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February 14, 2011

Fired PItt Coach Haywood Enters Diversion Program

New York TimesSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Fired Pittsburgh football coach Mike Haywood has entered a court diversion program in Indiana for the domestic battery charge that led to the loss of his job after only 2.5 weeks.The 46-year-old Haywood was ch...

February 14, 2011

UConn Major Donor Settles Differences With School

Courant.com (Hartford, Conn.)The feud is over. What started with a major donor’s scathing six-page letter that was critical of UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway, demanded millions of dollars back and a family name taken off a campus buildin...

February 14, 2011

UConn Major Donor Settles Differences With School

Courant.com (Hartford, Conn.)The feud is over. What started with a major donor’s scathing six-page letter that was critical of UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway, demanded millions of dollars back and a family name taken off a campus bui...

February 14, 2011

Fontenot Wins No. 800

OPELOUSAS — First a coaching milestone. Then talk of an extended run into the playoffs.For North Central High basketball coach Butch Fontenot, it's been more than a special season that includes a personal accomplishment few state coaches have c...

February 14, 2011

Oklahoma H.S. Coaches Dealing With A Lack Of Practices Due To Weather

Remember the scene near the end of "The Shining" where Jack Nicholson's wife discovers a stack of papers next to the typewriter that Nicholson's character had been banging on for weeks, supposedly writing a book?All she found was page after page fill...

February 9, 2011

Florida High School Basketball Star Ruled Ineligible, Team Must Forfeit Games

CNN.comA foreign-born high school basketball player who was declared ineligible is going to court Wednesday, arguing that he and his top-ranked Miami team should be permitted to compete in the playoffs later this week.The hearing is set for 3 p.m. We...

February 9, 2011

NH School Board Nixes Plan To Stop Freshman Sports

Boston.com (Boston, Mass.)HAMPTON, N.H.—A New Hampshire school board has rejected a high school principal’s request to get rid of freshman sports next year.Winnacunnet High School Principal William McGowan in Hampton sent an e-mail last F...

February 8, 2011

H.S. Soccer Player Arrested After Post-Game Handshake Brawl

WPBF.com (West Palm Beach, Fla.)LIVE OAK, Fla. -- A teen in north Florida faces a charge of felony battery for allegedly striking another player after a soccer match.The dispute broke out as the Suwannee High School and Ocala Trinity Catholic boys&rs...