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December 22, 2009

Massey Wins No. 700

Galesburg High (Ill.) beat Canton Monday night, 87-65, for head coach Evan Massey's 700th victory.http://www.galesburg.com/sports/x664188245/Streaks-beat-Canton-87-65-for-Masseys-700th Massey Wins No. 700 Galesburg High (Ill.) beat Canton Monday nigh...

December 22, 2009

Team Won’t Play Unless Coach Reinstated

The Hardeeville High (Ga.) girls basketball coach has declared it won't play unless its head coach is reinstated. Greg Cox was suspended indefinitely after he was involved in a shouting match with the opposing coach following a game Dec. 4.http://www...

December 21, 2009

Calhoun Extension Not Finalized

Despite a report Saturday saying otherwise, Connecticut men's coach Jim Calhoun says a new five-year deal with the Huskies has not been finalized. Calhoun is in the final year of a 6-year deal this season.http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/story/2503...

December 21, 2009

Duke Coach Returns Home To Play Maine

Duke women's basketball coach Joanne McCallie returns to her roots tonight when her No. 7 Blue Devils head to Maine. McCallie coached the Black Bears for eight years. She faces her former player, Cindy Blodgett, in her third year as coach. Blodgett l...

December 21, 2009

N.M. Coach Wins Reinstatement

Clovis High (N.M.) basketball coach J.D. Isler has been reinstated as coach by Judge Teddy Hartley. Isler had been suspended by the state athletic association and subsequently fired due to recruiting allegations.http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S...

December 18, 2009

Dixon Wants Pitt To Remain In Big East

The University of Pittsburgh has been rumored as a possible addition to the Big Ten as the conference considers expansion. Pitt men's coach Jamie Dixon wants his team to remain in the Big East and believes the Big East is the "best conference in coll...

December 18, 2009

Fired Coach Sues Suburban Pittsburgh District

Phil Shar, who had coached the West Mifflin High girls basketball team for 19 years, was fired in May for criticizing the superintendent and speaking out against a tax increase supported by the superintendent, he claims. Shar now is suing the school ...

December 18, 2009

Knight Calls Out Calipari

Speaking at an Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame fundraiser last night, former coach Bobby Knight, called out Kentucky coach John Calipari on how he left his former jobs at Memphis and the University of Massachusetts. Knight said, We've gotten into thi...