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November 18, 2010

Coach K Wants Coaches To Have Input In Summer Recruiting Debate

A few months ago, when the Collegiate Commissioners Association voted overwhelmingly to ask school presidents to eliminate the July recruiting period in basketball, they did so without getting valuable input from coaches, according to Duke coach Mike...

November 18, 2010

Michigan State-North Carolina To Be Played On Aircraft Carrier?

It's been seven years since Michigan State first discussed publicly the idea of playing a basketball game on a docked aircraft carrier. It may not be much longer before that game is confirmed."An announcement is forthcoming, MSU ...

November 17, 2010

University of Washington A.D. Gets 5-Year Contract On President’s Last Day

The Seattle Times (Wash.)Among the last acts for Mark Emmert as University of Washington president was to sign off on a new five-year contract for UW athletic director Scott Woodward.Through a public-records request, The Times received a copy of Wood...

November 17, 2010

Junior Varsity Football Player Dies On The Field

The Boston Globe (Mass.)SUTTON — The father of the junior varsity football player who died during a game on Monday said his son was in “great physical shape’ and had no known ailments. “He’s my hero; he’s my a...

November 17, 2010

6 Parents File Affidavits Against Coach Who Whipped Players

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Murrah High School basketball coach Marlon Dorsey could face several misdemeanor charges stemming from allegations that he whipped students with a weight belt.The criminal allegations are the latest wrinkle in the case that ha...

November 17, 2010

George Karl Continues To Evaluate Health On Daily Basis

While Carmelo Anthony has been getting all of the contract attention, Nuggets coach George Karl has flown under the radar in respect to his.Not anymore.The Nuggets coach held a candid talk with the media before Tuesday night's game about his health ...

November 16, 2010

Safety Concerns For Football Game At Wrigley

The Sporting NewsCHICAGO – A Dallas product and self-described “oblivious-to-everything” receiver, Northwestern’s Demetrius Fields conceded Saturday that before reaching this part of the country, he’d never heard of Wrig...

November 16, 2010

Players Rally For Coach Accused Of Intimidating Student With Stick

Knoxville News Sentinel (Tenn.)Suspended Central High School football coach Joel Helton has been accused of intimidating a student with a stick as well as hitting other students with it, according to a letter in his personnel file.Helton, who&rsqu...