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• Lee: Ball was dropped at CdA High

  March 21, 2013 in Sports on Page B5 I’m not coming to the defense of Kent Leiss here. Not in the way you might think anyway. The Coeur d’Alene boys basketball coach who resigned under pressure with three … 1

• Sudanese teens at center of recruiting controversy

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World BATAVIA, Ill. (AP) — Four young men from war-ravaged Sudan tower above their teachers and fellow students on the pastoral grounds of a century-old school in suburban Chicago. Eighteen months …

• Future of cleared Mankato football coach uncertain

  December 1, 2012 in Nation/World MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota college football coach said he wants to return to work now that a judge has dismissed prosecutors’ claims that video he took of his …

• Judge dismisses porn case against Minn. coach

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota football coach sidelined by accusations of child pornography involving his own children reacted with relief Friday after a judge dismissed the case, saying he …

• Penn State to argue delay request in McQueary case

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for Penn State and a key witness in Jerry Sandusky’s criminal trial are expected in court to argue over the university’s request to put the …

• Feds drop sex abuse case against Syracuse’s Fine

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal authorities have dropped their investigation into one of the sexual abuse claims that cost a Syracuse University assistant basketball coach his job, threw a top-ranked …

• Ex-University of Texas coach Royal dies at age 88

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A son of Depression-era Oklahoma, Darrell Royal came to Texas to take over a sleeping giant of a football program. Over 20 years, his folksy approach …

• Sandusky accuser tells of abuse ordeal in new book

  October 19, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A young man whose sexual-abuse claims triggered the investigation of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky says in his new book Sandusky’s wife once …

• Coach quits in Maine Zumba prostitution scandal

  October 17, 2012 in Nation/World KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — A long-time high school hockey coach whose name appeared on a list of men accused of paying a local Zumba fitness instructor for sex has stepped …

• Sandusky gets at least 30 years, denies wrongdoing

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — In what sounded at times like a locker room pep talk, Jerry Sandusky rambled in his red prison suit about being the underdog in the fourth … 1

• Sandusky gets least 30 years, denies wrongdoing

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — In what sounded at times like a locker room pep talk, Jerry Sandusky rambled in his red prison suit about being the underdog in the fourth …

• Jerry Sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years

  October 9, 2012 in Nation/World BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky, maintaining his innocence, was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison — effectively a life sentence — in the child sexual abuse …

• McQueary files defamation suit against Penn State

  October 2, 2012 in Nation/World HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Penn State graduate assistant who complained he saw former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky showering with a young boy on campus and testified at …

• AP Source: UConn coach Jim Calhoun retiring

  September 12, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Calhoun has spent more than half his life as a head basketball coach, never venturing far from the New England area where he was born. … 1

• Baseball coach gets help with cancer fight

  September 10, 2012 in Health AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a minor league baseball coach, Brian Rose has always been a competitor and tries to imbue his players with the same fire. Now, the bench …