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May 13, 2011

Drunk Golf Coach Transporting Students Arrested, Charged

The Asheville Citizen-Times, Bryce Millerhttp://www.citizen-times.com/article/D2/20110513/NEWS01/105130348/Second-driver-stopped-swerving-Fairfield-coach?odyssey=nav|headThe man who coaxed a high school girls’ golf coach to pull over an SUV tra...

May 13, 2011

D-III National Champion Coach Fritz Confirms Retirement

ST. PAUL — Steve Fritz said he had already decided to step down as head basketball coach at St. Thomas before his team won the Division III national title this past season.But he certainly doesn't mind the idea of going out on top."I had made t...

May 12, 2011

Auburn’s Gene Chizik Writing A Memoir

AL.com, Charles Goldberg http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/05/all_in_auburns_gene_chizik_has.html Gene Chizik, football coach. Now author. A PR release today says the Auburn football coach has a book coming out: All In: What It Takes ...

May 12, 2011

Fiesta Bowl Fined $1 Million, To Remain In BCS

USA Today, Steve Wieberghttp://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2011-05-11-fiesta-bowl-bcs-fine_N.htmThe language was stern. The terms included a $1 million fine.But the bottom line Wednesday, when the first of two critical verdicts was deliv...

May 12, 2011

Kent State Suing Former Coach Geno Ford

PEORIA —Kent State University is seeking $1.2 million in damages from its former men's basketball coach Geno Ford, now Bradley's head coach, for breach of contract. The complaint, filed April 26 in Portage County, Ohio, also seeks $25, 000 from...

May 11, 2011

Successful Wisconsin Football Coach Taraska Resigns From Arrowhead

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Rob Reischel http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/121576369.htmlTown of Merton — Tom Taraska never thought he’d have to travel 1,500 miles to make the biggest decision of his life. But when Taraska and his wife...

May 11, 2011

Swim Coach Resigns After Trying To Pull Athlete Out Of Pool By Her Hair

Sporting News http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2011-05-10/coach-resigns-after-trying-to-pull-swimmer-out-of-pool-by-her-hairAn assistant high school swimming coach in Sacramento has resigned from his position after trying to pull a swimmer out...

May 11, 2011

Ferrainolo Becomes All-Time Baseball Wins Leader In N.J.

Newark Star-Ledger, Matthew Stanmyre and Paul Brunohttp://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/baseball/index.ssf/2011/05/memorials_tony_ferrainolo_becames_all-time_wins_leaders.htmlTony Ferrainolo sat on the beige leather couch in his West New York apartment ye...