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December 28, 2012

Larry Brown Likes The Fit At SMU

The Associated Presshttp://www.newsobserver.com/2012/12/28/2569304/larry-brown-likes-the-fit-at-smu.html Larry Brown was a young assistant on coach Dean Smith's staff at North Carolina in the mid-1960s when he turned down his first head coaching offe...

December 27, 2012

$63K Video Board Positively Impacting Entire School, Not Just Athletics

West Fargo Pioneer, Daniel Determanhttp://www.westfargopioneer.com/event/article/id/20935/group/News/This past April, the West Fargo High School, with assistance from the Packer Backers and a number of sponsors, installed a new, 8-foot by 9-foot stat...

December 27, 2012

How A.D.s Are Handling Weather-Related Winter-Sports Postponements

Dave Barber, Bangor Daily Newshttp://bangordailynews.com/2012/12/27/sports/high-school-sports/high-school-athletic-directors-hope-early-postponements-arent-a-bad-omen/FORT KENT, Maine — Many people associate northern Maine with frequent winter ...

December 27, 2012

Nets Fire Coach Avery Johnson

New York Daily Newshttp://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/fired-nets-coach-avery-johnson-article-1.1228199 Avery Johnson was fired as Nets head coach Thursday afternoon, the team announced, and P.J. Carlesimo will take over as interim coac...

December 27, 2012

University Of Pikeville Coach Battles Kidney Disease

Louisville Courier-Journalhttp://www.courier-journal.com/article/20121226/SPORTS12/312260098/Kelly-Wells-Kidney-disease It should have been the best of times for Kelly Wells.The University of Pikeville basketball coach made the Oct. 31 road trip to t...

December 26, 2012

The Business Behind How Texas A&M Marketed Johnny Manziel For The Heisman

The Dallas Morning News, Brad Townsendhttp://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/texas-aggies/20121226-how-texas-am-marketed-johnny-manziel-including-400-billboards-and-more.eceAs the final seconds of Texas A&M’s Nov. 10 upset of Alaba...

December 26, 2012

Penn State Applications Expected To Drop As Much As 10 Percent

PennLive.com, Charles Thompsonhttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/12/penn_state_admission.htmlThe returns are early, and somewhat sketchy, and a lot could change.But through mid-November, applications for undergraduate admission to Penn S...

December 26, 2012

Auriemma Dishes Blame To Departing Big East Schools

ESPN.comhttp://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8761988/geno-auriemma-connecticut-huskies-catholic-7-made-their-money-ran UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma isn't broken up about the breakup of the Big East. In fact, he sai...