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September 17, 2009

Reactions To The Pitino Situation

National reactions regarding the situation swarming around Louisville coach Rick Pitino are pouring in. Below are a commentaries from Newsday and Sports Illustrated.www.newsday.com/columnists/steven-marcus/pitino-doesn-t-get-a-pass-on-his-indiscretio...

September 17, 2009

Recruits Sticking With Pitino

The scandal swirling around Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino hasn't cost him any recruits yet. So far, all four incoming freshman have been taking summer classes and should be in class this fall.rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug...

September 17, 2009

Samford Player Found Dead

Samford basketball player Jim Griffin was found dead Tuesday morning. He was found in his residence hall and, while there are no official reports as to the cause of death, he apparently died due to an undetectable heart condition, according to his co...

September 17, 2009

Santa Cruz Coaches Asked To Forgo Pay

To keep costs down for student-athletes, the Santa Cruz City Schools (Calif.) is providing an option for coaches to turn down their pay stipend to reduce the costs for students to compete on the team. If every coaches decides to give up their stipend...

September 17, 2009

Saving Money To Save Sports

USA Today profiled what several schools are doing to save money in order to save their sports programs, including basketball. For example, the Palm Springs Unified School District has merged all of its junior varsity and freshman teams to save $140, ...

September 17, 2009

Seattle U Hires Bonvicini

Seattle University has hired Joan Bonvicini as the school's new women's basketball coach. she had been fired by Arizona in 2008 after 17 years. Bonvicini has amassed 612 wins in her 29-year coaching career.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/200...

September 17, 2009

Spoelstra-Riley Take Pay Cuts To Avoid Layoffs

Eric Spoelstra, Miami Heat head coach, and Pat Riley, the Heat's team president, are among the the team's employees taking up to a 20-percent pay cut to avoid layoffs. Player salaries are not affected.sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4475244 Spoe...

September 17, 2009

Storm Signs Agler To 2-Year Deal

Brian Agler received a two-year contract from the Seattle Storm Monday. Agler has taken Seattle to two consecutive playoff appearances and last season's mark of 22-12 was the best in franchise history.www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=39...