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April 6, 2010

Athletes Rally To Help Longtime Coach With Cancer

Robin Wagman, a respected and longtime coach of volleyball, cross country and track at Haines City High (Fla.) is undergoing a fifth round of chemotherapy treatment for colorectal cancer. Her former athletes are rallying to her side to help offset so...

April 6, 2010

Fired NCAA Coaches Are Owed Severance Totaling $79.5 Million

Bloomberg News conducted an interesting study into what NCAA schools are paying coaches who do not work for them anymore. Bloomberg filed open-records requests with public universities in the six largest conferences. The specifics are at the link bel...

April 6, 2010

San Jose State Coach Piraro Wins 1,000th Game

San Jose State University baseball coach Sam Piraro won his 1,000th game Saturday with a 5-3 victory over Brigham Young University. Piraro has been with SJSU for 23 years and has amassed a record of 736-555. He also has coached at Mission College (Sa...

April 6, 2010

Bob Hurley To Enter Hall Of Fame

Bob Hurley, the St. Anthony's (N.J.) coach who has won 984 games and 24 state championships has been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Hurley will be part of the class, including Karl Malone and Scottie Pippen, to be inducte...

April 6, 2010

Donahue Leaving Cornell For Boston College

Steve Donahue, who led Cornell into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament this year, is leaving the Ivy League school to take over at Boston College, which fired coach Al Skinner last week.http://news.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/onca...

April 6, 2010

Fired NCAA Coaches Are Owed Severance Totaling $79.5 Million

Bloomberg News conducted an interesting study into what NCAA schools are paying coaches who do not work for them anymore. Bloomberg filed open-records requests with public universities in the six largest conferences. The specifics are at the link bel...

April 6, 2010

Purnell Leaving Clemson To Coach DePaul

Oliver Purnell is leaving Clemson to become the next men's basketball coach at DePaul, according to several reports. Purnell was 138-90 in seven seasons with the Tigers.http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-04-06/reports-clemson...

April 5, 2010

Big-Time Concession Sales Fueling Athletic Departments

Many Indiana high schools students have sold concessions at big-time Indiana athletic events to help raise money for their athletic department. The Indianapolis Star reports on the schools selling during the Final Four this week at Lucas Oil Stadium....