The NCAA basketball coaching carousel continues. Radford might be the last school to get off the ride – they inked Virginia Commonwealth assistant coach Mike Jones. As an assistant to Shaka Smart, Jones helped VCU make its first Final Four […]
Month: June 2011
Oregon track and field claims three national championships
DES MOINES, Iowa — The University of Oregon women’s track and field team claimed its third consecutive second place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 11. While not being able to claim a team national championship, […]
Cleveland: Loserville, USA
A rare event occurred on Sunday evening as the Dallas Mavericks closed out the NBA Finals by defeating the Miami Heat in six games. Obviously the city of Dallas partied until the wee hours of the morning, but so did […]
Armstrong confronts Hamilton at restaurant
Tyler Hamilton’s attorney told ESPN.com that the cyclist informed federal authorities about an incident involving Hamilton and fellow cyclist Lance Armstrong. Hamilton, who recently accused the seven-time Tour de France winner of doping, had a conversation with Armstrong in an […]
Bobcats hire Rich Cho
The Charlotte Bobcats have hired former Portland general manager Rich Cho to head the same position. The Bobcats also promoted Rod Higgins to president of basketball operations. Cho was fired as Blazers GM only three weeks ago and spent less […]
Jeter hurt, leaves game
Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter came up limping after hitting a fly ball in the fifth inning in a game against Cleveland on Monday night. He immediately left the field. His quest for 3,000 will have to wait. Reports are that […]
MLB realignment, Astros may be moving
Over the weekend, ESPN’s Buster Olney really stirred the pot. He reported that league sources were considered evening the playing field and changing the divisions – moving a team from the NL to the AL Sources – including those approached […]
Fiesta Bowl hires Arizona President, Shelton
The Fiesta Bowl is digging itself out of a deep hole – but made strides Monday when it hired University of Arizona President Robert Shelton to take over as Executive Director. Shelton replaces John Junker who was fired after an […]
Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris cited for driving 118 mph
Run-ins with the law have become an unfortunate offseason re-occurrence for the University of Oregon football program over the last few years and it has struck again for the second time this offseason. On June 12 at approximately 4:32 a.m. […]