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Northwestern lacrosse’s Shannon Smith has goals plainly in sight
Regrets? None. Another NCAA lacrosse title? Northwestern senior Shannon Smith is working on it. Smith had one goal and one assist to help the No. 2-seeded Wildcats (18-2) knock off Notre Dame 12-7 at Lakeside Field in a first-round tournament game Saturday. The Wildcats will …
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Ex-Syracuse coach’s wife Laurie Fine says ESPN ‘has destroyed my life’
GENEVA, N.Y. — The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys. Laurie Fine held a news conference Wednesday and …
Going to the highest bidder: Bobby Petrino’s Harley of doom
You can buy the motorcycle disgraced Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino was driving when his career crashed and burned. Petrino wrecked the motorcycle, emblazoned with an Arkansas Razorback and the words “Hawg Wild,” last month. The incident led to his firing after it was learned that …
Penn St. ex-coach Sandusky wants sex-abuse trial postponed
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach’s child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and that he was still waiting for disclosure of prosecution material. Defense attorney Joe Amendola …
Illinois State hires Vanderbilt assistant Dan Muller
NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State has hired longtime Vanderbilt assistant Dan Muller, a former Illinois State player, to be its next men’s basketball coach. The school announced that it will hold a news conference on Tuesday to introduce Muller as the program’s 19th coach. Muller …
Jerry Sandusky can review medical records of his alleged victims
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The alleged victims of the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal are finding there isn’t much in their pasts that the defense isn’t trying to find out. Jerry Sandusky’s defense team wants to know their IQs, how well they did in school …
Fighting Irish: Police say Notre Dame QB Tommy Rees knees cop
After a night of drinking, running away from police breaking up a house party, allegedly kneeing a cop in the gut and getting pepper-sprayed and cuffed, Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees was charged with four misdemeanors Thursday, authorities said. The 19-year-old from Lake Bluff escaped a felony charge.
Duke’s Chris Collins pulls out of Illinois State coaching search
Duke assistant Chris Collins says he’s not pursuing the vacant coaching position at Illinois State.
Three Loyola soccer players cited for abusing officials
Three Loyola men’s soccer players received reprimands and other penalties for misconduct during the 2011 Division I men’s soccer tournament, the NCAA men’s soccer committee announced Wednesday. Erik Warren, Eric Marofske and Justin Koehler face reprimands for verbally abusing referees during and after the Ramblers’ …
Larry Brown—yes, that Larry Brown—takes over at SMU
DALLAS — Larry Brown has returned to college coaching. Brown was formally introduced Monday as the men’s basketball coach at SMU, his first college job in nearly a quarter century. The 71-year-old Hall of Famer joked about his age and said he looked forward to …
John L. Smith to replace Bobby Petrino at Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A person familiar with the decision says Arkansas is bringing back John L. Smith on an interim basis next year to replace Bobby Petrino. Smith, who left the Razorbacks after last season to become the coach at Weber State, is returning on …
Brian Kelly’s ‘excitement’ not enough for Notre Dame alums hungry for a title
I did a double-take to make sure I was in the right place last week as the Notre Dame Club of Chicago’s annual Knute Rockne dinner got under way inside a Sheraton-Chicago ballroom. The usual cast of ardently believing Domers was on hand, only not …
Jordan Lynch makes his case for QB job at NIU
DEKALB — When Jordan Lynch was leading Mount Carmel to a second consecutive Class 8A semifinal playoff appearance in 2008, the Caravan quarterback got recruiting calls from a number of major college programs. “A lot of the Big Ten teams looked at me for ‘athlete’ …
Turnover-prone QBs draw ire of Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — If Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly decided to skip the Blue-Gold spring game on Saturday, he wouldn’t have missed much. A 42-31 victory for the Notre Dame defense looked too familiar for the offense. The unit committed six turnovers, none more …
