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August 15, 2012

Clark County (Nev.) To Offer Flag Football As Girls Varsity Sport

Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/athletic-opportunity-girls-flag-football-goes-varsity-in-county-166228786.htmlHow appropriate that amid a landmark Olympic Games for American women, the Clark County School District took a big step...

August 15, 2012

A.D. Andy Geiger Transforming UW-Milwaukee After Just 3 Months

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Michael Hunthttp://www.jsonline.com/sports/panthers/uwm-headed-in-right-direction-7i6g7oj-166209176.htmlA little more than three months into the job of fixing an athletic department, Andy Geiger is seeing more clearly what...

August 14, 2012

Helium Shortage To End Nebraska’s Touchdown Tradition

Lincoln Journal Star, Jordan Pascalehttp://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/husker-touchdown-balloons-put-on-hiatus-because-of-helium-shortage/article_51deb7c2-d1ea-5310-90db-36528b5a688d.htmlThe skies will be empty after the first Husker scor...

August 14, 2012

Penn State Placed On Accreditation Notice Due To Sandusky Scandal

Yahoo!Sports, Ron Todt (Associated Press)http://sports.yahoo.com/news/penn-state-receives-accreditation-warning-062827860--ncaaf.htmlPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Penn State has been put on notice by an accrediting organization that says the university’...

August 14, 2012

K-State’s Bruce Weber Bounced From International Exhibition

Kansas.comhttp://www.kansas.com/2012/08/13/2449611/weber-ejected-as-wildcats-lose.html Bruce Weber's first official game with Kansas State is still a few months away, but it's hard to imagine the Wildcats' new basketball coach experiencing anything m...

August 14, 2012

Michael Jordan’s High School Coach Has Fallen On Hard Times; Writer Calls Out The NBA Legend

SportsIllustrated.com, Thomas Lakehttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/thomas_lake/08/13/letter-to-michael-jordan/index.html Dear Michael Jordan, I heard Pop Herring was in jail so I drove up to see him the other night. You remember Pop, you...

August 13, 2012

Football-Participation Numbers Drop 6.9 Percent In Michigan

MLive.com, Jeff Chaneyhttp://highschoolsports.mlive.com/news/article/-7107599088395241927/football-participation-numbers-decline-69-percent-but-why/GRAND RAPIDS, MI - In June, the Michigan High School Athletic Association posted the results of its pa...

August 13, 2012

Resume Inaccuracies Sink Villanova Assistant Coach

Main Line Media News, Terry Tooheyhttp://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/08/13/sports/doc5028e87f5d167616890024.txt?viewmode=fullstoryDoug Martin’s tenure on the men’s basketball coaching staff at Villanova lasted less than a week.Mar...