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BLACKSBURG (CBB/Rivals) – Seth Greenberg was fired as the men’s basketball coach at Virginia Tech on Monday, a decision athletic director Jim Weaver said he and basketball administrator Tom Gabbard arrived at last week as they assessed the state of the program. The discussion came after a second assistant coach in two weeks, and sixth in four years, announced he was leaving Greenberg’s staff, this time to take an assistant’s job at ACC rival Clemson. Associate head coach James Johnson, a five-year member of Greenberg’s staff, was offered a salary matching the one he was to receive at Clemson, but [...]

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BLACKSBURG (CBB/Rivals) – Seth Greenberg was fired as the men’s basketball coach at Virginia Tech on Monday, a decision athletic director Jim Weaver said he and basketball administrator Tom Gabbard arrived at last week as they assessed the state of the program. The discussion came after a second assistant coach in two weeks, and sixth in four years, announced he was leaving Greenberg’s staff, this time to take an assistant’s job at ACC rival Clemson. Associate head coach James Johnson, a five-year member of Greenberg’s staff, was offered a salary matching the one he was to receive at Clemson, but [...]

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GLENDALE, Ariz. – Radim Vrbata, who led the Phoenix Coyotes with 35 goals this season, had one point – an assist – in six playoff games against the high-scoring Chicago Blackhawks. That was one more point than a banged-up Lauri Korpikoski had. Shane Doan and Ray Whitney, who combined for 46 goals during the regular season, managed one each. Phoenix’s top four goal-scorers this season combined for just two goals against the Blackhawks. But thanks to strong series from Antoine Vermette and Keith Yandle, yeomen efforts from foot soldiers like Mikkel Boedker, Gilbert Brule and Rostislav Klesla — and a [...]

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The deal to send cornerback Asante Samuel to the Atlanta Falcons from the Philadelphia Eagles has been finalized, a source with knowledge of the situation told NFL Network’s Albert Breer. It’s not yet known what the Falcons will send the Eagles in return for the nine-year veteran. Samuel and the Falcons have agreed to terms on a three-year, $ 18.5 million deal. Follow Albert Breer on Twitter @AlbertBreer MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more NFL news see: Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles complete Asante Samuel trade.

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TWICKENHAM, England – An official with the World Anti-Doping Agency says doping sanctions should be the same for everyone. Frederic Donze, WADA’s European director, spoke two days after the British Olympic Association was taken to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to stop it from enforcing lifetime bans on athletes who have served doping suspensions. The BOA is the only Olympic body to have such a rule, but it could be forced to scrap it ahead of the London Games. Donze says “WADA’s mandate has always been to harmonize the fight against doping in sport … this is really the [...]

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LAWRENCE (CFB/Rivals) – Sophomore linebacker Collin Garrett and freshman cornerback Chris Robinson have been dismissed from the Kansas football team for violating team rules. New coach Charlie Weis announced the dismissals Monday. He did not elaborate on what caused the players to be kicked off the team. Garrett played in six games as a freshman last season, making four tackles against Oklahoma and one tackle each in games against Kansas State, Baylor and Missouri. Robinson spent the season as a redshirt. MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more college football news see: [...]

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Updated Apr 25, 2012 12:40 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas Hiroki Kuroda was impressive on the mound for the New York Yankees. Only problem for the Bronx Bombers was that Kuroda’s fellow countryman, Yu Darvish, was even better pitching for the Texas Rangers. Darvish is getting better every start and may be getting to a point where he will have a hard time topping himself, after striking out 10 and pitching into the ninth inning of a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. “You hear a lot of guys get hyped and he was everything that you’d [...]

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While the Stanley Cup Playoffs are gearing up for the conference semifinals, most of the top European leagues have already crowned their champions for the 2011-12 season. The KHL’s Gagarin Cup final is going to a seventh and deciding game on Wednesday between Avangard Omsk and Dynamo Moscow. The other major circuits — including Sweden’s Elitserien, Finland’s SM-liiga, the Czech Extraliga and the Swiss National League — have concluded their postseasons. Following is a look at the playoff outcomes and statistical leaders in the aforementioned leagues: Hartley adds Swiss championship to trophy case Bob Hartley is no stranger to coaching [...]

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