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June 22, 2011

Coach Who Hit Student-Player Gets Charges Dropped

The assault charges against Greeley West High School basketball coach Bill Whitehead have been dismissed with an agreement that he stay out of trouble for the next year and take a class on classroom management.In May, Whitehead was issued a summons f...

June 21, 2011

Smartphone App Helps Coaches Evaluate Concussions

Charlotte News Observer, Tim Stevenshttp://louisianastate.scout.com/2/1079086.htmlHigh school coaches in North Carolina are supposed to remove players from practice or games if they are suspected of having had a concussion. The players are not to ret...

June 21, 2011

New Technology Embedded In Chinstrap Signals Possibility Of Head Injury

OMAHA, Neb., June 21, 2011 – Last season, Detroit Lions football player, Ndamukong Suh, registered 10 sacks, the most by any NFL Defensive Tackle, 66 tackles, 1 interception and 1 forced fumble – all miraculously without head injuries. This upcom...

June 21, 2011

Eastern Michigan Struggling With Budget Shortfalls

AnnArbor.com, Pete Bigelowhttp://www.annarbor.com/sports/budget-shortfalls-put-more-pressure-on-eastern-michigan-athletic-department/On the day that Eastern Michigan University fired its basketball coach earlier this year, one of the school’s r...

June 21, 2011

H.S. Football Coach Catches World-Record Blue Catfish

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Andy Thompsonhttp://www2.timesdispatch.com/sports/2011/jun/21/tdmain01-record-blue-catfish-caught-at-buggs-islan-ar-1121999/Nick Anderson, a 29-year-old Greenville, N.C., resident, hauled in a 143-pound blue catfish from Kerr...

June 21, 2011

School Wants Night Football, Needs Final Light Tower Fixed Before Season

The Morning Call (Pa.), Tom Housenickhttp://www.mcall.com/sports/football/mc-whitehall-stadium-0614-20110621,0,6966320.storySaturday afternoon football games aren’t what Whitehall coach Tony Trisciani wants. But if the plan to fix a broken ligh...

June 21, 2011

Kentucky Sets Calipari’s Record Straight

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - This just in: Kentucky basketball is going to play by the rules.Kentucky basketball is going to abide by the decisions of the NCAA Infractions Com­mittee.Kentucky basketball is going to acknowl­edge a higher power than K...

June 20, 2011

Legendary N.J. Football Coach Wolf, 83, Retires Again

Newark Star-Ledger, Matthew Stanmyrehttp://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/football/index.ssf/2011/06/legendary_new_jersey_high_school_football_coach_warren_wolf_retires_again.htmlGetting out of bed in the morning took a little longer. Errands tired him out...