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Intrepid Sportswear Sponsors Rucker Park League
&&codeblock4&&SEATTLE – Monday, May 21, 2012 – Intrepid Sportswear Founder/President Rob Grabow announced today that the Seattle-based sportswear company and the Entertainers Basketball Classic (EBC) Rucker Park Basketball...
Big Ten Payouts Have Increased By 35 Percent In 4 Years
NBCSports.com, John Taylorhttp://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/big-tens-per-member-payout-this-year-nearly-25-million/Already flush with cash, each member of the Big Ten will realize a significantly higher windfall than they’ve e...
Fine’s Wife Sues ESPN For Libel
The Associated Presshttp://www.statesman.com/sports/ex-syracuse-hoops-coachs-wife-sues-espn-for-2368441.html The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine filed a libel lawsuit Monday against ESPN, saying the network ru...
Pacific Coach Thomason Planning To Retire
The Associated Presshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/pacific-mens-basketball-coach-bob-thomason-to-retire-after-2012-13-season/2012/05/21/gIQAEOKPgU_story.html Pacific basketball coach Bob Thomason has announced he will retire after next...
Beilein’s Son Named Coach At W.V. Wesleyan
Patrick Beilein, the son of Michigan basketball coach John Beilein, was hired as head basketball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan, a Division II school in Buckhannon, W.V., on Sunday.The college confirmed the hiring in a news release."I have always wa...
Trends Could Threaten Coaching Diversity
College basketball has long been dominated by African-Americans on the court. The same can't be said for the sidelines.And the numbers of minority coaches aren't getting much better - they're stagnant or even declining at the Division I level.George ...
Izzo Is Against Graduate Transfer Rule
GRAND RAPIDS -- Michigan State coach Tom Izzo might have benefited from the graduate transfer rule that enabled guard Brandon Wood to play his senior season without sitting out a year and help the Spartans win a Big Ten championship.But Izzo has also...
Pass-To-Play Dropped In Conn. City
Connecticut Post, Linda Conner Lambeckhttp://www.ctpost.com/local/article/City-abandons-pass-to-play-rule-for-student-3563828.phpBRIDGEPORT -- Jannette Latorre, 15, a Bassick High School sophomore, admits that a districtwide policy that required her ...