Doyle Parrack, who played on a national championship basketball team and later coached at three NCAA Division I schools in Oklahoma, has died. Parrack, 86, died late Friday in Perkins, said his son, Jim Parrack. Parrack had suffered from Parkinson’s disease in recent years and developed pneumonia during the last two weeks, his son said.
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Former Florida basketball player Teddy Dupay was bound over for trial on charges of rape, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping. Prosecutor Paul Christensen said Dupay, 29, pleaded not guilty to all three charges during a preliminary hearing Monday in 3rd District Court in Park City. Court documents say on June 19, Park City police were called to a lodge where a 28-year-old woman told…
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The University of Richmond men’s and women’s basketball teams violated NCAA rules by contacting recruits in hundreds of e-mails and phone calls, and the two coaches involved have left the school, according to a posting Monday on the school’s Web site. Richmond athletic director Jim Miller declined to identify the coaches and told The Associated Press they had not been fired.
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Notre Dame will renew basketball rivalries with UCLA and Indiana this season. Notre Dame ended UCLA’s NCAA-record 88-game winning streak in 1974. The Irish will face the Bruins for the first time since 2005 when they play at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 7. Indiana, which returns only one scholarship player, will play Notre Dame for the first time since 2004 as part of the Maui Invitational on Nov.
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A man who pleaded guilty in the beating death of former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter last year was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole. Rashad Raleigh was sentenced as part of a plea agreement. The 29-year-old man pleaded guilty last month to first-degree murder in a deal that let him avoid prosecution for a triple murder.
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Offensive lineman Andy Christensen was reinstated to Nebraska’s football team after being acquitted of sexual assault charges last week. Cornhuskers coach Bo Pelini said Monday that Christensen would resume practicing, but will be suspended for Saturday’s game against New Mexico State. Last month, Christensen pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and criminal mischief in…
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Like the coach of a team losing at halftime, college football fans banged around by high gas prices are changing their game plans. They are cramming into sedans and leaving the RVs at home, speeding by hotels where they stayed in the past and, in some cases, making the hard decision to go to fewer games.
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Miami running back Javarris James has a high left ankle sprain that could keep him out of the Hurricanes’ next game on Sept. 20 at Texas A&M. James was hurt early in Miami’s 26-3 loss Saturday at Florida and didn’t return. Miami coach Randy Shannon said Sunday that James could miss up to four weeks, depending on how severe the sprain is, but he didn’t set a definitive timetable for the junior’s…
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Seemingly everyone has a strong opinion about the 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty called on Washington quarterback Jake Locker after scoring a touchdown in the final seconds against No. 18 BYU — pundits, coaches, even the manager of the New York Yankees. Washington coach Tyrone Willingham decided to weigh in with his thoughts on Monday, two days after giving a reserved response following…
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It’s been 18 years and Greg Frey still refuses to accept defeat. “There were 2 1/2 minutes left on the clock, and now we’ll never know,” the former Ohio State quarterback said Monday. When No. 1 Southern California hosts No. 5 Ohio State on Saturday in the first big tilt of the college football season, it will be the first time the teams meet since their showdown in 1990, — a game people still talk…
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A man who pleaded guilty in the beating death of former Villanova basketball star Howard Porter last year was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole. Rashad Raleigh was sentenced as part of a plea agreement. The 29-year-old man pleaded guilty last month to first-degree murder in a deal that let him avoid prosecution for a triple murder.
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Notre Dame will renew basketball rivalries with UCLA and Indiana this season. Notre Dame ended UCLA’s NCAA-record 88-game winning streak in 1974. The Irish will face the Bruins for the first time since 2005 when they play at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 7. Indiana, which returns only one scholarship player, will play Notre Dame for the first time since 2004 as part of the Maui Invitational on Nov.
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The University of Richmond men’s and women’s basketball teams violated NCAA rules by contacting recruits in hundreds of e-mails and phone calls, and the two coaches involved have left the school, according to a posting Monday on the school’s Web site. Richmond athletic director Jim Miller declined to identify the coaches and told The Associated Press they had not been fired.
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