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Exclusive: Harmon boys basketball used ineligible players most of seasonTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:02PMEditor's Note: This article was originally published on www.KCKPreps.com Over three years ago, the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools District implemented a tougher eligibility policy for extra-curricular activities. Contrary to the state policy allowing student-athletes to fail two grades and still play, the district moved in a stricter direction: A policy that would ...

LSU placed on year probationTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:09PMLSU committed major violations while recruiting a junior college football player, but won’t be slapped with any postseason bans or future scholarship reductions, the NCAA ruled Tuesday. The governing body decided to place the school on probation for a year and cited a former assistant coach for unethical conduct. The investigation found that ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy improperly arranged ...

NCAA gives LSU a year of probationTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:07PMBATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU committed major violations while recruiting a junior college football player, but won't be slapped with any postseason bans or future scholarship reductions, the NCAA ruled Tuesday. The governing body decided to place the school on probation for a year and cited a former assistant coach for unethical conduct. The investigation found that ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy ...

Lottery takes in more than $1 billionTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:42PMThe Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation released record-breaking year-end results Monday with nearly $300 million going to education in the state this year.

Scholarships help nontraditional students at Gwynedd-Mercy CollegeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:34PMLOWER GWYNEDD — Cathy Bergen will graduate from Gwynedd-Mercy College next month with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

College Football Capsules: Leach returns to West Texas for book signingTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:12PMLUBBOCK (AP) — Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said Tuesday that his book is more about his career than his firing because he started writing it before he was dismissed amid accusations he mistreated a player with a concussion.

Locals share in Burger King scholarshipsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:44PMFive local students are part of the 1,258 nationwide who are receiving more than $1.4 million in total scholarships through the 11th annual Burger King(r) Scholars Program.

College Offers Green Job TrainingMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:01PMSALINAS, Calif.- Even though Salinas lost one major green business this week when Green Vehicles failed to get enough investors to match its funding, Hartnell College is stepping up its training for green jobs.

Clemson adding women's golf to athletic programMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:18PMClemson is adding women's golf to its athletic program, hoping to match the impact of the men's golf team.