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Rutgers makes it official: Tim Pernetti out as athletic director
Tim Pernetti, a Rutgers graduate and former Scarlet Knights football player, has resigned as athletic director, university President Robert Barchi announced during a news conference Friday. After two days of public outcry over the abusive behavior of...Tags: Football, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Basketball, Big East Conference, College Football
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Naperville high schools want to curb cheating
With communication and access to information easier than ever before, Naperville high school officials are aiming to give students a better definition of what constitutes cheating. Leaders from both Naperville North and Central high schools have been...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Rutgers scandal grows as assistant resigns, faculty complains
The Rutgers basketball scandal, one day removed from Mike Rice getting fired as coach for his abusive behavior, continued to grow Thursday with assistant coach Jimmy Martelli resigning and the university faculty and New Jersey politicians calling for...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Basketball, Sports, ESPN (tv network)
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Diaz: Auburn, Rutgers scandals reveal hypocrisy of college athletics
College athletics are a cesspool of hypocrisy. But you knew that. At least I hope you did, and weren’t gullible enough to continue believing in the rah-rah, feel-good nonsense that the NCAA tries to sell you as the most absurd marketing...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Sports, Synthetic Marijuana, ESPN (tv network), National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Spokane police request charges against USC basketball players for fight
Police in Spokane, Wash., completed their investigation of a fight that occurred last month and have requested that two USC basketball players be charged with two counts each of second-degree assault, a police spokeswoman said. Neither police nor USC...
Tags: USC Trojans, Basketball, Pierre Jackson, Sports, National Invitation Tournament
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What took so long?
Being in a leadership role, you need to lead by example and treat others with respect. Unfortunately this part of the definition of leadership was not clear for coaches at Rutgers University. The university fired basketball coach Mike Rice Wednesday...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education
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Rutgers, like Penn State, protected coaches instead of kids
Mike Rice was not fired as the basketball coach at Rutgers on Wednesday because he abused his players. He was fired because you and I and the governor of New Jersey and everybody across the country found out about his abusive behavior. This scandal is...
Tags: Politics, Jerry Sandusky, Basketball, Chris Christie, Government
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Rutgers firing Rice, a seamy lesson of sport
Once again, this is why you never take a college administrator too seriously when it comes to sports. Once again, a story of total abuse wouldn't be a story if it wasn't brought before the masses. Once again, the question is why the Rutgers president...
Tags: Chris Christie, Big East Conference, Colleges and Universities, LeBron James, College Sports
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Rice's firing long overdue
With an uncomfortable laugh, former Chicago State coach Bo Ellis insisted the Mike Rice he knew never crossed the line dealing with players during three years as a Cougars assistant on his staff from 1998-2001. "He was a good basketball man at Chicago...
Tags: Basketball, Mike Tice, Northwestern Wildcats, Sports, Big Ten Conference
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Mike Rice fired as Rutgers coach after airing of practice video
Mike Rice was fired as the Rutgers basketball coach Wednesday, one day after ESPN aired a video that showed him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players and directing anti-gay slurs toward them during practice. Rutgers Athletic Director Tim...
Tags: Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Politics, Chris Christie, Kevin Ware, Big East Conference
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Florida, finally, may set ethics reform trend
NEW ORLEANS –People who have taken a government class are familiar with the Athenian Oath, the two-millennia-old pledge of civic responsibility to "transmit this City not only, not less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us."...Tags: Ted Cruz, Politics, Ethics, Religion and Belief, Government
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When it comes to diversity in the NFL, nepotism trumps the 'Rooney Rule'
This NFL offseason represents the 10-year anniversary of the inception of the "Rooney Rule." The rule, named after Pittsburgh Steelers' Chairman Dan Rooney, requires teams to interview minority candidates for all head coaching and senior football...
Tags: San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Smith (football coach), Super Bowl, Minnesota Vikings
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