Articles in the ‘NCAA’ Category

Washington State signed on one of the most colourful characters in college football coaching, Mike Leach.
The deal, signed on Wednesday, was worth over $11 million through a timeframe of five years, and puts Leach in the top stratum of the Pacific-12 Conference coaches when it comes to salary. It includes a $2 million base [...]

Urban Meyer signed two contracts when he became Ohio State’s new football coach.
One was his contract with Ohio State, while the other was a contract with his young son and two college-aged daughters.
His son and daughters had him promise on the pink paper that he would not overdo things, he would not work [...]

An assistant football coach at Penn State who was criticized for not helping to stop the sexual assault by former coach Jerry Sandusky corrected the notion in an e-mail, claiming that he helped to stop the incident and alerted the police.
Assistant coach Mike McQueary’s e-mail to a former classmate in November 8 was obtained [...]

Penn State finally fired Joe Paterno in response to the child sex-abuse scandal involving Paterno’s one-time heir apparent.
Students reacted in anger, taking to the streets in support of Paterno, and even tipping over a news van, destroying property, and throwing rocks, among other chaotic activities.
Rob Bolden, Penn State quarterback, aptly described the scene [...]

A scandal of sex abuse and consequent accusations of a cover-up shook Happy Valley following the charge against Jerry Sandusky, Penn State defensive coordinator, of assaulting 8 boys.
Sandusky was once considered the heir apparent of Joe Paterno.
One of the allegations included a graduate assistant sharing about how he had seen Sandusky in 2002 [...]