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June 3, 2010

New Jersey To Keep State Championships Despite Budget Woes

All athletic state championships are going to remain in tact in New Jersey next year despite dire budget problems within the NJSIAA. Last week it was rumored some sports would not have a state title event (including individual wrestling) but the NJSI...

June 3, 2010

Longtime U Of Tennessee Athletic Official Harris Dies

Haywood Harris, who graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1951 and started working for the school in 1961, has passed away at the age of 80. Harris served as sports information director, assistant athletic director and associate athletic dire...

June 3, 2010

Carlesimo Hired As Assistant With Raptors

P.J. Carlesimo has been hired as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/raptors/2010-06-02-carlesimo-assistant-coach_N.htmCarlesimo Hired As Assistant With Raptors P.J. Carlesimo has been hired as an...

June 2, 2010

Former Green Bay Packer Koonce Resigns From UWM A.D. Position

George Koonce, an eight-year starter on the Green Bay Packers in the 1990s, has resigned as the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee after less than a year on the job. It was a tumultuous year for Koonce, who struggled with a gr...

June 2, 2010

After Several Years, Coach’s Title Ring Found…On Roof Of Tavern

In 1997, the Dominican High (Wis.) boys basketball team was a state title. Coach Paul Wollersheim and his players bought championship rings to commemorate the achievement. Wollersheim’s ring was taken by a construction worker doing work on his ...

June 2, 2010

LeBron: We Would Beat Dream Team

LeBron James has joined Kobe Bryant in saying that he believes this year's Team USA Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 Dream Team.Days before the current U.S. squad takes the court in London, James made his boast in a recent television inter...

June 2, 2010

Calipari Donates $1 Million To Memphis Charity

John Calipari, the former coach at the University of Memphis, has donated $1 million to Streets Ministries, a Memphis group that works to help underprivileged children in the city.http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jun/02/gone-not-forgotten/Ca...

June 2, 2010

Former Indiana Basketball Player Neil Reed Dies

http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2012/07/27/former-indiana-basketball-player-neil-reed-diesSANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) -- Neil Reed, the former Indiana basketball player who coach Bob Knight was caught on tape choking in 1997, has died after c...