http://www.mail.com/subjects/13724-school-athletics.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/13724-school-athletics.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced. Speaking often in an angry tone that might be otherwise reserved for an argument with an official, O'Brien told reporters in a conference call that the health and sa... Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088534-penn-defends-medical-changes-report.html 2013-05-15T22:58:44Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2087242-rutgers-louisvilles-hermann-ad.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball coach and the resignation of other officials. Hermann replaces Tim Pernetti, who quit last month after the firing ... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:32:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2087242-rutgers-louisvilles-hermann-ad.html 2013-05-15T21:32:49Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2078020-rutgers-basketball-coach-degree.html New Rutgers basketball coach Eddie Jordan is not a graduate of the university as the school had claimed, another embarrassment for an athletic program still smarting from the firing of previous coach Mike Rice. Jordan's biography on the athletic department's website says he earned a degree in health and physical education in 1977. But the registrar's offi... Sat, 11 May 2013 00:04:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2078020-rutgers-basketball-coach-degree.html 2013-05-11T00:04:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2062950-young-gay-athletes-set-tone-nba-coming.html CHICAGO (AP) — You've probably never heard of Holly Peterson or Jonathan Jean-Pierre. One came out as a lesbian at age 15, when she was playing high school basketball. The other, a college rower, told his teammates last year that he's gay. There was little fanfare for either. There were no headlines as there were this past week when NBA player Jason Colli... Sat, 04 May 2013 16:14:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2062950-young-gay-athletes-set-tone-nba-coming.html 2013-05-04T16:14:03Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2058832-secs-network-with-espn-to-debut-2014.html ATLANTA (AP) — The Southeastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the network will carry... Thu, 02 May 2013 20:34:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2058832-secs-network-with-espn-to-debut-2014.html 2013-05-02T20:34:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2057130-ncaa-emmert-face-tough-agenda-board-meeting.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert looks and sounds increasingly frustrated. Some of the fast-track reforms he championed in August 2011 have been slowed down by the governing body's legislative process. Simplifying the rule book has proven trickier than expected. His own enforcement staff got swept into a major scandal earlier this year, and ... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:09:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2057130-ncaa-emmert-face-tough-agenda-board-meeting.html 2013-05-01T21:09:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2031622-rutgers-suspends-lacrosse-coach-review.html NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University has suspended its head men's lacrosse coach as it investigates allegations of verbal abuse. The university announced the suspension on Friday, saying that Brian Brecht will continue to be paid. The school did not give details of allegations. Rutgers, under the direction of President Robert Barchi and Interim A... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:30:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2031622-rutgers-suspends-lacrosse-coach-review.html 2013-04-19T17:30:37Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2028700-ap-source-rutgers-eddie-jordan-reach-agreement.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is turning to one of its greatest players to lead the basketball program past an embarrassing coaching scandal and into its future with the Big Ten Conference. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan has reached a tentative agreement to take over as coach of ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:43:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2028700-ap-source-rutgers-eddie-jordan-reach-agreement.html 2013-04-19T00:43:39Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2014216-penn-revenue-decline-traced-to-renewal-fees.html STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — About 90 percent of the $7.8 million decline in revenue for Penn State's athletic department was due to a loss of one-time fees related to football club seat and suite renewals that were not budgeted for in 2012. The department Thursday released a statement offering explanations on the financial report released earlier this week.... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:23:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2014216-penn-revenue-decline-traced-to-renewal-fees.html 2013-04-11T20:23:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2011814-iowa-state-ncaa-case-started-with-basketball-aide.html Iowa State released fresh details Wednesday of its internal investigation into NCAA recruiting violations, saying it found "a significant number" of impermissible calls and text messages made by coaches in football, men's basketball and several other sports. The report said Iowa State's two-year investigation started with the discovery of improper contact... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:09:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2011814-iowa-state-ncaa-case-started-with-basketball-aide.html 2013-04-10T23:09:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2007278-rutgers-to-deeper-problems-with-coach.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers University is pledging to get to the bottom of how a basketball coach who kicked and shoved players and used gay slurs as he yelled at them was allowed to stay on the job — and to make sure the same thing isn't happening in other sports. The university said Monday that the school's Board of Governors would meet Thursday to disc... