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April 27, 2011

U Of South Florida Defends Its Gender-Equity Practices

St. Petersburg Times (Fla.)http://www.tampabay.com/sports/colleges/usf-defends-gender-equity-practices-in-wake-of-new-york-times-story/1166152TAMPA — After being featured prominently in a New York Times story on college athletic programs "relyi...

April 27, 2011

Track Runners Booted From Team For Non-Vulgar T-Shirts

Nashua Telegraph (N.H.), Gary Fitzhttp://www.nashuatelegraph.com/sportshighschoolsports/917232-221/nashua-athletes-bishop-south-t-shirts-got-them.htmlNASHUA – Nashua South juniors Evan Carey and Eric Sherman were freshmen cross country runners ...

April 27, 2011

Charlotte Names Cara Consuegra New Women’s Coach

Cara Consuegra said she has never shied away from a challenge.She said she won't start now as she takes over as the Charlotte 49ers' women's basketball coach, her first college head-coaching position.Consuegra (pronounced Con-SWAY-gruh) inherits a pr...

April 27, 2011

Pitino Will Not Coach Puerto Rico National Team

University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino officially withdrew from coaching the Puerto Rico National Team Wednesday due to scheduling conflicts.Puerto Rico will try to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in the FIBA Americas Championship basketball tourna...

April 27, 2011

Tennessee Cancels Summer Trip To Italy

The Tennessee men'sbasketball team's overseas trip originally scheduled for this summer has been canceled, according to coachCuonzo Martin and UT athletic directorMike Hamilton.NCAA teams are allowed an overseas tour once every four years. The Vols h...

April 26, 2011

Upset Parent Repeatedly Punches Baseball Coach In The Face

River Cities Gazette (Fla.), Bill Daleyhttp://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/25/2184855/upset-parent-punches-mssh-baseball.htmlMiami Springs Senior High baseball coach Jason Moris was punched in the face “repeatedly” by a disgruntled parent ...

April 26, 2011

Nebraska Gives Pelini A New Contract

The Associated PressNebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne says he is giving Coach Bo Pelini a new five-year contract to ward off teams that may want to hire him away from the Cornhuskers. Pelini’s contract gives him an immediate $425,000 ...

April 26, 2011

U Of Arizona Receives $15.5 Million For Football Stadium Project

Arizona Daily Star, Patrick Finleyhttp://azstarnet.com/sports/football/college/wildcats/article_e92aaa39-3157-51bf-9f04-af2628c4808a.htmlArizona Stadium’s north end zone construction could begin as soon as January, athletic director Greg Byrne ...