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Basketball Power Rice High In Harlem To Close
NEW YORK -- When the news hit that Rice High School would close on June 30, the common theme was disbelief. "I'm still trying to digest the situation to be honest with you, said Dwayne Mitchell, head hoops coach at the famed basketball power in Harle...
Successful South Dakota Boys Team Placed On Probation
Mitchell Board of Education members were surprised to learn Monday that the school's boys' basketball program began serving a year-long probationary period last month.The penalty stems from a rule violation by longtime coach Gary Munsen, who coached ...
Middle- To Upper-Class Families Producing More NBA Players
An African-American child raised in a lower-class family is 37% less likely to become a professional basketball player than is an African-American child raised in a middle- or upper-class family, according to Joshua Kjerulf Dubrow of the Polish Acade...
Big Ten Football Weighs Benefits & Costs Of 9th Conference Game
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Doug Lesmeriseshttp://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/05/big_ten_football_pondering_the.htmlCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- The last time Ohio State’s football team played in the BCS National Championship was at the end of the 20...
Big Ten Football Weighs Benefits & Costs Of 9th Conference Game
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Doug Lesmeriseshttp://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/05/big_ten_football_pondering_the.htmlCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- The last time Ohio State’s football team played in the BCS National Championship was at the end of the 2...
DeChellis Leaves Penn State For The Naval Academy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael Sanserinohttp://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11143/1148632-100.stmPenn State basketball coach Ed DeChellis is leaving the university, his alma mater, for a coaching job at Navy."On behalf of the Penn State and State Colleg...
Calhoun Forsees A Split In The Big East In The Future
PONTA VERDA BEACH, Fla. -- UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun admits he likely won't be coaching when it happens, but he still sees it coming. And it can't be stopped. Rapture? The end of the world? Not quite, but the end of the Big East Conference ...
Murray State Names Steve Prohm Men’s Coach
Murray State University Director of Athletics, Allen Ward, introduced Steve Prohm as the Racers' new head men's basketball coach Monday at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky. Prohm becomes the 15th head coach in MSU's 86-year history, being promoted after...