Dean Smith, who coached North Carolina to two men’s basketball national titles, died Saturday night at the age of 83. Via ESPN reports: The retired Hall of Fame coach died “peacefully” at his home Saturday night, the school said in a statement Sunday from Smith’s family. He was with his wife and five children. […]
Clay Jackson (pictured), an Allen Texas high school basketball coach is being referred to as a “racial bully” by a few angry parents because he has allegedly been attaching racist monikers to a few of his black students. One of whom was too young to understand the Pickaninny stereotype attached to her given nickname of “Buckwheat,” according to WFAA News. […]
Tressel becomes YSU’s newest president after a stint working at the University of Akron. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Jim Tressel credited values instilled by his parents for bringing him to the podium at Youngstown State University on Monday, as he was installed as the ninth university president. The former Penguin and Buckeye football coach […]
Former NFL coach turned analyst Tony Dungy is coming under fire for a comment he made about openly gay player Michael Sam. In an interview with the Tampa Tribune, Dungy said he would not have drafted Sam because he “wouldn’t want to deal with all of it.” Sam came out in February interviews. […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue to be their associate head coach. Lue was a finalist for the Cavs head coaching job before David Blatt was named the new coach. Lue will now be the highest paid assistant coach in the NBA. ESPN and Yahoo Sports are […]
Hinds County, Mississippi sheriff’s deputy Joshua Adams, 37, has been arrested and charged with the murder of 25-year-old Justin Griffin, reports WLBT.com. Griffin died Monday afternoon at the University of Mississippi Medical Center from blunt-force trauma to the head with internal bleeding, said Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart. Griffin and Adams, who was refereeing the game […]
*Pharrell Williams will sit in the big red chair once occupied by CeeLo Green on NBC’s “The Voice” next season. The Grammy-winning producer was previously an advisor to Team Usher on season four of “The Voice,” and performed the hit single “Blurred Lines” with Robin Thicke on the show last May. “It’s been a huge […]
With former Indianapolis head coach Jim Caldwell looking like a front runner for the Detroit Lions, there is a report that former Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel could head to Michigan too. The two worked together when Tressel was forced out at Ohio State and spent a season as a consultant for the Colts. This […]
CLEVELAND – The big question now is who will take over as head coach for the Browns? PennLive.com – Bill O’Brien won’t be a candidate for the Browns NFLspinzone.com – Whisenhunt an option for the Browns SBNation.com Broncos OC Gase among candidates for the Browns Fansided.com thinks McDanielsSchwartz good candidates for the Browns. […]
*Iyanla Vanzant has been getting inside of peoples’ heads for years; and most of the time her ability to delve into a situation, assess it, provide an apt analysis and target key points to work on appear spot on. Whether she actually “fixes” people’s lives is still questionable, but you have to admit, she […]
*Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has been fined $100,000 for interfering with a play against the Baltimore Ravens on Thanksgiving. The NFL also said Wednesday that it would consider docking Pittsburgh a draft pick “because the conduct affected a play on the field.” In the third quarter of the Ravens’ 22-20 win last Thursday, […]
CLEVELAND – Here are the names that have landed in Rumorville to be the next head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers just after Byron Scott was let go. While Cavs fans would like to dream about Phil Jackson, the best bet for him to come to Cleveland is if Dan Gilbert buys Whitefish, Montana and […]