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September 17, 2010

New UW-Lacrosse A.D. Suspends Cross Country Team For 3 Meets

Josh Whitman, just three days on the job at the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, has suspended the men’s cross country team for three meets. The suspension has come from inappropriate actions during a student function ...

September 17, 2010

H.S. Changing Practice Policy Due To Concern About Brain Trauma

Northern Lehigh High School (Pa.) is looking to scale back the physical nature of football practices after Owen Thomas, a former player at the school and at the University of Pennsylvania, took his own life in April. Thomas was found to have stages o...

September 17, 2010

Eastern Washington Reaping Rewards Of Red Field

Eastern Washington University’s $975,000 investment in a new, artificial football field installed by Sprinturf, Inc., has already paid huge divdends. The school is saving $12,000 in field maintenance and 300,000 gallons of water annually. Plus,...

September 17, 2010

Bruce Pearl Protected By Contract

Andy Katz of ESPN.com is reporting that Tennessee men's basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, cannot be fired until there is an NCAA "finding" and, even at that point, Pearl must have knowingly engaged in conduct that was a "significant" NCAA violation, acc...

September 16, 2010

H.S. Coaches Fined For Incident With Marching Band

The head Philadelphia High School (Miss.) football coach and his assistants have been fined and reprimanded by the school board in response to an incident when the team did not wait for the opposing team’s band to finish its halftime performanc...

September 16, 2010

23-Year-Old Football Coach Ends School’s 31-Game Losing Streak

First-year (and reportedly the youngest) varsity football coach in New Jersey, Mike Adams, helped Parsippany win its first football game since 2006 Saturday with a 13-8 victory over Marist. The link below is an interesting profile on the young coach,...

September 16, 2010

Lavin To Hire Keady As Consultant At St. John’s

Head men's St. John's basketball coach, Steve Lavin, has said he's set to hire former Purude men's coach, Gene Keady, as a senior advisor to the program. Keady currently is on a cruise to Ireland and England. The announcement will be made upon his re...

September 16, 2010

Selvig Wins 700th Game At Montana

Robin Selvig won his 700th game at the University of Montana this week when his women's team defeated Illinois, 59-57, on the opening day of the Caribbean Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. He is 700-199 in 31 seasons at Montana, which is his alma mater.ht...