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October 22, 2009

Legendary Girls Coach McCool Passes Away

Barbara McCool, the legendary girls basketball coach at Mardela High (Md.), who eclipsed the 600-win mark last season, has lost her battle with cancer. She passed away Wednesday at the age of 71. McCool coached basketball for 44 years, including last...

October 22, 2009

Stringer Named Distinguished Daughter Of Pa.

C. Vivian Stringer, head women's basketball coach at Rutgers, has been named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania by the state's governor, Edward G. Rendell, and First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell. Seven other women in a variety of professional...

October 22, 2009

Tribute For Myles Brand Set For Next Week

A nationally televised tribute and memorial service for the late Myles Brand is set to take place Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Indianapolis' Conseco Fieldhouse. Tennessee women's basketball coach, Pat Summitt, is scheduled to make one of the personal tribu...

October 21, 2009

Finnish & Irish National Coach Takes Over At East Lyme High (Conn.)

New England Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Reagan has returned to the United States to coach the East Lyme High (Conn.) girls basketball team. Reagan had spent the last nine years coaching the Finnish and Irish women's national basketball teams....

October 21, 2009

Ky. H.S. Freshman Dies During Tryouts

Waseeq Shahid, who had an unknown heart condition, died during basketball tryouts Monday at Western Hill High School (Ky.) Full autopsy results won't be available for five to six weeks. Shahid collapsed six minutes into the tryout while running his f...

October 21, 2009

Manitoba Team Takes On Breast Cancer

The University of Manitoba women's basketball team is beginning its third annual Breast Cancer Awareness/Prevention Week in which the team attempts to raise $10, 000 for the cause. The team is hosting a tournament, auctioning special pink jerseys and...

October 20, 2009

Dayton Asks Donoher To Step Down

The all-time winningest coach in University of Dayton history has stepped down. Don Donoher had coached the Flyers for the last 25 years and had compiled a record of 437-275 but the university asked him to step down due to struggles during the last t...

October 20, 2009

Death Of UConn Football Players Hits Hoops Team Hard

For the first time in his 25-year coaching career at the University of Connecticut, head women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma canceled practice as his team was overcome due to the stabbing death of football player Jasper Howard.http://www.rep-am.co...