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December 14th, 2011 
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Jim Boeheim initially insisted two former Syracuse ball boys were lying when they accused his longtime assistant of molesting them. Now they’re suing the Orange men’s basketball coach and the university for defamation, saying he was the one making false statements. Stepbrothers Bobby Davis and Mike Lang have alleged they were molested by Bernie Fine, who has since been fired and has denied…
NCAA prez: 4-team playoff talks active (AP)
December 7th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
Child sex abuse scandals at Penn State and Syracuse may prompt the NCAA to revise its bylaws. The governing body already has a working group considering different rules to prevent violations in what traditionally have been college sports’ problem areas, such as recruiting and amateurism. “This may — I’m underscoring may — become a point of discussion with them.
Coach K, Lady Vols’ Summitt feted by SI (AP)
December 5th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
Pat Summitt and Mike Krzyzewski were selected Monday as Sports Illustrated’s sportswoman and sportsman of the year. The two Hall of Famers are the winningest coaches in women’s and men’s college basketball. Tennessee’s Summitt announced in August she had been diagnosed with early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type.
Ex-Olympic coach banned for sexual abuse (AP)
November 16th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
A former Olympic gymnastics coach accused of sexually abusing two athletes in the 1980s has been banned for life by USA Gymnastics and his place in the federation’s Hall of Fame revoked. Don Peters, head coach of the 1984 U.S. women’s Olympic team, was declared “permanently ineligible” after a disciplinary hearing by USA Gymnastics last week.
Dos Santos claims UFC heavyweight title (AP)
November 12th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
After a decade-long journey ended in 64 seconds, Dana White stood before a bank of cameras and proclaimed the UFC’s first fight on prime-time network television to be an unqualified success, however long it lasted. “It was a perfect night,” The UFC president said. “Nothing went wrong in terms of putting on a live production.
Bolt wants to run 4×400 in Olympics (AP)
November 12th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
Usain Bolt wants to go for four gold medals at next summer’s London Olympics, adding the 4×400 meters relay to his usual schedule of three sprint events. The defending Olympic champion in the 100, 200, and 4×100 from the 2008 Beijing Games said Saturday that if he is fit and Jamaica can challenge for gold, he wants a place on the long relay team, too.
Police confront crowds of PSU students (AP)
November 10th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
Police in riot gear dispersed about 2,000 Penn State students who took to the streets after the ouster of football coach Joe Paterno. Crowds toppled a television news van and at least one photographer was pelted with a rock. The students flooded downtown State College on Wednesday night for about three hours after Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were fired amid a growing furor…
Mutai wins NYC Marathon in record time (AP)
November 6th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
Geoffrey Mutai likes his chances in any championship-style marathon. The Kenyan has turned in two eye-popping performances in seven months in races without pace-setters after he shattered the course record in the New York City Marathon on Sunday. He figures to be the favorite at next summer’s London Games — if he can make the Olympic team in a country so deep in the sport.
Congressman compares NCAA to Mafia (AP)
November 1st, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
A Democratic congressman compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes. “I think they’re just one of the most vicious, most ruthless organizations ever created by mankind,” Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush said of the NCAA at a congressional forum on college sports Tuesday.
Mizzou not on Big 12 list of 2012 teams (AP)
October 28th, 2011 Yahoo! Sports - Top News top No Comments
The Big 12 appears to be resigned to losing Missouri. The league issued a statement Friday announcing unanimous approval to accept West Virginia effective July 1. The Mountaineers become the second program to join the Big 12 this month, following TCU. The Big 12 then listed its expected membership for next season and Missouri was nowhere to be found.
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