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:45:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2007278-rutgers-to-deeper-problems-with-coach.html 2013-04-09T06:45:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004700-rutgers-reviewing-sports-practice-videos.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men's basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday. The inquiry into Rice and how university officials responded is also going deeper as the school announced that it plans to... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:36:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004700-rutgers-reviewing-sports-practice-videos.html 2013-04-09T01:36:12Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2006150-rutgers-names-carl-kirschner-interim-ad.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rutgers is turning to former dean Carl Kirschner to run its athletic department amid the basketball scandal that led to the firing of coach Mike Rice and the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti. Rutgers president Robert Barchi announced the appointment Monday, just three days after Pernetti resigned in the wake of the scandal... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:18:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2006150-rutgers-names-carl-kirschner-interim-ad.html 2013-04-08T20:18:10Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004198-robert-morris-will-address-concerns-with-rice-era.html Robert Morris hopes to address this week allegations of physical confrontations with players and former coach Mike Rice during his three seasons with the Colonials. Athletic director Craig Coleman could speak on the matter Monday or Tuesday, after the school wraps up an internal investigation looking into the claims, according to a university official. Du... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:03:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2004198-robert-morris-will-address-concerns-with-rice-era.html 2013-04-07T23:03:46Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2001738-auburn-self-defense-mode-scathing-reports.html AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn is once again on the defensive amid allegations of wrongdoing going back to the 2010 national championship season. Two reports surfaced this week accusing the athletic department of wide-ranging misdeeds ranging from covering up widespread use of synthetic marijuana among football players to grade-changing and illicit payments, ... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:57:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2001738-auburn-self-defense-mode-scathing-reports.html 2013-04-06T00:57:14Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1997222-rutgers-faculty-seek-firings-coach-case.html NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — The call from faculty members and politicians to oust top Rutgers University administrators grew louder, a day after men's basketball coach Mike Rice was fired for mistreating players, shoving them and berating them with gay slurs. More than 50 faculty members signed a letter Thursday calling for the dismissal of Athletic Direct... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:44:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1997222-rutgers-faculty-seek-firings-coach-case.html 2013-04-05T07:44:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999312-two-rutgers-players-defend-fired-coach-rice.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Two Rutgers basketball players on Mike Rice's team say the fired coach wasn't the abusive tyrant he appears to be on a widely viewed video that ultimately cost him his job. "You can't let those individual moments define what he was," junior forward Wally Judge said during a telephone interview Thursday. "In my past two years, me be... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:19:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999312-two-rutgers-players-defend-fired-coach-rice.html 2013-04-05T00:19:04Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999074-guide-to-firing-rutgers-basketball-coach.html Rutgers University fired men's basketball coach Mike Rice this week after the public airing of video showing him berating players. An at-a-glance look at the facts in the case: THE VIDEO The edited clips of practices from 2010 through last year were made public by Eric Murdock, a former basketball program employee at... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:09:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999074-guide-to-firing-rutgers-basketball-coach.html 2013-04-05T00:09:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999244-rutgers-assistant-martelli-resigns-amid-scandal.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — A Rutgers assistant men's basketball coach has resigned amid a scandal over the way his former boss treated players. A Rutgers athletic department spokesman confirmed Thursday that assistant coach Jimmy Martelli had left the program. Coach Mike Rice was fired on Wednesday after a video was made public showing him shoving and kickin... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:59:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1999244-rutgers-assistant-martelli-resigns-amid-scandal.html 2013-04-04T22:59:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1998654-finals-watch-presidential-shot-top-coach-player.html ATLANTA (AP) — Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games. Presidential parting shot The formal question-and-answer portion of his news conference had just ended when NCAA president Mark Emmert looked at a repo... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:44:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1998654-finals-watch-presidential-shot-top-coach-player.html 2013-04-04T22:44:59Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1995354-rutgers-fires-coach-mike-rice-video-release.html PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Fueled by outrage from even the governor when the video went public, Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after deciding it didn't go far enough by suspending and fining him for shoving, kicking and throwing balls at players along with spewing gay slurs. Athletic director Tim Pernetti was given a copy of the tape b... