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May 22, 2012

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...

May 22, 2012

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...

May 22, 2012

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...

May 22, 2012

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...

May 21, 2012

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...

May 21, 2012

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 ...

May 18, 2012

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...

May 17, 2012

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 ...