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May 17, 2011

Galuppo Named Publisher of Lessiter Publications Sports Division

BROOKFIELD, WIS. (May 16, 2011) – Lessiter Publications, Inc., Brookfield, Wis., is pleased to announce that Dave Galuppo has joined the firm as Publisher of its Sports Division, responsible for the print, e-media and custom-publishing pro...

May 13, 2011

Field Hockey Players Now Required To Wear Protective Eyewear

The Virginian-Pilot, Lee Tolliverhttp://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/new-rule-will-require-eye-wear-field-hockey-0Public-school field hockey players across the state will sport a new look this fall.And it has nothing to do with a fashion statement.The Na...

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...