National Collegiate Athletic Association News
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University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun will have back surgery next week and miss at least two more games, the school said today in a news release.
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Shenneika Smith made a 3-point shot with eight seconds left to give St. John’s University a 57-56 win that broke the second-ranked University of Connecticut’s 99- game home winning streak in women’s college basketball.
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University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun will miss at least two more games while he receives treatment for spinal stenosis, the school said on its website.
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Butch Davis was hired as a special assistant to Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano less than a year after being fired as football coach at the University of North Carolina during an investigation into rules violations.
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The Patriot League, which has the most-played rivalry in college football, will begin offering scholarships in the sport beginning with 2013’s incoming class, the conference’s Council of Presidents announced today.
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College football rule makers recommended that kickoffs be moved up five yards to the 35-yard line and touchbacks come out to the 25-yard line instead of the 20 in an effort to reduce injuries.
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University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley said the school will resume using the nickname of Fighting Sioux after referendum supporters filed petitions asking that it be put to a statewide vote.
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West Virginia University may have to pay at least $20 million to leave the Big East Conference, CBSSports.com reported, citing unidentified people in college football.
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The University of Memphis joined the Big East Conference for all sports beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, moving the league’s football membership to 12 schools eventually and 17 total.
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Mayor John Cook has amassed $250,000 in debt fighting for his job in El Paso, the sixth-biggest Texas city, after casting a decisive vote to reject a ban on benefits for same-sex partners of municipal workers. The move sparked demands for his recall.
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