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May 12, 2010

Coach Who Won 78% Of Games In 5 Years Let Go

Typically, when you win 78 percent of your games, you are welcomed by a new principal at the school. Instead, Edison High (Calif.) boys basketball coach, Arturo Ormond, was dismissed by first-year principal Brian Wall. Wall said he wants "student-ath...

May 11, 2010

Clerical Error Costs Baseball Team Its Dream Season

The Bellevue University (Neb.) baseball team won 30 of its last 31 games...but it didn’t matter as the NAIA school never obtained a written release when a player transfered to the school at the start of the season. Now, they have had to forfeit...

May 11, 2010

UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion Getting $136 Million Facelift

UCLA officials are holding a groundbreaking celebration for its $136 million renovation project for Pauley Pavilion. One thousand more seats are to be added, as well as more restrooms and concession stands. Other upgrades include: a high-definition v...

May 11, 2010

Talk Of Big 10 Expansion Gaining Steam

With reports that Nebraska, Notre Dame, Missouri and Rutgers being extended "initial offers" to join the Big 10, conference expansion is making major news right now. No official word have come from any of the schools and there is no imminent announce...

May 11, 2010

Eastern Oregon Football Player Dies Due To Brain Injury, Concerns Raised

Dylan Steigers, 21, a football player at Eastern Oregon University, died due to acute subdural hematoma (bleeding on the brain) after playing in a scrimmage on Saturday. Now, players are becoming more concerned about deadly football injuries.http://w...

May 11, 2010

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke Hired To Coach UNC-Wilmington

Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, who is set to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this summer, has been hired as the new women's coach at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Cooper-Dyke has been coaching at Prairie View since 2005. In...

May 11, 2010

Robert Morris Hires Toole, 29, As Head Coach

The face of coaching continues to get younger this offseason. Within the last couple of weeks, UW-Green Bay hired Brian Wardle, 30, and made him the youngest coach in Division I. Shortly thereafter, Appalachian State hired Jason Capel, who was a few ...

May 10, 2010

Ineligible Player Sits On Bench, Team Disqualified After Softball Victory

Despite defeating Fletcher High (Fla.) in a regional final softball game, Winter Springs High will not be advancing to the state tournament. Winter Springs won the game, 5-1, but had an ineligible player sitting on the bench wearing a jersey top, jea...