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February 18, 2011

Coach Awarded $1.2 Million In Retaliation Firing Verdict

A former Los Angeles City College head baseball coach was awarded $1.12 million Thursday by a jury that found he was retaliated against and fired for reporting wrongdoing.The Los Angeles Superior Court panel deliberated Wednesday afternoon and most o...

February 17, 2011

Iowa H.S. Male Wrestler Defaults Rather Than Face Female

ChicagoTribune.comDES MOINES, Iowa —An Iowa high school wrestler has defaulted his state tournament match rather than face one of the first girls ever to qualify for the event. Sophomore Joel Northup on Linn-Mar High defaulted his first-round ...

February 17, 2011

61-Year Coaching Veteran, Gilbertson, Dies

HeraldNet.com (Wash.)Years ago, Snohomish School District athletic director Mark Albertine spoke with Keith Gilbertson about his future in coaching.At the time Gilbertson was still going strong. But he had coached for a long time and was getting up...

February 17, 2011

Suspended Coach Who Used Racial Slurs May Coach Next Season

Blog.Cleveland.comRICHMOND HEIGHTS Although seemingly satisfied with the removal of Richmond Heights varsity boys’ basketball head coach Jason Popp for the remainder of the season, some still are leery of his possible return in the future.Po...

February 17, 2011

Suspended Coach Who Used Racial Slurs May Coach Next Season

RICHMOND HEIGHTS Although seemingly satisfied with the removal of Richmond Heights varsity boys' basketball head coach Jason Popp for the remainder of the season, some still are leery of his possible return in the future.Popp came under investigatio...

February 16, 2011

Track Coach Missing For A Week, Search Continues

MLive.com (Mich.)EDENVILLE TWP. — It has been one week since Meridian High School track and cross country coach Bob Cole disappeared while searching for his dog, Joe, near the Tittabawasse River in Midland County’s Edenville Township.Midl...

February 16, 2011

Proposed Iowa State Sports Complex Stalls Due To Drainage Concerns

AmesTrib.com (Iowa)A revised set of plans for a proposed Iowa State University sports complex near the Towers residence halls again met with skepticism from neighborhood residents concerned about adequate stormwater drainage. In a second public ...

February 16, 2011

Star Player Sues Ex-School In Bullying Case

TwinCities.com (Minn.)Former Memorial High School (Wis.) basketball player Wally Ellenson is suing the Eau Claire school district, claiming district employees failed to protect him from bullying, intimidating behavior and harassment by Old Abes coach...