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Bulls Give Another Contract Extension To That Hardass Everyone Hated
The Chicago Bulls, fresh off a successful season of not winning too many games to miss out on a primo lottery spot, reportedly have signed a “multi-year” extension with head coach Jim Boylen. Boylen, who took over for Fred Hoiberg as interim coach during last season and had already signed an extensi...
Gerard Gallant Calls Peter DeBoer A "Clown" For Saying He Talks Too Much Trash To Players
The Golden Knights have squandered a 3-1 series lead against the Sharks and must now win Game 7 in San Jose tonight to advance, so it’s understandable if everyone on both sides is a little on edge. Even Sharks coach Peter DeBoer and Knights coach Gerard Gallant are squabbling in public....
These Goddamned Suns Have Fired Their Goddamned Coach
The bottomlessly dysfunctional Phoenix Suns, who absolutely cannot get anything right, ever, have fired innovative head coach Igor Kokoškov after one season at the helm of their flailing, utterly incompetent and incoherent basketball program....
Nobody Is Getting Suspended For Leaving The Bench Under This Bucks Assistant's Watch
By now, everyone in the NBA is aware that one of the worst infractions you can commit in a playoff game as a player is leaving the bench during a fight that’s happening on the court. One step in the wrong direction, and a player risks getting suspended for key playoff games. The NBA’s habit of bring...
UNC Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell, Who Sounds Like A Real Nightmare, Resigns After Investigation
Longtime University of North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell has resigned after more than three decades with the program, following the conclusion of an investigation that found she made “racially insensitive” remarks, pressured players to play injured, and generally failed to conn...
Report: Penn's Athletic Department Seems To Be Okay With Letting The Volleyball Team Feel Hopeless About Their Terrible Coaching Situation
Multiple members of Penn’s volleyball team have accused coach Iain Braddak of mistreating, dejecting and offending players throughout a horrendous 2018 season with inappropriate coaching tactics, according to a report published in The Daily Pennsylvanian on Thursday. The players also told the Pennsy...
Three Years After Resigning Over "Inappropriate Relationship," Tyler Summitt Hired As Former Player And Current Wife's Assistant
This morning, the Fairborn Skyhawks of Fairborn, Ohio announced that they had hired Brooklyn Summitt, née Brooklyn Pumroy, to be the school’s new girls’ basketball coach. One of her new assistant coaches will be her husband Tyler Summitt. ...
Northern Kentucky Basketball Players Say Emotionally Abusive Coach Pitted Players Against Each Other
On March 25, graduating senior Taryn Taugher of the Northern Kentucky Norse women’s basketball team wrote a lengthy article in The Odyssey claiming that she was repeatedly verbally abused by head coach Camryn Whitaker. Several other former players have since come forward and alleged that Whitaker be...
Gregg Popovich Gets Himself Ejected Just 63 Seconds Into Spurs Game
Spurs head coach and noted curmudgeon Gregg Popovich must’ve had someplace else he needed to be Wednesday night. At the 10:57 mark of the first quarter of his team’s game against the Denver Nuggets—just 63 seconds after tipoff—Popovich was hit with a double-technical and ejected....
Geno Auriemma: It's A Real Shame Players Won't Let Coaches Bully Them Anymore
Man, don’t you miss the good old days when coaches could get away with whatever they wanted? Are you sick of these snowflake athletes who can’t put up with some bullying? Do you think it’s time someone stood up for verbal abuse? Guess what, Geno Auriemma’s finally the one to take that stand. Thank y...
Cardiff City's Neil Warnock Had An Intense Staredown With Match Officials After They Cost His Team Vital Points
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock was understandably furious after his relegation-threatened squad lost 2-1 to Chelsea on Saturday when Ruben Loftus-Cheek scored a heartbreaking late goal in the 91st minute. Once the referee signaled that the match was over with a whistle, Warnock left the technical...
The 2019 NFL Coaches' Class Photo Features Matching Grudens And A Smiling Bill Belichick
Twenty-six head coaches showed up for the class photo at this week’s NFL meetings in Phoenix. Look at all those bright, squinting faces! (Here’s the hi-res version.) This year’s absences: Bruce Arians, Pete Carroll, Sean Payton, Mike Tomlin, Adam Gase, and Sean McVay, who said he didn’t mean to miss...
UC Irvine Coach Says He Called Oregon's Louis King "Queen" To Rattle Him But Also Because Of Chess?
UC Irvine head coach Russell Turner gave a peek behind his coaching strategy after the Anteaters’ 73-54 loss to Oregon in Sunday’s second-round game, and he inadvertently revealed that he’s as creative as a Facebook denizen who loves sports meme pages and calls the Dallas Cowboys the “Cowgirls.”...
Tragic Death Of Player Naturally Turns Georgia Tech Coach's Mind To Recruiting
Georgia Tech senior defensive lineman Brandon Adams passed away suddenly on Saturday. Police said the 21-year-old collapsed near campus, and was taken by friends to a local hospital, where he died. Tributes to the young man poured in, and you can read many of them here, from his teammates and coache...
Stop Excusing Tom Izzo’s Assholery<em></em>
The only thing more predictable than Tom Izzo going apeshit on one of his own players, to the point where MSU freshman forward Aaron Henry’s teammates had to actively restrain the head coach, was the parade of dipshits and assholes rushing to Izzo’s defense and framing any criticism of his sideline ...
UCLA Soccer Coach Resigns After Getting Caught In College Admissions Bribery Scandal
Several of the coaches and administrators who were swept up in the college admissions bribery scam had long left the posts where they did their dirty work. Others, like UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo, were still employed by the same schools right up until the very day the FBI blew up their sp...
Tom Izzo Isn't Sorry For Having To Be Restrained From Going After A Freshman
Michigan State head coach/psycho Tom Izzo briefly lost his mind yesterday, exploding at freshman forward Aaron Henry during a timeout—after a 10-0 Spartans run, by the way—in MSU’s eventual 76-65 first-round win over Bradley. This is nothing new for Izzo (which is an indictment rather than a defense...
High School Football Coach Rush Propst Fired For Allegedly Giving Pills To Players, Among Other Things
Colquitt County (Georgia) High School football coach Rush Propst has been fired after 11 successful seasons, following an investigation which determined that the 61-year-old coach had given pills to students, overstepped his position in at least one school personnel matter, and attempted to use scho...
Eric Angle Charged With Assault After Lifting Youth Wrestler By His Neck
Former pro wrestler Eric Angle, brother to WWE star Kurt Angle, currently coaches a youth wrestling team in Pittsburgh, Penn. At a tournament on Saturday, Angle was captured on camera lifting up one of his wrestlers by the neck and tossing him back down to the mat....
Rams' "Get-Back Coach" Has Been On Leave Since January After Being Charged With Sexual Battery
Ted Rath, the Rams’ director of strength training and performance, has apparently been on a leave of absence from the team since mid-January after being charged with three misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. As first reported by KNX 1070 NewsRadio, Rath’s attorney, Vicki Podberesky, pleaded not gu...