LSU Fires Brady: With LSU struggling at 8-13 and 1-6 in the SEC, the Tigers decided to fire coach John Brady. The university will let Brady finish his tenure by leading the Tigers against Tennessee Saturday before assistant coach Butch Pierre becomes the interim coach for the rest of the […]
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Florida State: Swann Might Be Done at Florida State
Swann Might Be Done at Florida State: Florida State senior guard Isaiah Swann tore an ACL in his left knee in the Seminoles’ 65-55 win at Miami. The team has not announced the severity of the injury, which might end the senior’s collegiate career. This season, Swann averages 11.8 points […]
Georgia: Humphrey Arrested for Underage Drinking
Humphrey Arrested for Underage Drinking: Georgia junior guard Billy Humphrey will miss three games after police arrested him for underage drinking early Thursday morning. Athens police stopped Humphrey when he failed to obey a Don’t Walk street light. He registered .03 on a handheld alcohol sobriety device, which is enough […]
NCAA: Chilliocothe Player Died of Enlarged Heart
Chilliocothe Player Died of Enlarged Heart: According to a preliminary report, a coroner found that Jonathan Davis, a sophomore at Ohio University-Chillicothe, died of an enlarged hart. Davis collapsed during practice, and medical workers pronounced him dead at Adena Regional Medical Center. The university honored Davis by canceling games and […]
Memphis: Dozier Might Face Legal Trouble
Dozier Might Face Legal Trouble: Memphis police might file assault charges against the Tigers’ junior forward Robert Dozier after his ex-girlfriend claimed that he hit her twice. She said Dozier followed her after she left the Plush Club in Memphis. She had cuts on her face. The ex-girlfriend is seeking […]
Bucknell: Flannery Remains Absent
Flannery Remains Absent: Bucknell coach Patrick Flannery missed his second consecutive game because of an undisclosed illness. Flannery missed the Bison’s 91-85 win at Colgate after missing Sunday’s loss to Army. Assistant Nathan Davis has filled in as acting head coach while Flannery recovers. Flannery did not specify the nature […]
Brown: Robinson Balances Coaching and Campaigning
Robinson Balances Coaching and Campaigning: It’s election season in addition to the final laps of the 2007-08 men’s basketball season. That makes coaching Brown and campaigning for Sen. Barack Obama difficult for the Bears’ Craig Robinson, who is a brother-in-law of the Democratic hopeful. For Tuesday’s recent slate of primaries, […]
Oklahoma: Longar Could Miss Rest of Season
Longar Could Miss Rest of Season: Oklahoma senior center Longar Longar broke a bone in his right leg against Texas A&M and is out indefinitely while recovering. Coach Jeff Capel said he does not know how long it will take Longar to recover from the broken bone, which is right […]
Arizona: Wildcats Lose Wise
Wildcats Lose Wise: Arizona sophomore guard Nic Wise will miss at least a month after having knee surgery Wednesday to repair a torn meniscus. Wise injured his knee against USC and tried to play through the injury against UCLA but was not improving. Wise averages 8.3 points per game and […]
Tennessee: Vols to Honor Grunfeld Against Kentucky
Vols to Honor Grunfeld Against Kentucky: Tennessee will retire the No. 22 jersey of Ernie Grunfled, the program’s second-leading scorer of all time. Grunfeld played for the Volunteers in the mid-1970s before playing professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Kansas City Kings and New York Knicks. He is now the Washington […]