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December 12, 2012

Virginia School Board Mulls 8th Graders Playing High School Sports

InsideNova.comhttp://www.insidenova.com/sports/article_3d4f9640-4474-11e2-b885-001a4bcf6878.html Brentsville school board representative Gilbert A. Trenum wants eighth graders to be able to play high school sports.While the Virginia High School Leagu...

December 11, 2012

Oregon’s Small College Athletics Could Be Devastated By Governor’s Proposed Change To Lottery Money

The Oregoniano, Paul Bukerhttp://www.oregonlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/12/oregons_small_college_sports_w.htmlBuried in Gov. John Kitzhaber’s proposed 2013-15 budget are two sentences that could fundamentally change college sports at Oregon&r...

December 11, 2012

A.D. Under Criminal Investigation Fights For Job

Boston.com, Brock Parkerhttp://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/arlington/2012/12/part_of_criminal_probe_arlingt.htmlAn Arlington athletic director who is the subject of a criminal investigation is fighting what his attorney is calling a cavalier and &ld...

December 11, 2012

Maryland High School Coach Gets Win No. 600

North Harford girls basketball coach Lin James won her 600th career game at the Pylesville school Monday night.The Lady Hawks, who nearly gave their coach the historic win Friday night, left no doubt in Monday's win, bolting out to a 26-6 first quart...

December 11, 2012

Big Ten Coaches Call Conference A Powerhouse

Detroit Free Presshttp://www.freep.com/article/20121211/SPORTS07/312110079/Big-Ten-basketball-coaches-praise-lament-strength-of-conference?odyssey=nav|head They talked about the best Big Ten in years, maybe decades, before Illinois and Minnesota spen...

December 10, 2012

Former Detroit Mercy Assistant Angry Over Firing

Detroit Free Presshttp://www.freep.com/article/20121206/SPORTS08/312060236/Ex-Detroit-Mercy-assistant-basketball-coach-cries-foul-over-firing Former Detroit Mercy assistant basketball coach Carlos Briggs charged Wednesday that he was wrongfully fired...

December 10, 2012

North Dakota Coaches Go Barefoot For Charity

The Associated Presshttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/basketball/ncaa/wires/12/07/2060.ap.bkc.samaritan.s.feet.1st.ld.writethru.1014/ More than 25 years ago, a missionary in Nigeria gave a 9-year-old boy his first pair of shoes and told him to dr...

December 7, 2012

School District Looks For Teams To Fundraise 10% Of Budget Rather Than Moving To Pay-To-Play

Bangor Daily News, Stephen Bettshttp://bangordailynews.com/2012/12/07/news/midcoast/rockland-area-school-district-considering-private-fundraising-for-sports-to-address-budget-issues/ROCKLAND, Maine — As Regional School Unit 13 braces for anothe...