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:38:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1995354-rutgers-fires-coach-mike-rice-video-release.html 2013-04-03T17:38:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1994086-fulmer-helps-restart-football-east-tenn.html JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer is returning to college football to help restart the program at East Tennessee State. Fulmer, 62, will serve as a consultant and special assistant to athletic director Richard Sander as East Tennessee State relaunches a football program it had shut down for financial reasons in 2003. The rec... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1994086-fulmer-helps-restart-football-east-tenn.html 2013-04-03T00:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1991284-texas-tech-hires-tubby-smith-basketball-coach.html LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Tubby Smith is headed to Texas Tech to try to turn around another wayward program. Smith was hired Monday, the school announced late Monday night. Associate athletic director Blayne Beal tweeted that a 2 p.m. press conference was scheduled Tuesday to meet the latest man who is coming from a bigger program to try to revive the basketb... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:57:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1991284-texas-tech-hires-tubby-smith-basketball-coach.html 2013-04-02T04:57:36Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1988598-longtime-alabama-ad-mal-moore-passes.html MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant, hired Nick Saban and presided over a heyday in athletics at his alma mater, has passed away. The university said the 73-year-old Moore died on Saturday at Duke University Medical Center. Moore had been in the Durham, N.C., hospital since March 13 ... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:02:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1988598-longtime-alabama-ad-mal-moore-passes.html 2013-03-30T21:02:27Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1981684-coaches-survive-show-cause-orders.html COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Few words are less welcome to college basketball coaches than "show cause," shorthand for the NCAA penalty designed to keep those sanctioned for misconduct at one school from quickly jumping to another campus. Yet an Associated Press review of infractions cases since 2000 found that show-cause orders tend to have a sharply uneven impa... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:05:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1981684-coaches-survive-show-cause-orders.html 2013-03-27T08:05:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1978786-fgcu-savors-ride-to-ncaa-tournaments-sweet-16.html FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Sherwood Brown only wanted a bagel. The Florida Gulf Coast star walked into a restaurant on campus Monday and was quickly surrounded. People wanted autographs. People wanted photos. People just wanted to yell words of encouragement. A school that opened a mere 16 years ago finds itself front-and-center in March Madness, one of only... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:56:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1978786-fgcu-savors-ride-to-ncaa-tournaments-sweet-16.html 2013-03-25T20:56:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1967446-butler-creighton-xavier-join-big-east.html NEW YORK (AP) — The breakaway basketball schools kept the Big East name and the conference tournament in Madison Square Garden. In return, they left behind tens of millions of dollars to the football members. That was easy to do with a lucrative television contract awaiting. The new Big East launched as a 10-member league Wednesday with the additions of B... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:13:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1967446-butler-creighton-xavier-join-big-east.html 2013-03-20T20:13:33Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1948082-kingsbury-fleck-lead-wave-30-something-coaches.html With spring football beginning on campuses around the country this month, six 30-something coaches are getting their first crack at running a program. That doesn't include Willie Taggart — he'll be 37 when South Florida kicks off next fall and it will be head coaching job No. 2 for him. It seems that when schools are searching for a leader these days, the... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:52:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1948082-kingsbury-fleck-lead-wave-30-something-coaches.html 2013-03-12T07:52:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1939516-ncaa-to-reconsider-recruiting-deregulation.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA's board of directors will review two proposals adopted in January that were aimed at deregulating recruiting after some coaches and administrators expressed concerns about the possible changes. The NCAA announced on Thursday the rules working group will modify proposals that would have removed certain restrictions on who can r... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:34:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1939516-ncaa-to-reconsider-recruiting-deregulation.html 2013-03-08T02:34:20Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1909898-pa-girl-defends-catholic-football-league-play.html DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia doesn't need another public relations headache after years of priest-abuse and school-closure headlines, but it's got one in the form of a pony-tailed 11-year-old athlete. Sixth-grader Caroline Pla is fighting the archdiocese for the right to keep playing church-sponsored youth football. The... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:28:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1909898-pa-girl-defends-catholic-football-league-play.html 2013-02-23T07:28:24Z