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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...

January 26, 2010

Coach Also Works As Ref

Bernard Scott, head girls basketball coach of Flower Mound Coram Deo Academy (Texas) understands referees more than most coaches...because he works as a college referee. The interesting story of how he juggles both jobs and understands the plight of ...

January 26, 2010

Wis. Players To Forfeit Game For Suspended Coach

The boys basketball team at Oconto High (Wis.) is planning to forfeit its nonconference game at Gillett tonight to show support for its coach, Mike Ruechel. Ruechel has been suspended indefinitely by the school after receiving a technical foul in Fri...

January 25, 2010

Samford’s Tillette Collapses During Game

Samford head men's basketball coach Jimmy Tillette collapsed during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro yesterday. Tillette, 59, suffered a seizure. He was airlifted to UAB Hospital for further testing and observation. He is in stable condition.http:/...

January 25, 2010

Syracuse Women’s Coach Collapses During Game

Quentin Hillsman, the women's basketball coach at Syracuse, experienced dizziness late in his team's victory over Louisville Saturday, and collapsed. He was taken to the lockerroom but was fine afterward.http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage...