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October 19, 2010

Binghamton Avoids Major Sanctions

Binghamton University acknowledged Monday that its men's basketball program had made mistakes but said that the N.C.A.A.'s investigation had been closed with no major violations found.C. Peter Magrath, the university's interim president, said in a ...

October 19, 2010

University of Evansville Coach Simmons Loses 135 Pounds Since March

When Coach Marty Simmons leads his University of Evansville basketball team on to the Roberts Stadium floor Oct. 30 for an exhibition game against DePauw University, some fans may do a double take.Simmons' wife, Angie, says that's typical."We'll go s...

October 18, 2010

Cheerleading Coach Victim Of Murder-Suicide

From wbtv.com (Gastonia, N.C.)GASTONIA, NC (WBTV) - Gastonia police are investigating what might have led to a murder-suicide at their police headquarters early Sunday morning.The victims were found in the parking lot of the Gastonia Police Depa...

October 18, 2010

H.S. Coach Of Paralyzed Rutgers Player Wonders How To Move Forward

From nj.comBen LaSala has coached high school football — lived high school football, really — for nearly 30 years. And he has no idea how he will keep coaching it now.He thinks about that next meeting with his players. What will he say? H...

October 18, 2010

New Mexico Open ‘New Pit’

UNM basketball fans, meet your new Pit. Still "a mile high and louder than …, University Arena will have fans' ears ringing even more with a state-of-the-art sound system. Eliminating The Pit's mezzanine levels also made room for 40 suites, a...

October 18, 2010

Sentence To Be Reduced For Coach Who Beat Principal

The state 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled that 12th District Judge Mark Jeansonne's six-month sentence for former Marksville High School girls basketball coach Roch Bordelon last year was too harsh, and the appellate court has ordered a resente...

October 15, 2010

NC A&T Fires AD Over Student’s Death

From WXII12.comGREENSBORO -- North Carolina A&T University has fired Athletic Director Wheeler Brown two months after a student died during an unsanctioned track and field tryout."I have discontinued the employment of our Athletic Director Wheele...

October 15, 2010

Track Athlete Who Needed Brain Surgery Settles Suit

From the Hartford CourantEAST LYME, Conn. —A former student at East Lyme High School who needed emergency brain surgery after crashing into a cement wall during indoor track practice has settled a lawsuit against the town for $325,000. Nicholas...