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February 16, 2011

NY City Coaches React To Recruiting Suspensions

The reactions ranged from shock to glee, anger, resentment and confusion.Once word spread of the year-long suspension the PSAL handed down to Forest Hills boys basketball coach Ben Chobhaphand and George Washington baseball coach Steve Mandl for recr...

February 16, 2011

Oregon State Men’s Team Back To ‘Boot Camp’ & 5:30 a.m Practices

CORVALLIS — The Beavers are back in boot camp.Oregon State men's basketball coach Craig Robinson reinstated 5:30 a.m. practices this week in hopes of shaking his team out of its current doldrums.OSU, which takes on the Ducks in the second editi...

February 16, 2011

Star Player Sues Ex-School In Bullying Case

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 Greg Van Grunsven and...

February 15, 2011

Coach Resigns After School Won’t Fund Off-Season Weight Program

NJ.com After six seasons as Bayonne High School’s head football coach, Frank Blunda has stepped down.In his letter of resignation, Blunda cited family reasons, but today the 39-year-old Bayonne High School business teacher said the main reason ...

February 15, 2011

St. Thomas Aquinas’ (Fla.) Smith Retires With 361 Wins

NBCMiami.com (Fla.)After 34 years on the sidelines, St. Thomas Aquinas football coach George Smith announced his retirement Monday. He started coaching the Raiders in 1972, with a brief retirement from 1992-1994, but during that time p...

February 15, 2011

Wrestling Coach With 600+ Wins Held On Child Porn Charges

TheBostonChannel.com (Mass.)BOSTON -- One of the most successful high school wrestling coaches in the country was ordered held on bail Tuesday after being arraigned on child pornography charges.David Castricone, 60, the North Andover High School coac...

February 15, 2011

Radford Suspends Head Coach For Remainder Of Season

RADFORD -- Radford University has suspended men's basketball coach Brad Greenberg for the last four regular-season games for NCAA violations tied to impermissible team travel and associated extra benefits for ineligible player Masse Doumbe."Once we l...

February 14, 2011

H.S. Wrestler Faces Charges After Chair Incident

Rivals.yahoo.comThe worlds of the World Wrestling Entertainment and its "professional wrestling" cohorts are vastly different than the competitively charged realm of high school grappling. Yet, the two paths crossed with terrifying results in January...