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April 13, 2011

Parent Of Camper Suing Virginia Tech’s Seth Greenberg For $2.5 Million

CHRISTIANSBURG — The father of a Wilson Memorial High School basketball player is suing Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg for $2.5 million, claiming his son suffered brain injuries nearly two years ago at a basketball camp at the school.T...

April 12, 2011

Miami To Hire Wisconsin Deputy A.D. Eichorst As New A.D.

The Miami Herald (Barry Jackson)http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/um-hurricanes/sfl-new-miami-athletic-director-shawn-eichorst,0,3202256.storyThe University of Miami is expected to hire Wisconsin deputy athletic director and chief administrative off...

April 12, 2011

St. Xavier Football Coach Specht Conducts 2-Day Clinic In Brazil

Cincinnati.comhttp://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110411/SPT0301/104120338/Steve-Specht-schools-coaches-in-Brazil?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|SPT CINCINNATI -- It took an 11-hour plane flight, but St. Xavier football coach Steve Specht stepped out...

April 12, 2011

West Virginia Looks To Sell Beer At Football Games

Business Week (Vicki Smith)http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MFLUGG0.htmWest Virginia University athletic director Oliver Luck wants the Board of Governors to consider allowing controlled beer sales at Mountaineer football games while he...

April 12, 2011

Chinese Coach Banned For Abusing Players

The Chinese Basketball Association said that Fan Bin had been suspended indefinitely after it received a letter from several players calling for him to be booted off the team.The document, signed and finger-printed in scarlet ink by 13 players, accu...

April 12, 2011

Wisconsin Names Stanford Assistant Kelsey New Head Coach

MADISON, Wis. -- The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team has a new coach.Bobbie Kelsey was introduced as the Badgers' new head coach Monday afternoon at the Kohl Center.Kelsey was a player at Stanford in the mid-1990s, and she was an assi...

April 12, 2011

2 Free Tickets To Players’ Mother Might Have Led To Tennessee Staff’s Demise

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee director of basketball operations Ken Johnson provided two free tickets to the mother of an athlete in March, a secondary violation that ultimately played a role in his firing and the firing of coach Bru...

April 12, 2011

Ex-Coach Part Of Indictment For Fixing Games

(Reuters) - Ten people, including a former assistant coach and two former basketball players at the University of San Diego, have been indicted in connection with a scheme to fix games, federal prosecutors said on Monday.The defendants were charged i...