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Rutgers Officially OKs Deal to Bring Back Greg Schiano as Football Coach
After an on-again, off-again courtship, Greg Schiano is back as Rutgers football coach.
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Ben Simmons Exits With Injury and Ragged Sixers Fall to 2nd Straight Loss
Ben Simmons exited with an injury and the ragged Sixers suffered their second straight loss Wednesday night, 106-104 to the Jazz. By Noah Levick
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Referee Claims He Told GOP Rep. Jordan About Abuse by Ohio State Univ. Doctor
A professional referee says in a lawsuit filed Thursday that disgraced doctor Richard Strauss masturbated in front of him in a shower after a wrestling match at Ohio State University, and he reported the encounter directly to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who was then the assistant coach. NBC News reports the referee, identified in court papers as John Doe 42,...
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Women Impacting NBA in Various Roles, 11 Assistant Coaches
Practice is over and Boston Celtics assistant coach Kara Lawson is still working. She stands under the basket rebounding, giving feedback to rookie guard Carsen Edwards as he shoots from different spots on the court. After swishing his final three attempts, he jogs over to her. “Thanks coach,” Edwards says before exchanging a high-five with Lawson.
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Former Saint Joseph's Basketball Coach Phil Martelli Will Be New Assistant Coach at Michigan, Source Says
Former Saint Joseph’s men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli is heading to Michigan as a new assistant coach for the Wolverines, according to a source.
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Netflix Announces Deal for Film About Thailand's Cave Boys
Netflix announced Tuesday it is joining with the production company for the movie “Crazy Rich Asians” to make a film about last July’s dramatic rescue of 12 village boys in northern Thailand who were trapped with their soccer coach in a flooded cave for more than two weeks.
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Sixers Promote Lindsey Harding to Assistant Coach
The Sixers are bringing another coach on board for their postseason run, promoting Lindsey Harding from pro scout to assistant coach. By Paul Hudrick
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NJ High School Drama Teacher Inspires Students on and Off the Stage
Drama teacher Tom Weaver has inspired Cherry Hill High School East students for decades. Weaver has had such an effect on his students’ lives that they nominated him for the Tony Award for excellence in theater education. One quote Weaver took from football resonates: “What I gave I had, what I kept I lost forever.”
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Virginia, Texas Tech Give Final Four Certain New Look
Texas Tech shut down the nation’s most efficient offense to reach its first Final Four in 93 years as a program. Virginia erased the bitter taste of last year’s historic NCAA Tournament flop by surviving Carsen Edwards’ offensive onslaught to earn a spot in the national semifinals for the first time 1984. No doubt, there’s going to be a different...
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Pro-Paterno Penn State Board Members Challenge Report on Sandusky Sex Abuse Scandal
A small group of Penn State board members that includes longtime defenders of famed football coach Joe Paterno is challenging as unreliable a 2012 university-commissioned investigation of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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Saint Joseph's Prep's Gabe Infante Named National Coach of the Year
What a year it was for Gabe Infante, a former lawyer-turned-high school football coach. His team at Saint Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia won a state championship, he was named the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year, and then Temple University football offered him a job as the team’s running backs coach. Infante sat down with NBC10’s...
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NJ High School Assistant Football Coach Accused of Having Sex With Student
An assistant football coach at a New Jersey high school is accused of having sex with a female student.
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Chiefs QB Mahomes Takes MVP and Top Offensive Player Awards
The Chiefs quarterback landed a pair of honors at NFL Honors on Saturday night, taking The Associated Press 2018 MVP and Offensive Player of the Year awards.
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In the Younger, Cheaper NFL, Super Bowl Champs Get Cut, Too
A word of warning to all those soon-to-be Super Bowl champions in New England or Los Angeles: Don’t get too comfortable. You might be looking for a job fairly soon.
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Supreme Court Won't Hear Case of HS Football Coach Fired for On-Field Prayer
The Supreme Court won’t hear the appeal of a Washington state high school football coach whose refusal to stop praying on the field after games lost him his job, NBC News reported. Joseph Kennedy was fired as an assistant coach at Bremerton High School in 2015, something President Donald Trump called “very, very sad and outrageous” at a campaign event...
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4 Years Later, LeSean McCoy Still Taking Shots at Chip Kelly
LeSean McCoy managed to get in a dig at Chip Kelly when asked Wednesday about the Eagles trade report. By Reuben Frank
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Ohio State Suspends Football Coach Urban Meyer 3 Games, Says He Protected Protege
Ohio State suspended coach Urban Meyer for three games on Wednesday night for mishandling repeated professional and behavioral problems of an assistant coach, with investigators finding Meyer protected his protege for years through domestic violence allegations, a drug problem and poor job performance. The superstar coach’s treatment of his now-fired assistant was also clouded by his abiding devotion to the...
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Sixers Hire Lindsey Harding as 2nd Female Full-Time Scout in NBA From WNBA
The Sixers have made a a historic hire in their scouting department.
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Any Given Sun Day: NFL Tackles Skin Cancer With Sunscreen Drive
The NFL and American Cancer Society teamed up this summer to launch an initiative as part of its “Crucial Catch” campaign in which free sunscreen is being provided to players, coaches, fans, team employees and media at camps around the country.
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Feds Open Investigation Into Former Ohio State Wrestling Doctor Accused of Abuse
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Ohio State University’s response to complaints about a doctor molesting wrestlers and other athletes decades ago, NBC News reported. For the last four months, the university has been investigating complaints from wrestlers who said that Dr. Richard Strauss, who killed himself in 2005, molested them. The investigation will touch on “allegations that employees...