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Legal trouble with Rutgers player only beginning for Imus

NEW YORK On the same day Don Imus settled a lawsuit with CBS Radio after being fired for making sexist and racist comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, his legal troubles with one of the players began.

August 14, 2007

Pro or not pro? That’s the question among student athletes

NAKHON NAYOK Thailand The clink of a putter and the applause that followed at the 18th hole cut through a symphony of crickets in the dim light of dusk.

August 14, 2007

Cavaliers add assistant coach John Kuester

CLEVELAND John Kuester joined Mike Brown’s coaching staff with the Cleveland Cavaliers as an assistant, team officials said Tuesday.

August 14, 2007

Rutgers student files lawsuit against Imus, CBS, MSNBC

NEW YORK A member of the Rutgers women’s basketball team sued Don Imus and CBS on Tuesday, claiming the radio personality’s sexist and racist comments about the team damaged her reputation.

August 14, 2007

Kentucky lawmakers object to regulation on athletic eligibility

FRANKFORT Ky. A legislative panel objected to a regulation on Tuesday that requires student athletes who transfer from a public to a private high school or vice versa to sit out for a year.

August 13, 2007

NCAA alters College World Series schedule

OMAHA Neb. The College World Series will start on a Saturday in 2008, breaking its tradition of opening on a Friday, the NCAA Division I baseball committee announced Tuesday.

August 13, 2007

Arkansas appears before NCAA board over track violations

LITTLE ROCK The University of Arkansas has appeared before the NCAA infractions committee to answer allegations levied against its storied track and field program after a former assistant coach was convicted last year of embezzlement, the university said Tuesday.

August 13, 2007

Defending ACC champ Wake Forest building on 2006 success

WINSTON-SALEM N.C. Saws buzzed and drills rattled at Wake Forest on Tuesday as work continued on the glitzy new Deacon Tower at Groves Stadium.

August 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Eastern Illinois fires athletic director

CHAMPAIGN Ill. Eastern Illinois University fired Athletic Director Rich McDuffie two weeks after saying it found no evidence to support a sexual harassment claim made against him.

August 13, 2007

Arkansas-Pine Bluff hires Mazza as women’s soccer coach

PINE BLUFF Ark. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has hired Roberto Mazza as coach of its women’s soccer team.

August 13, 2007

Judge rules against student suspended for wearing rebel flag

ST. LOUIS An eastern Missouri school district was within its rights to suspend a student who refused to remove clothing bearing the Confederate battle flag, a federal judge ruled.

August 13, 2007

Florida A&M coach dismissed; stalking charge pending

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida A&M University fired basketball coach Mike Gillespie on Tuesday, less than three months after he was charged with misdemeanor stalking.

August 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Division II members should be proud, not defensive, Ambrose says

OMAHA Neb. The strength of NCAA Division II is that it strikes the right balance of academics and athletics in college life, and the 296 member institutions should be proud of that identity, the chairman of the Division II President’s Council says.

August 12, 2007

Schools transitioning to NCAA Division I in 2007-08

Exploratory year: University of New Haven (Conn.), Houston Baptist, Bryant University (R.I.), South Dakota, North Dakota, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and Seattle.

August 12, 2007

Mexico, Thailand brawl at World University Games soccer

BANGKOK Thailand Soccer players from Thailand and Mexico fought openly on the pitch Monday at the World University Games in a match eventually won by the home team 1-0.

August 12, 2007

LOUISIANA FOOTBALL ’07: Grambling looks to Broadway to take the Tigers back to the top of the SWAC

GRAMBLING La. It seems only fitting that Grambling State, renowned for its “road show” that dates back to the late Eddie Robinson’s heyday, should bring in a coach named Broadway.

August 12, 2007

UCLA reinstates assistant coach arrested for burglary

LOS ANGELES UCLA reinstated assistant football coach Eric Scott, who’d been on administrative leave after an arrest on suspicion of residential burglary last month.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

University president wants to listen, learn

IOWA CITY Iowa Sally Mason just wants to listen.

August 12, 2007