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Updates for June 8, 2010
Former LSU quarterback, ULL football coach dies
By: The Associated Press
LAFAYETTE (AP) – Louisiana-Lafayette’s former football coach and athletic director Nelson Stokley has died from complications brought on by Alzheimer’s disease.
University officials confirmed that Stokley died Saturday at the age of 66….
Updates for June 7, 2010
Judge denies sovereign immunity for Tech
By: Evan Jansa
After the June 1 court ruling by Judge Bill Sowder regarding former Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach’s 11 accusations against Tech, there is more clarity about the future between the coach and the university in the legal arena….
Grothe excited to play close to home
By: Phil Neary, SPORTS EDITOR
Former USF quarterback Matt Grothe has finally found a home — and it’s not too far from his home. Grothe, a Lakeland native, signed with the United Football League’s Orlando-based Florida Tuskers on Friday. “It’s like h…
The year in sports: off and running
By: Emerald sports desk
2009-10 year characterized by football’s ground attack, women’s basketball’s uptempo offense
Best men’s team: Football It’s hard to argue with the accomplishments of the 2009 football team. Pac-10 Champs. First Rose Bowl since 1995. Wins over No. 6 Cal and No. 4 USC. Chip Kelly Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Only a win over Ohio State i…
Updates for June 6, 2010
FOOTBALL: Hoke holds football academy for charity
By: Matt McClanahan, Staff Writer
More than 100 women got into a three-point stance Saturday at the Aztec Athletic Center for the second annual San Diego State Women’s Football Academy. The event featured football head coach Brady Hoke and around 30 players….
Updates for June 5, 2010
Pistol coach made big strides with program
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Freshman James Sweeney walked across the Oval numerous times in 1952. Fifty-eight years later, he is still making that same walk.
Sweeney’s history at Ohio State is remarkable. In his time, he has seen six football National Championships, five Heis…
Updates for June 3, 2010
Buckeye bound: Top quarterback recruit Braxton Miller commits to OSU
By: Ashley Waltermeyer
Ohio State landed what some may consider its best recruit in recent memory.
Braxton Miller, the No. 2-ranked quarterback in the country, chose OSU Thursday out of a group of the NCAA’s top football programs that were all hoping to add him to their …
Hemophiliac hopes for positive changes with health care legislation
By: Emily Tramte
Stephen Kaes is athletic. His broad shoulders and strong legs could have made him a valuable player in football.
“Anything that has a ball in it, he always liked to do it,” said Leonard Kaes, Stephen’s father.
As a boy, soccer was his …
Alvarez inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
By: Parker Gabriel
Students new to the sports scene on campus in Madison will come to know Barry Alvarez as a guy who, in his role as Athletic Director, should fire this coach or that coach and push ahead plans to improve athletic facilities. He is more recognizable, though…
Expectations high as many playmakers return
By: Parker Gabriel
One year ago, the Wisconsin football team entered the fall as a damaged product.
Updates for May 12, 2010
NU Day at Wrigley sees Cubs’ defeat
By: Lauren Kelleher and Peter Larson
Northwestern students trickled into their seats and beer trickled into waiting plastic cups Tuesday night as football coach Pat Fitzgerald threw out the first pitch to open the annual NU Day at Wrigley….
Updates for May 11, 2010
Athletics will make Navy football tickets available to students
By: Jakob Engelke
3,000 free tickets will be set aside for Sept. game
When the Terrapin football team faces off against Navy in both teams’ 2010 season opener Sept. 6, thousands of fans from the Washington metropolitan area will stream to M&T Bank Stadium and purchase a ticket for the general public price of $55.
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