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January 21, 2013

USC AD Pat Haden Uses Manti Te’o Story As Teaching Tool

Yahoo!Sports, Graham Watsonhttp://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/usc-athletic-director-pat-haden-uses-manti-te-174946650--ncaaf.htmlThe story of Manti Te’o and his fake/dead/risen-from-the-dead girlfriend was one of the most unbelieva...

January 21, 2013

Kent State Success Leads To $60M Fundraising Drive

Crain’s Cleveland Business, Timothy Magawhttp://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20130121/SUB1/301219975#Kent State University’s trip last summer to the College World Series and its first football bowl berth in 40 years did more over the l...

January 21, 2013

Butler’s Stevens In A Class All His Own

The Daily Newshttp://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/weiss-butler-basketball-stevens-class-article-1.1243726 Butler's precocious coach Brad Stevens is getting used to these Cinderella moments.The 6-4 sophomore guard Roosevelt Jones looped behind G...

January 21, 2013

Ohio State Coach Matta Earns Raise

The Plain Dealerhttp://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2013/01/ohio_state_gives_basketball_co.html Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith today announced a raise for basketball coach Thad Matta, who will see an increase from $2.9 million to $3.2 mil...

January 18, 2013

New Sportsmanship Policy Doesn’t Require Shaking Hands

Charleston Daily Mail (W.Va.), Dave Boucherhttp://www.dailymail.com/News/201301170255CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Coaches of Kanawha County Schools’ athletic teams should encourage their players to shake hands after athletic events.But, if they decide ...

January 18, 2013

Football Team Used Unauthorized Ball In Playoff Game, Now Receives Penalty

The Milford Daily News (Mass.), http://www.milforddailynews.com/sports/local_sports/x1503802453/Schools-Natick-football-coaches-receive-MIAA-penaltyA meeting with the MIAA Board of Directors on Wednesday to review the incident regarding the use of an...

January 18, 2013

Hispanic Female Coaches A Rarity In Arizona

Frank Villa had his eye on hiring Lisa Contreras to coach girls basketball under him at Avondale Westview for at least a year before she finally agreed to take the job.Now head coach of the boys team, Villa was impressed with Contreras' knowledge of ...

January 18, 2013

Coach Accused Of Ordering Players To ‘Knock Over’ Opposing Coach

MassLive.comhttp://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/01/amherst_dismisses_assistant_co.html An assistant basketball coach for the Amherst Regional High School (Mass.) boys varsity team who was at the center of allegations that he directed one of...