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January 29, 2010

Otis Sentenced To 60 Days In Jail

Russell Otis, the former boys coach at Dominguez High (Calif.), who won five state championships and 10 CIF Southern Section titles, was sentenced to 60 days in county jail for child molestation. Otis was convicted last year on the misdemeanor charge...

January 28, 2010

Eastern Washington To Install Red Turf Football Field

Eastern Washington University, a Division I-AA school, released a plan Wednesday calling for the installation of a red playing surface for its football stadium. Now, Boise State won’t be the only school with a field that’s not green. Clic...

January 28, 2010

Former Coach Sues U of Cincinnati

J. Kelly Hall, the former women's basketball coach at the University of Cincinnati, is suing the school over his termination in April 2009. Hall claims UC owes him $1 million for the completion of his contract and for damages as he says the school ha...

January 28, 2010

Seattle Forced To Play With Just 4 On The Floor

Seattle University, which has just made the transition to Division I basketball, was hammered by the University of Washington Tuesday night, 123-76. The game became so lopsided, that Seattle, due to foul troubles, had to finish the final 90 seconds w...

January 27, 2010

Blindfolded Shot-Making Coach Gets Tickets To Final Four

After becoming an internet sensation due to making a blindfolded, half-court shot, Joel Branstrom, the girls basketball coach at Olathe Northwest High (Kan.) has been given tickets to the Final Four. Originally, the entire process was a prank but onc...

January 27, 2010

Calhoun To Miss 3rd Game Tonight

Jim Calhoun will miss his third game on medical leave tonight as UConn takes on Providence. George Blaney will coach in his absence.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4859982Calhoun To Miss 3rd Game Tonight Jim Calhoun will miss his third ga...

January 27, 2010

Coach Being Deployed To Iraq For 3rd Time

Sharla Murrill, the girls assistant coach at Pasquotank High (N.C.) is being deployed to Iraq for the third time. Murrill, 27, already has completed with one-year deployments to Baghdad in 2002-03 and 2005-06.http://www.dailyadvance.com/sports/perqui...

January 26, 2010

Ariz. Coach Suspended For Flier

Mike Ellsworth, the boys basketball coach at Chandler High (Ariz.) has been suspended by the school for allegedly for distributing a flier that had the words "Chandler Quitters" on it as well as a list of the names of four players who recently quit t...