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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...

October 15, 2010

Former Coach/A.D. Steals $27K From Vending Machines, Fundraising Events

From chicagobreakingnews.comThe former athletic director and head football coach of Crystal Lake South High School was charged Thursday with stealing $27,000 from vending machines and fundraising events in District 155 over the last four years.J...

October 15, 2010

Runner Goes To Mayor With Complaint, Coach Suspended

From the New Hampshire Union LeaderMANCHESTER – An award-winning Central High School track coach has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into whether she bullied a member of the girls’ cross country team.The move has promp...

October 15, 2010

China Suspends National Coach Due To Brawl With Brazil

BEIJING, China — China's coach Bob Donewald Jr., manager and three players were suspended by the Chinese Basketball Association on Friday for the ugly on-court brawl with the Brazil team.The association had earlier apologized for the melee that...

October 15, 2010

UConn Officials Meet With NCAA About Violations

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Coach Jim Calhoun and other University of Connecticut officials went behind closed doors Friday with NCAA investigators, hoping to convince them that the school has done enough to punish itself for recruiting violations in t...

October 14, 2010

UW-Stout Hockey Players Charged With Murder, Not To Be Reinstated

From uscho.comAccording to a memo sent Wednesday to all Wisconsin-Stout students, faculty and staff from the school’s chancellor and athletic director, the two players charged with murder of another student, Jedidiah McGlasson and Jared Britton...

October 14, 2010

Vin Baker Competing For Varsity Coaching Job

From The Day (Conn.)This just in: School systems, in the business of teaching lessons, ought to remember that teaching outside of the classroom counts, too.Such is the case in Old Saybrook, where the intoxication of celebrity may trump doing what&rsq...