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November 2, 2012

District Champion Dumped From Playoffs Due To Playing Non-U.S. Citizen

Tampa Bay Times (Fla.), Bob Putnamhttp://www.tampabay.com/hometeam/blog/fhsaa-countryside-forfeits-will-remain-place/15501/BRADENTON — Countryside hoped to change its postseason football fate Thursday, arguing that the recent forfeiture of six ...

November 2, 2012

Yulmans, Owners Of Serta, Donate $15 Million For Tulane Stadium

The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.), Tammy Nunezhttp://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2012/11/non-traditional_athletic_donor.htmlBy no means did Richard and Janet Yulman ever think their name would be slapped on the outside of a football stadium. A ...

November 2, 2012

Izzo To Coach Against Nephew In Preseason

Lansing State Journalhttp://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20121102/GW0201/311020044/MSU-men-s-basketball-Izzo-coach-against-nephew-exhibition?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|s These preseason exhibition games often provide a chance for Tom ...

November 2, 2012

Pac-12 Coaches Sticking Together

The Spokesman-Reviewhttp://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/01/pac-12-basketball-coaches-stick-together/ Long ago, back in, say, 1990, Pittsburgh point guard Sean Miller rooted against conference opponents in nonconference games."I didn't want them...

November 1, 2012

Man Possibly Planning Sniper Attack At Football Game Gets 2-Year Prison Term

FOXNews.com, Associated Press, Jeff Barnardhttp://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/11/01/ore-man-who-authorities-feared-was-planning-attack-on-high-school-football-game/MEDFORD, Ore. –  A 27-year-old Oregon man who authorities feared might have bee...

November 1, 2012

Massachusetts Goes With New Football Playoff To Add Teams, Reduce Super Bowl Winners

Westford Eagle (Mass.), Stephen Tobeyhttp://www.wickedlocal.com/westford/news/x1218345915/MIAA-approves-new-football-playoff-system#axzz2AzG2Sv00Westford —Next year, more Massachusetts high school football teams will make the playoffs but there...

November 1, 2012

Detroit Mercy A.D. Resigns Abruptly

Detroit Free Press, Perry A. Farrell http://www.freep.com/article/20121031/SPORTS08/121031064/keri-gaither-resigns-university-of-detroit-mercy University of Detroit Mercy Athletic Director Keri Gaither resigned abruptly today. Her resi...

November 1, 2012

School District Loses Accreditation, Teams Banned From Postseason Play

The Dispatch (Miss.), Scott Waltershttp://www.cdispatch.com/sports/article.asp?aid=19964The West Oktibbeha County High School football team planned on playing a meaningful Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A, Region 3 game Friday ...