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November 30, 2010

Texas H.S. Football Playoffs Coming To…Louisiana?

Shreveporttimes.com (La.)It won’t be a Louisiana team that breaks in Independence Stadium’s new turf. That goes to two Texas High Schools, but one school has northwest Louisiana connections.Longview (Texas) plays district rival Mesquite (...

November 30, 2010

Player Files Assault Charges Against Coach After Charity Game

SILive.com (Staten Island, N.Y.) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An injured Tottenville High School football player has filed criminal complaints alleging that a hotheaded Catholic high school coach got into a shoving match with him Friday night, sparking ...

November 30, 2010

Former 2 Live Crew Member Coaching H.S. Football

Miami Herald (Fla.)Out on the football field, Luther Campbell wears a whistle around his neck, not a tangle of gaudy gold chains. He has a Miami Central High green visor on his head, not a do-rag. Instead of grabbing his crotch, he grabs the shoulder...

November 30, 2010

Albrecht Wins 700th Game

Randy Albrecht, 66, coached his 700th college basketball victory Monday night, the magic number coming at St. Louis Community College-Meramec as his Meramec Magic dismantled the Fontbonne University junior varsity 93-53.No fewer than 668 of those win...

November 30, 2010

Calipari To Coach Tonight Despite Mom’s Death Sunday

LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Calipari will coach his University of Kentucky basketball team against Boston University tonight despite the death of his mother on Sunday.Donna Calipari, 74, died in Charlotte, N.C., six months after John Calipari announc...

November 30, 2010

Former Baylor Coach Dave Bliss Back In Trouble

WACO- A familiar face to Baylor basketball fans is back in trouble.Former Baylor men's basketball coach Dave Bliss and his current high school team are facing suspensions and probation.The Executive Board of the Texas Association of Private and Paroc...

November 29, 2010

TCU To Join Big East In All Sports

ESPN.comDALLAS -- TCU has accepted a bid to the Big East Conference, which will take effect July 1, 2012, according to sources familiar with the deal. The school has set a news conference for 1 p.m. CT on campus to make "a major announcement involvin...

November 29, 2010

Sports Participation Drops 10% In North Dakota

The Associated PressFargo, N.D. — A national group says high school sports participation in North Dakota has dropped 10 percent in less than a decade.    The National Federation of State High School Associations says North Dakota...