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April 20, 2011

Baseball Coaching Staff Fired After Giving Players Beer, Season Canceled

The Burbank Leader (Calif.), Jeff Tullyhttp://www.burbankleader.com/news/tn-blr-0420-baseball,0,4377121.storySaying there were “bad decisions made,” Burroughs High Principal Emilio Urioste said Tuesday he fired the school’s varsity ...

April 20, 2011

VCU’s Shaka Smart To Sing At Wrigley Field In May

VCU men's basketball coach Shaka Smart has set a date to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley Field.Smart, a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, will perform during the seventh-inning stretch May 8, when the Cubs host the Cincinnati Reds, ESPNChicago...

April 20, 2011

UNCG Names Wendy Palmer New Coach

GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina-Greensboro has hired former Virginia All-American Wendy Palmer as its women's basketball coach.UNC Greensboro on Tuesday said Palmer would replace Lynne Agee, who retired last month after 30 years at the school...

April 20, 2011

Knight Apologizes For Comments About Kentucky

NEW YORK — Bob Knight has apologized to Kentucky and coach John Calipari after claiming that several of the Wildcats' players did not attend spring semester classes last year.The Hall of Fame coach and college basketball analyst for ESPN blaste...

April 19, 2011

Former Kicker Vanderjagt Hired To Help Start A H.S. Football Team

LostLettermen.comhttp://www.lostlettermen.com/mike-vanderjagt-high-school-coach/Everyone’s favorite idiot kicker is now a high school football coach.Former West Virginia star Mike Vanderjagt – best remembered for his days with the Indiana...

April 19, 2011

Virginia Baseball Teams Struggling With New Bat Rules

The Washington Post, Preston Williamshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/virginia-high-school-baseball-has-confusing-new-rules-regarding-bats/2011/04/09/AFSEvf1D_story.htmlIt’s unwritten baseball code: Don’t argue balls and s...

April 19, 2011

Knight Takes Shot At Calipari, Coach Cal Fires Back

Bob Knight took a shot at John Calipari's University of Kentucky basketball program over the weekend, and on Monday, UK shot back.At a speech Saturday in Wabash, Ind., portions of which were uploaded to YouTube, Knight, the former Indiana University ...

April 19, 2011

Washington State Changes Playoff Format, Angers Some Coaches

RENTON — Tim Kelly calls it shocking. Jade Hayes says it's a punch in the stomach.Neither coach is happy to see the first round of the state high-school basketball tournaments become single elimination in 2012 and remain at regional sites, afte...