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March 26, 2010

Georgia H.S. Baseball Coach Wins 700th

John Brown, head baseball coach at White County High (Ga.), won his 700th game this week. He’s a member of the Florida Coaches Hall of Fame. Most of his victories (645) took place during his 33 seasons as head coach at University Christian in J...

March 26, 2010

Baseball Coach With More Than 1,000 Wins To Retire At Season’s End

Wendell Simmons, who has a career baseball coaching record of 1,074-526-1 and who has spent the last 19 years of his 34-year career at the University of Central Oklahoma, said this will be his last season in the dugout.http://www.edmondsun.com/sports...

March 26, 2010

Former Christ The King (N.Y.) Legendary Coach Indicted On Rape Charge

Bob Oliva, who won 549 games in 27 seasons as Christ The King (N.Y.) head boys coach, has been indicted on two counts of child rape by a Massachusetts grand jury due to an incident that stems back to 1976. .http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2010/03/2...

March 26, 2010

Top Gonzaga Assistant Hired By Boise State

After spending the last 11 years as an assistant coach under Mark Few at Gonzaga, Leon Rice now is the head coach at Boise State. He also has been an assistant at the University of Oregon and Northern Colorado. His only head-coaching experience was f...

March 25, 2010

Lawmakers Urging Black Football Players Not To Go To U of South Carolina?

Black lawmakers are urging black football recruits to reconsider playing for the University of South Carolina because the school could lose its lone black trustee. State Rep. David Weeks, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus said the state is giv...

March 25, 2010

Massachusetts Might Change Football Playoff System

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association is looking to change its playoff format moving from its current system to a more standard playoff format, which already is used in soccer, baseball, soccer, etc. The reasoning is that teams that ...

March 25, 2010

Bill Brought Due To Ed Thomas Killing Is Signed

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed a bill into law forcing hospitals to notify authorities before releasing mental patients wanted by police. The law was approved unanimously and comes into effect less than a year after Aplington-Parkersburg High School fo...

March 25, 2010

Statement From Penn State Women’s Basketball Coach Coquese Washington

Penn State women's basketball coach Coquese Washington released the following statement on Tuesday afternoon:"Yesterday, the NCAA issued a series of sanctions to our athletic department and University. As members of the Penn State community, we will ...