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June 12, 2012

AAU Implements Historic Child Protection Measures To Ensure Safety Of Youth Athletes

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Building a new culture in which the "overarching priority" is protecting the well-being of hundreds of thousands of young athletes, the national Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) today released the comprehensive recommendati...

June 12, 2012

Auriemma Faced With Harassment Suit

N.Y. Daily News, Joe Jenkinshttp://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/geno-auriemma-university-connecticut-u-s-women-olympic-basketball-coach-sued-advances-article-1.1093992 University of Connecticut and U.S. women's Olympic basketball coach Geno Aur...

June 12, 2012

Hornets Coach Preaches Defense At Summer Camp

The Times-Picayunehttp://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ssf/2012/06/new_orleans_coach_monty_willia_3.html At his summer basketball camp Monday at the Alario Center, New Orleans Hornets Coach Monty Williams was seen giving some of the tallest participants...

June 11, 2012

50-Year Coaching Veteran Forced To Reapply For Job

New York Daily News, Mitch Abramsonhttp://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/longtime-newtown-hs-track-coach-jack-dammann-forced-reapply-job-school-renamed-nyc-education-department-turnaround-plan-article-1.1093168Jack Dammann is a quiet, unassum...

June 11, 2012

Coaches Say ’school Of Choice’ Program Hurts Communities

The Detroit Newshttp://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120611/SPORTS05/206110343/Some-coaches-say-schools-choice-program-robs-athletics-community?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGEMichigan’s schools of choice program, which was established in 199...

June 11, 2012

Burke County (N.C.) Trying To Eliminate Pay-To-Play After 1 Year

The News Herald, Paul Schenkel and Cheryl M. Shufflerhttp://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/jun/11/1000-burke-student-athletes-charged-new-pay-play-f-ar-2347471/MORGANTON --Nearly 56 percent of Burke County’s student athletes paid to play sports ...

June 11, 2012

Coaches Say ‘schools Of Choice’ Program Hurts Communities

The Detroit Newshttp://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120611/SPORTS05/206110343/Some-coaches-say-schools-choice-program-robs-athletics-community?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE Michigan's schools of choice program, which was established in 1996, ha...

June 8, 2012

Ohio HSAA To Allow Wheelchair Athletes To Compete At Track State Tournament

CentralOhio.com, Carl Burnett Jr.http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20120608/SPORTS/206080315COLUMBUS -- The Ohio High School Athletic Association will allow wheelchair athletes to compete at a state tournament for the first time in 2013.The OHS...