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December 21, 2010

Lawsuit Dismissed By Family Of Player With Braids

Blaise Taylor's family dropped a racial discrimination lawsuit over the teen's hairstyle late Monday after reaching an agreement with Auburn City Schools to standardize its grooming policy for athletes."We feel very good about it, said the Taylors' ...

December 20, 2010

Friedgen Out For Maryland Football, Leach Next In Line?

ESPN.comMaryland will announce Monday afternoon that football coach Ralph Friedgen will not return in 2011, a source said.If Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen takes the buyout or retires, he will be the third ACC coach to win coach of the year and not ...

December 20, 2010

Assistant Football Coach Accused Of Helping Students Cheat On TAKS Math Exam

Dallas Morning NewsAn alleged cheating plot at Pinkston High School is the focus of a state investigation after a Dallas ISD report found that a coach may have attempted to fill in answers for 20 students on a state math exam last year.The students, ...

December 20, 2010

Coach Who Whipped Players Back On Payroll

WAPT.com (Jackson, Miss.)JACKSON, Miss. -- After being suspended for whipping basketball players with a weight belt, a Murrah basketball coach will be back on the payroll on Monday.Coach Marlon Dorsey was caught on a cell phone camera taking a weight...

December 20, 2010

Auriemma Says His Huskies Are Disliked Due To Gender

For the previous 87 games, Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma toed the line as his Huskies racked up one win after another, saying simply that their lofty achievements were the product of hard work, perseverance and humility. But shor...

December 20, 2010

Bentley’s Stevens Becomes 5th Women’s College Coach To Win 800 Games

Bentley coach Barbara Stevens became the fifth coach in NCAA women's basketball history to reach 800 victories, with the Falcons beating C.W. Post in Waltham yesterday, 93-60.Stevens joins exclusive company. The only other coaches to reach 800 are Te...

December 20, 2010

Pitino To Coach Puerto Rico National Team

MIAMI (AP) — Louisville's Rick Pitino will coach Puerto Rico's national team next summer in hopes of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics.The Puerto Rico basketball federation on Monday introduced Pitino as its next coach. Pitino met with players a...

December 17, 2010

Marquette University Adds Men’s, Women’s Lacrosse

GoMarquette.comMILWAUKEE - Marquette University will add men’s and women’s lacrosse to its NCAA Division I varsity sports offerings, Athletic Director Steve Cottingham announced Thursday. Both teams will begin competition in spring 2013."...