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August 10, 2010

Coach To Go For 300th Win Against Son Going For 1st

August 27 is a big day for Waldon Tucker. He’s going for his 300th career football victory that night as his Fayette County High (Ala.) team is set to face Sipsey Valley. The only downfall? His son is starting his coaching career as the head co...

August 10, 2010

Eastern Michigan Coach Apologizes For Single-Mom Comment

Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English has apologized for a comment he made about how he wants football players who have fathers in their lives. English has been called out by a Detroit columist.http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/24421/...

August 10, 2010

76ers Willie Green Discusses Mission Trip To Africa

Willie Green, one of the Philadelphia 76ers No. 2 guards, recently returned from his trip to Dakar, Senegal, with the Basketball Without Borders program. Part of his trip was to deliver malaria nets to houses within the community.http://www.philly.co...

August 10, 2010

Eric Musselman To Coach In D-League

Eric Musselman, the former Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors coach, has returned to coaching and is reported to be the new coach of the Reno Bighorns of the NBA's D-League.http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/former-nba-coach-eric-...

August 9, 2010

Arkansas Athletic Department Depends On The Grassroots Reach Of Razorback Clubs

A crowd of more than 450 gathered last week in Heber Springs to hear former athletic director Frank Broyles speak at the Greers Ferry Lake Area Razorback Club. By the time the club schedule winds down, there will have been 34 Razorback Club events in...

August 9, 2010

UTEP Suspends Two Players For Violating Team Rules

Texas-El Paso head football coach Mike Price announced Monday that two Miners will miss the start of the season after a violation of team rules, the Associated Press reported.For full story, click here....

August 9, 2010

Could Sports Betting Save New Jersey?

About $600 million a year in new revenue is hard to refuse.That’s the figure Cantor Fitzgerald came up with two years ago in a report that estimated how much money would go to the state’s casinos if sports betting were legalized. The repo...

August 9, 2010

No Twitter For Boise St. Football Players

Boise State football coach Chris Petersen has banned his players from posting on Twitter during the football season. He calls Twitter a distraction to the team.http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/article.aspx?subjectid=231&articleid=20100809_23...