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March 11, 2011

Massachusetts Debates Boys Playing Vs. Girls In Field Hockey

Boston Globe, Bob HolmesFRANKLIN — Blame Bobby Grimshaw and Niles Draper, or a 1976 law that many believe puts girls at risk, but the topic of boys playing on field hockey teams is back.Field hockey coaches Mim Jarema of Reading and Marianne Mu...

March 11, 2011

Women’s Programs Continue To Practice Against Men

It's into hour three of a University of Connecticut women's basketball practice in Storrs, Conn. Coach Geno Auriemma is not happy. One of his 15 practice squad players, an unheralded sophomore, keeps hitting jump shots over Maya Moore, the three-time...

March 10, 2011

Women Only Hold 4 Percent Of Division IA A.D. Jobs

TheManEater.com, Kate GrumkeAlmost 40 years after the passage of Title IX, which promoted gender equality in educational athletic programs, and almost 30 years after the NCAA included women’s sports, women hold no more than 4 percent of athleti...

March 10, 2011

U Of Houston Athletic Dept. Wins AMA Marketer Of Year Award

BoxScoreNews.com HOUSTON, Texas — The University of Houston Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Marketing, Promotions and Sales office were named the American Marketing Association of Houston’s 2010 Marketer of the Year at a banquet, ...

March 10, 2011

Fla. H.S. Athlete Collapses At Track Practice, Dies

Bleacher Report, Sam WestmorelandFlorida high school girl’s soccer player Sarah Landauer died yesterday after collapsing at practice on Monday, according to a report from Fox Sports. Landauer, 17, was a soccer and track star at Eastsi...

March 10, 2011

Legendary Coach Bob Hurley Wins ‘National’ Championship

NEW BRUNSWICK - Nearly every high school basketball fan in the state wanted to see it.But only 8, 000 got the opportunity to watch the top two teams in the country - No. 1 St. Patrick's of Elizabeth and No. 2 St. Anthony of Jersey City - square off a...

March 10, 2011

Rutgers Coach Mike Rice Takes High Road After Multiple Ref Mistakes

NEW YORK — The thing that made it especially tough, the thing that was probably most soul-crushing, was that Mike Rice felt obligated to grab every harsh thought that had drifted out to the front of his tongue and jam it back down his throat.He...

March 9, 2011

Wrestling Coach Accused Of Provoking, Encouraging Fight Between Athletes

KOCO.com (Oklahoma City), Colby DanielsParents said they want to have a high school coach fired after he has been suspended after accusations that he allowed and provoked high school wrestling student-athletes to beat up another wrestling student-ath...