News

January 24, 2013

A.D. On Unpaid Leave After Fabricating Info To League In Email

Boston Globe, Lisa Kocianhttp://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/24/lexington-athletic-director-placed-one-week-unpaid-leave/6LOuXBsFdPXfji95OL1npJ/story.htmlLexington’s athletic director was placed on unpaid leave for a week starting Thursday, af...

January 24, 2013

Reduced Funding Forces Staff Changes, Parents Angered

WPXI (Pittsburgh, Pa.)http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/gateway-school-district-parents-angered-over-athle/nT5t4/PITTSBURGH —Parents in the Gateway School District voiced their anger over the decision to force out the district’s athleti...

January 24, 2013

Chicago High School Coaches Suspended For Not Setting Positive Example

Chicago Tribunehttp://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/ct-spt-0124-haugh-chicago--20130124, 0, 1984402.column Barbara Byrd-Bennett still remembers how often her daughter, Nailah, quoted coaches of every sport growing up in New York.Nowadays, ...

January 24, 2013

Coach K Denies Report Of Illegal Practice

CBSSports.comhttp://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21610217/coach-k-denies-duke-broke-ncaa-rules-with-overnight-practice The prospect and rumor of Duke breaking an NCAA rule in the dark of the night has people in a...

January 23, 2013

Maryland State Board Reviewing Concussion Task Force Recommendations

Baltimore Sun, Erica L. Greenhttp://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-01-22/news/bs-md-ci-state-concussion-report-20130122_1_task-force-concussion-management-health-care-providersA task force charged with strengthening Maryland policies regarding head t...

January 23, 2013

South Carolina Looks To Separate 15 Schools With Countywide Enrollment

Aiken Standard (S.C.), Noah Feithttp://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130123/AIK0301/130129854/1023/AIK0301/fox-creek-playoff-future-could-be-changed-by-proposalSpartanburg County School Districts have proposed to the South Carolina High School Leag...

January 23, 2013

Tennessee High School Team Gets Lesson In Civil Rights

Knoxville News Sentinelhttp://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/jan/20/bearden-high-school-basketball-team-steps-away/ Bearden High School's basketball players stood in a basement room of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., last summer.They were...

January 22, 2013

NogginLOC Helps Secure Helmets In Effort To Decrease Injuries

Inspired by the growing chorus of parents concerned about head injuries, inventor Allen Bancroft went to work to find a way to make football helmets safer by ensuring they stay on during plays.  The result is NogginLOCTM, a fastening “syst...