President given authority to move Texas A&M from Big 12
The president of Texas A&M was given sole authority to move the Aggies out of the Big 12 if he wishes.
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President given authority to move Aggies out of Big 12
The president of Texas A&M was given sole authority to move the Aggies out of the Big 12 if he wishes.
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NBA Trade Rumors: Have New Jersey Nets Given Up on Travis Outlaw?
NBA lockout be damned, the New Jersey Nets refuse to not be in the news!
Between Deron Williams potentially playing in Turkey during the lockout to free agent power forward Kris Humphries preparing for his celebrity wedding with Kim Kardashian, the team from across the Hudson has not failed to keep things interesting, as one might expect from an organization run by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov.
Furthermore, Nets management have already begun to game plan for roster moves in the event that there is time for signing free agents and swapping players before the curtains go up on the 2011-12 NBA season. According to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, the Nets will be in hot pursuit of a small forward once the players and the owners have come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, though they would prefer to do so via trade rather than in free agency.
Which begs the question, what about Travis Outlaw?
New Jersey signed the former Portland Trail Blazer to a five-year, $35-million deal in what appeared to be a last-ditch effort to sign a free agent after striking out on all the big names on the market last summer, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amar’e Stoudemire and Joe Johnson.
As one might expect, the 26-year-old forward didn’t exactly live up to the money, averaging 9.2 points on 37.5 percent shooting from the field, though, to his credit, Outlaw didn’t miss a single game.
And, in a strange twist, Outlaw’s father, John Outlaw Sr., recently told the Starkville Daily News that he expects his son to take on an even bigger role next season, claiming that he overheard Nets coach Avery Johnson telling his staff that he wants Travis to take around 17 shots per game this season.
That notion seems fishy in and of itself, with Deron Williams and Brook Lopez already on the roster, and it becomes even fishier when considering the notion that the Nets are looking to upgrade at his position.
Things only figure to get more interesting in New Jersey once the current lockout is finally lifted.
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Connecticut Basketball: Calhoun Given Delayed Benching By NCAA For Violations
The NCAA issued its findings from their investigation into the Connecticut basketball program.
The program was placed on probation from Feb. 22, 2011 through Feb. 21, 2014. There were bans on recruiting calls, reductions in recruiting days and scholarships, but the team missed being placed on a postseason ban.
In addition to the team penalties, coach Jim Calhoun was cited today for his failure in creating an atmosphere of compliance within the Connecticut program. His punishment for his role was a suspension for three Big East games in 2011-2012.
It took almost two years for findings to come out from the NCAA, as an investigation into Josh Nochimson, a former team manager, helping guide recruit Nate Miles to Connecticut began shortly a report was posted by Yahoo! Sports in spring 2009.
And what is sad is that because of the timing of this, which one can say was not overlooked by the powers that be, the penalty is lessened because of when it will take place. Dennis Thomas, the chair of the infractions committee, said that the suspension would be next year because the school could appeal the decision.
Of course, if things were done sooner, maybe the punishment could be applied this year. I guess being a star has its advantages, just ask the Ohio State Football players who were given multi-game suspensions for NEXT season or Basketball’s Teflon coaches: Denny Crum, Norm Stewart and Eddie Sutton, who avoided real punishment while their teams were punished in the 1980s and 1990s.
If the NCAA could have completed their investigation in a timely fashion, the punishment could have been put into place and might actually mean something. But that might impact the Huskies run to the NCAA tournament and that could impact ratings, which would impact the all-mighty dollar and the NCAA would not want to do that, now would it?
Thanks NCAA for showing that the Linsey Lohans of the NCAA community will get punished—just in their own special way.
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Denver Nuggets: The Nuggets Were Given An Offer That Was To Good To Refuse
The New York Knicks Finally Made An Offer For Carmelo Anthony That The Denver Nuggets Couldn’t Refuse
Everyone wants to talk about the Carmelo Anthony trade from the New York Knicks perspective, and that’s perfectly reasonable since Anthony was the biggest piece in the deal, but what about the Denver Nuggets and the package they received in return.
The Nuggets got back Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and three draft picks.
First, they got rid of Chauncey Billups, and his huge 2011-12 salary, and got back four young players, three of whom are starters right now (Felton, Gallinari and Chandler) and a fourth (Mozgov) who can develop into a pretty good big man with time and some coaching.
They also got at least one first round draft pick from the Knicks, in 2014, and rumors that there could be up to three draft picks total involved in the deal.
So that’s four starters back for the Nuggets. They got four starters, and got younger in the process. Sure, this puts them out of contention for the playoffs this year, but they are set up to be good very soon.
No one in Denver wants to hear this right now, but if you give the team a little patience they could be as good as, if not better than, the team they had in the first half of this season. Whether you like it or not, Denver wasn’t going to win a championship with Anthony and Billups in the fold, and the coaching staff and front office knew that.
We live in a society where you either have or you have not, but the Anthony basically forced the Nuggets’ hand in this matter and they got the best possible deal they could get him to agree to.
If the Nuggets’ fans just give this team some time, they will be right back in the playoff mix before you know it.
Related Story: How The Carmelo Deal Helps The Nuggets Rebuilding Process
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Warriors Rookies Dance To Dougie, Given Tinker Bell Backpacks
There has been no shortage of rookie hazing this year. We are only a week into preseason and we have already heard about more than a handful of hazing stories. The class song for this years rookies is hands down “Teach Me How To Dougie”…
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UConn given more time to answer NCAA (AP)
The NCAA is giving Connecticut another week to respond to allegations that the school’s basketball program committed eight major rules violations. The university was expected to respond by Aug. 20, but that deadline was moved last month to Sept. 3 based on requests by the coaches cited in the allegations.
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UConn given more time to respond to NCAA
The NCAA is giving Connecticut more time to respond to allegations that the school’s basketball program committed eight major rules violatio …
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Connecticut given more time to respond to NCAA allegations
The NCAA is giving Connecticut more time to respond to allegations that the school’s basketball program committed eight major rules violations. …
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UConn given more time to respond to NCAA (AP)
The NCAA is giving Connecticut more time to respond to allegations that the school’s basketball program committed eight major rules violations. The university was expected to respond by Aug. 20, but says the deadline is now Sept. 3. The school says the extension was based on requests by the coaches cited in the allegations of May 21.
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