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September 17, 2009

Coach Sentenced For Sex Abuse Of Player

Howard Avery, a powerful private basketball coach in Oregon City, Ore., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicting last week of felony sex abuse of a 17-year-old player. Avery, 52, worked privately with players with the goal of o...

September 17, 2009

Darryl Dawkins Named LCCC Coach

Darryl Dawkins, who spent 14 seasons playing in the NBA and had a penchant for naming his dunks, has been hired as the Lehigh Carbon Community College (Pa.) men's basketball coach. Dawkins had coached the Pennsylvania Valley Dawgs of the United State...

September 17, 2009

Dayton Coach To Visit Military Bases

Brian Gregory, head men's basketball coach at the University of Dayton, is planning to head to Iraq and possibly Afghanistan to visit the troops starting August 16. Gregory completed a similar trip to Iraq and Kuwait last year and said he would go to...

September 17, 2009

Ex-WNBAer Coaching High School Girls

Crystal Robinson a former nine-year veteran of the WNBA who retired in 2007, now is the head girls basketball coach at McAlester High School (Okla.). Robinson is an Oklahoma native and starred at Atoka High, then at Southeastern Oklahoma State Univer...

September 17, 2009

Fair-Play Scoreboards Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Fair-Play Scoreboards of Des Moines, Iowa, is celebrating its 75th anniversary. In conjunction with the celebration, the company is releasing a comprehensive series of new products and innovations, including MiScoreô and MiTimeô, which ar...

September 17, 2009

Former Coach Convicted Of Arson After Assault

Former basketball coach James Clay, who was convicted last year of sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, was just convicted of aggravated arson stemming from a fire set in 2007. Clay had coached at Troy Christian School just north of Dayton, Ohio.www...

September 17, 2009

Former NBA Assistant To Coach H.S. Team

Ed Schilling has coached in the NBA and in Division I college basketball...now he is heading back to high school. Schilling is the new varsity boys basketball coach at Park Tudor School (Indianapolis, Ind.). Schilling was the head coach at Wright Sta...

September 17, 2009

Former SE Missouri State Coach Says He’s Innocent

The NCAA announced Thursday that Southeast Missouri State University had to vacate its wins from 2006-08 due to benefits provided to players and coaches being a part of off-season workouts. Former coach Scott Edgar claims he is innocent of the charge...