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July 16, 2010

Coach Wins Wrongful-Termination Lawsuit

Trev Kiser, the former women's basketball coach at Clark College (Wash.) won a wrongful-termination lawsuit for $545, 000 yesterday. Kiser coached Clark from 1997 through March 2002. Kiser claims he was fired for expressing concern about the school's...

July 16, 2010

Grizzlies Coach Hollins Going To Senegal With Basketball Without Borders

Lionel Hollins, the head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, is heading with a group of NBA players and personnel to Senegal next month with the Basketball without Borders program. The NBA group will be working with 60 players under the age of 19 picked ...

July 15, 2010

Russell Athletic Signs Colt McCoy To Endorsement Deal

Russell Athletic, a Russell Brands, LLC, and 2010 NFL Draft pick, Colt McCoy, have reached a multi-year deal for McCoy to represent Russell Athletic and all its brands, including as Spalding, BIKE and Russell Outdoors, as a spokesperson. “We c...

July 15, 2010

Vandy Trying To Recover After Johnson’s Abrupt Retirement

In the wake of Bobby Johnson’s retirement yesterday, the Vanderbilt football program is scrambling to recover just seven weeks before the season opener. Johnson retired yesterday citing wanting to spend more time with his wife and traveling. No...

July 15, 2010

Ex-Coach Gets Probation For Displaying Knife At Practice

Christopher Campbell, a former assistant football coach at Kathleen High School (Fla.), has been sentenced to two years of probation after it was alleged he used a knife as a motivational device with the team. Campbell pled guilty to misdemeanor char...

July 15, 2010

Slain H.S. Iowa Football Coach Ed Thomas Honored At ESPYs

Ed Thomas, the slain high school football coach of Aplington-Parkersburg High (Iowa), was honored at last night’s ESPY Awards. His son, Aaron, accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in his father’s honor.http://www.chicagotribune.com/news...

July 15, 2010

Examining ACL Injuries In Athletes

Coach & Athletic Director (published Winning Hoops' publisher Lessiter Publications), took an in-depth look at ACL injuries in athletes. For basketball coaches, this is a must-read.http://www.coachad.com/pages/Sports-Medicine-Spotlight---Examining-AC...

July 15, 2010

NCAA Coaches Scoff At Potential New Rule Limiting Scholarship Offers

Many NCAA basketball coaches think the new NCAA rule proposal limiting when they can offer scholarships has no teeth and cannot be enforced.http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/NCAA-early-scholarship-offer-rule-will-be-broken-if-passed-07...