior class president at Heights High School has been suspended for the rest of the school year and barred from most graduation activities for posti...

May 8, 2013

Phil Jackson Not Interested In Coaching Nets

NY Daily Newshttp://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/jackson-interested-nets-coaching-job-article-1.1337615 As expected, reported and reiterated for hopefully the last time, Phil Jackson has no desire to keep coaching. He informed the Nets ...

May 7, 2013

Transgender Students Push For High School Sports To Be More Inclusive

Salon.comhttp://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/transgender_students_press_high_school_athletics_to_become_more_inclusive/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterA small but growing number of transgender students in the United States have begun to try...