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August 20, 2012

Jackson Leaves Western Washington After 27 Years

The Bellingham Heraldhttp://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/08/18/2066564/jackson-leaves-wwu-after-27-years.html Brad Jackson, head men's basketball coach at Western Washington University for the past 27 seasons, has resigned his position effective Monda...

August 20, 2012

Self Not Expecting Call For 2016 Olympics

newsOK.comhttp://newsok.com/self-not-expecting-olympic-call/article/3702346 In the aftermath of the United States' gold-medal performance in men's basketball at the Olympics, Kansas coach Bill Self's name has been tossed into the ring as a potential ...

August 17, 2012

Steelers’ LaMarr Woodley Covers Pay-To-Play Fees For All Saginaw (Mich.) Public Schools

MLive.com, Hugh Bernreuterhttp://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/08/pittsburgh_steelers_linebacker_5.htmlSAGINAW, MI —Dan Szatkowski spent the last two weeks watching the Summer Olympics.So he knows a gold-medal cheer when he hears ...

August 17, 2012

Kellen Winslow Named VP For Athletics At Lakeland College (Wis.)

BizTimes.com (Milwaukee, Wis.)http://www.biztimes.com/article/20120817/ENEWSLETTERS02/120819840Pro Football Hall of Famer Kellen Winslow Sr. has been named vice president for athletics and wellness at Lakeland College in Sheboygan.Lakeland is an NCAA...

August 17, 2012

Auriemma Happy To Go Out On Top At Olympics

The Associated Presshttp://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2012/08/17/sports/doc502dcd30871dc534432197.txt Geno Auriemma is going out as an Olympic champion."It was a lot of fun for three years and 11 months, that was really enjoyable, said Auriemma...

August 17, 2012

Murphy Opts To Stay At Eastern Michigan

Detroit Free Presshttp://www.freep.com/article/20120817/SPORTS08/308170156/Rob-Murphy-to-stay-as-Eastern-Michigan-basketball-coach Rob Murphy will remain the men's basketball coach at Eastern Michigan.After strongly considering leaving for a scouting...

August 16, 2012

Mississippi State Announces $75M Athletic Initiative

The Dispatch, Matthew Stevenshttp://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=18285STARKVILLE -- All the way up to the day of the announcement, Mississippi State University officials had been reticent on the subject of its Davis Wade Stadium renovation ...

August 16, 2012

How The State of Alabama Taking Over Birmingham’s City Schools Affects Athletics

The Birmingham News, Jeff Sentellhttp://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/08/ed_richardson_says_state_takeo.htmlOne of the summer’s looming athletics questions was a byproduct of the Alabama Board of Education taking over Birmingham’s...