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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 ...

March 25, 2010

Barbee To Take Over Auburn Hoops Program

Tony Barbee, the head coach at the University of Texas-El Paso for the last four years and the 2010 Conference USA Coach of the Year, has been hired as men's head basketball coach at Auburn.http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/03/25/1063643/mens-baske...

March 25, 2010

Fordham Hires Hofstra’s Pecora As New Men’s Coach

Forham University has hired Tom Pecora as its new men's basketball coach. Pecora had coached Hofstra for the last nine years and put together a record of 155-126.http://www.wcpo.com/sports/cbaskm/story/Fordham-names-Pecora-new-mens-basketball-coach/r...

March 24, 2010

Football Coaches Discuss Role of A.D.s

Arizona and Washington State football coaches discussed what they want out of their new athletic directors.http://espn.go.com/blog/pac10/post/_/id/8810/arizona-and-washington-state-move-forward-with-new-ads...

March 24, 2010

Recent Graduate Tries To Save Wrestling Program

Davis Jones, a 2009 graduate of Bellevue High School (Wash.), and a former wrestler for the school, is working to save the program as the school district is threatening cuts. He says he owes a lot of his success to his coaches and that future generat...