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May 4, 2010

Rutgers Hires Mike Rice As Head Coach

Rutgers University finally has some resolution to its head-coaching position. The school has hired Mike Rice, who had coached Robert Morris for the last three years, to take over the program. Rice led Robert Morris to a 73-31 record and into the NCAA...

May 3, 2010

Evan Longoria Partners With FieldTurf

Tampa Bay Rays All-Star third baseman Evan Longoria has entered into a partnership agreement with FieldTurf. Longoria will serve as the official "face" of FieldTurf’s baseball division. The Rays and Longoria currently play on FieldTurf at Tropi...

May 3, 2010

Story Of Coach Fired For Cursing Takes Turn

Last week we reported about a two-time state champion football coach in Louisiana, Cyril Crutchfield, being relieved of his coaching duties due to his cursing in front of a teacher and a room full of students. Now, two of the students in the room say...

May 3, 2010

Former Vanderbilt Football Coach MacIntyre Rescued From Flood

Former Vanderbilt University football coach George MacIntyre, who suffers from multiple sclerosis and is bedridden, had to be rescued from his home Sunday due to the flooding in Tennessee. MacIntyre coached the Commodores from 1979-85.http://www.tenn...

May 3, 2010

Legendary Bishop Fenwick (Mass.) Softball Coach Dies

Ed Henry, who led the Bishop Fenwick (Mass.) softball team to seven straight Division I state titles (1990-96) and had a .927 winning percentage (332-26) during his 15 years at the school, has passed away due to a lengthy illness at the age of 61.htt...

May 3, 2010

Minnesota H.S. Golf Coaches Allowed To Talk To Players

The Minnesota State High School League now is allowing golf coaches to talk to their players on the course this year. Coaches are not allowed to talk to a player on the green or hitting out of a hazard. Local coaches debated the new rule’s impa...

May 3, 2010

Iowa State Bypassed Diversity Rules When Hiring Hoiberg

Iowa State is being criticized by George Raveling, former University of Iowa head men's basketball coach and founding member of the National Association of Black Coaches and Administrators, for its rapid hiring of Fred Hoiberg for its open basketball...

May 3, 2010

Welsh Resigns From Hofstra After DWI Charge

Tim Welsh has resigned as men's basketball coach at Hofstra after being arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated last week. He had been suspended by the university, which hired him on March 31 to take over the program.http://sports.espn.go...