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August 11, 2010

Parent, Coaches Fight At Jr. High Football Practice

After a 12-year-old junior high football player ran the wrong way during a drill at practice, things turned ugly within the Woodstock Junior Wolverines (Ga.) football program. The parent of the 12-year-old says his son was shoved, hit in the head and...

August 11, 2010

Coach Suing School, Still Elected To Athletics Hall Of Fame

Ed Nizwantowski, the former head baseball coach at Peabody High (Mass.), who was let go in 2005, and subsequently sued the school district over age discrimination, has been elected to the school’s athletic hall of fame. In 2005, Nizwantowski wa...

August 11, 2010

Oklahoma State Senior Forfeits Scholarship To Help Recruiting Class

Nick Sidorakis, a senior guard on the Oklahoma State men's basketball team, has forfeited his scholarship this season so the Cowboys can retain all of their players promised scholarships. OSU had oversigned by two recruits with one player transferrin...

August 10, 2010

Football Coach Fired For A Punch

A Cherokee County recreational football coach has been fired after a parent accused him of hitting a child with a football.For full story, click here....

August 10, 2010

UMaine Athletic Director Stepping Down

University of Maine athletic director Blake James is heading south.James has accepted an offer to return to the University of Miami, where he worked in athletic administration from 1998 through 2001.For full story, click here....

August 10, 2010

Crash Kills Former CDMHS Cheer Coach

Wendy Rice, a longtime cheerleading coach at Corona del Mar High School, was one of three people killed in a fiery crash south of Bishop in the eastern Sierra Nevada region, multiple media accounts are reporting from information from the California H...

August 10, 2010

Pa. Coach Paterno Nominated For Medal Of Freedom

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been nominated for the highest civilian award in the country.Congressmen including Glenn Thompson, Mark Critz and Tim Holden say the Hall of Fame coach deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service...

August 10, 2010

USC Fires Baseball Coach Chad Kreuter

Less than a week into his tenure as athletic director at USC, Pat Haden has fired baseball coach Chad Kreuter. Kreuter was 111-117 in four seasons. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Frank Cruz, who has 12 years of coaching Loyola Marymount o...