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Basketball coaches spend off time with troops

Updated: September 12, 2008, 4:10 PM ET Every college basketball coach's calendar says the same thing for August: quiet period. Several coaches, however, have given up some of their down time to visit U.S. soldiers in...

Oklahoma brings a lot of baggage to Seattle

Brian Bosworth and Clay Bennett. Oklahoma vs. Washington has become Erik Bedard vs. Seattle baseball fans, Olbermann vs. Matthews, the Capulets vs. the Montagues. When it comes to Washington sports, Oklahoma has been more...

HUTSELL: Welcome back, Hoosier football

20: Indiana 34, Ball State 33 — Lynch lives up to his own hyperbole, but barely. Hoosier fans get to meet Nate Davis, the best quarterback playing college football in the state of Indiana right now. • Sept. 27: Michigan...

Mauk once again loses NCAA appeal

Quarterback Ben Mauk has lost his latest appeal to the NCAA for another year of eligibility to play for Cincinnati. After a couple of days of uncertainty, the NCAA informed Cincinnati on Wednesday that Mauk had been turned...

Crean's loving the green right now

We're less than a week away from watching our first college football games of the season, but for some reason, I'm feeling the urge to discuss some college basketball during these dog days of August. Well, at least new...

Bolt lays claim to Olympic spotlight

We can do this one of two ways. Imagine Michael Phelps in running shoes. Or Usain Bolt in swimming goggles. Which one has been more impressive in the Olympics probably depends on whether you prefer your champions dry or wet.

Briefs | College basketball: Crean signs 10-year contract

College basketball Indiana coach's deal is worth at least $23.6 million: Indiana coach Tom Crean got the job security he wanted, signing... College basketball Indiana coach's deal is worth at least $23.6 million: Indiana coach...

Compliance focal point of Crean's contract

From Courier-Journal andIndianapolis Star dispatches • August 20, 2008 The contract of Indiana University men's basketball coach Tom Crean has stricter language on rule compliance, disciplinary action and personal behavior than...

Indiana's Crean signs 10-year contract

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- New Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean has signed a 10-year deal worth $23.6 million. School officials said Tuesday that the deal includes a base salary of $600,000 a year, with additional payments for...

Indiana will rely on written response to NCAA infractions committee

Indiana University will not request an in-person hearing with the NCAA infractions committee on a charge that the school failed to monitor its men's basketball program for rules compliance, school spokesman Larry MacIntyre said...