Boston Globe - Scott Leip says there is no better coaching job than high school boys’ basketball. And Leip considers himself very fortunate to have coached at his alma mater, Ashland High, for nine seasons. He built the Clocker program into a winner, earning seven

Former Martinez soccer coach indicted on child porn charges
San Francisco Gate - (03-29) 14:50 PDT OAKLAND — A former girls’ soccer coach from Martinez was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges of transporting and possessing child pornography that allegedly depicted children as young as 3 years old. Kenneth John

High school hoops junkies finally had a few days to decompress after their favorite time of the year. Another round of holiday tournaments are in the books. Its the perfect pick-me-up before a two-month grind that leads to March Madness.

Watchdog group highlights flaws in DuPage elections 
Lax security and illegal destruction of public records by the DuPage Election Commission leave the results of last November’s election in serious doubt, contend members of the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project.

St. Edward names new football coach

Connally hires Copperas Cove’s McMahan to lead football program 
Connally’s two-month search for football coach Matt Monzingo’s successor has ended, but Akins has just started to look for a new varsity coach. Howard McMahan, the defensive coordinator at Copperas Cove, begins his new job at Connally on Thursday.

STAR OF THE GAME: Raul Ibanez drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning. The Mariners never trailed again, although Oakland did tie it with two out in the ninth to force extra innings.

NBA suspends Rasheed Wallace 1 game for 18th technical 
MILWAUKEE Detroit’s Rasheed Wallace has received an automatic suspension from the N-B-A for today’s game at Milwaukee.

Women’s basketball game crucial to Greensboro’s NCAA bid 
GREENSBORO — For Rutgers and Arizona State, there is only one game that matters: tonight’s Greensboro Regional final of the NCAA women’s tournament.

Carter scores 40, including game-tying dunk 
Vince Carter forced overtime with an acrobatic dunk at the buzzer, then took over in the extra period in a 40-point outing that led the New Jersey Nets to a 113-107 win over the undermanned Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night. Carter bailed out the Nets, who snapped a two-game losing streak and moved into a three-way tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with idle Orlando and Indiana.

College Softball: Pittman throws perfect game 
Sophomore pitcher Liz Pittman took a big step toward earning herself more starting opportunities at Slippery Rock University this season when she threw her first collegiate perfect game March 1 in game two of a doubleheader against Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.

LeBron invites buddy Buffett to game 
LeBron James invited a buddy who has even more money than he does to watch him play. Billions and billions more. Philanthropist and businessman Warren Buffett, wearing a black T-shirt with “Witness” glittering on the front, sat courtside as a guest of James on Sunday night for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game against the Denver Nuggets.

Flynn shows edge in intrasquad game 
BATON ROUGE - Matt Flynn is ahead in the race for the No. 1 quarterback job. That was clear in the LSU spring football game won by Flynn’s Purple team 2014 over the White team Saturday afternoon in front of 14,375 at Tiger Stadium.

High School Boys Basketball East-West game: Unsigned talent’s bucket beats West 
NASHVILLE - College recruiters take note: Greeneville’s Antwaine Wiggins is still unsigned, but has the ability to make game-changing shots.

Basketball coach uses unusual approach for all-star game 
HANOVER — Susquehannock girls’ basketball coach Kevin Lawrence only knows one way to coach, and that’s to win. Last night’s York-Adams League Senior All-Star Girls’ Basketball Doubleheader at South Western High School made that crystal clear.

Ohio State off to Final Four after defeat of Memphis 
Frustrated by fouls for a third straight game, Oden made the most of his time on court during a key stretch of the second half, carrying the top-seeded Buckeyes past Memphis 92-76 Saturday in the South Regional finals. Oden finished with 17 points and nine rebounds while keying a 20-8 run in the second half that sent Ohio State to the Final Four in Atlanta.

The Orioles cut five on Sunday including pitchers Hayden Penn and Kurt Birkins and infielder Brandon Fahey who were all optioned to Class AAA Norfolk.

The Athens High School baseball team is off to its best start in years. The Golden Eagles are 14-5 on the year and are ranked No. 8 in Class 5A.There are better teams out there, head coach Thad Prater said. This is big for us, we are proud of it.Athens began the season with a 12 game win streak. Prater said the team has been lucky so far this year, and fortunate to have won so many games. …

TSN - The Canucks have been hot as of late, and much of it is attributed to their franchise player in net. Vancouver’s offence has struggled at times this season, but as long as Luongo is in goal, the team always has a chance to win. Luongo will be making

STARFLEET PERSONNEL FILE: Riker, William T. ‘Will’
startrek.com - A master poker player and bluffer, he had learned the game during his brief stint on the U.S.S. Potemkin ; his reputation won him the role as replacement Federation negotiator during the short-lived Barzan wormhole talks. He has also visited Quark’s bar

Intel Building Implosion
KEYE Austin - This is a shot of the shell of the Intel building from the ground before implosion. Suspect Dead After High-Speed Chase And Shootout Deputy, Sheriffs, Shootout, Chase, Shooting, High Speed Former UT Player Arrested For Possessing Marijuana tarell

Philadelphia Daily News - Checking the bench Last season, the Sixers were outscored off the bench in 61 games and went 26-35. They went 11-7 in the 18 games when their bench held the scoring advantage. The Sixers lost the battle of the bench players in their win over Utah (29

With history on UNC’s side, it was USC’s fate to fall
CBS Sportsline - They used their dramatic size and athletic advantage as well as the deepest bench in college basketball to generate numerous second-chance baskets and fastbreak layups. While USC coach Tim Floyd self-destructed by throwing a temper

Oden’s got potential, but needs work
FOXSports.com - His defensive presence in the lane had a kinetic quality as Tennessee made a conscious decision to drive the ball when he was on the bench. Indeed, his quickness from the weak- to the strong-side is remarkable, as is his range. Chism never offered any

Duke subs know role — and excel in it
ESPN.com - All of our players, and our bench in particular, they’ve accepted their roles,” coach Gail Goestenkors said during the ACC tournament. “Sometimes when it gets late in the season some of your bench players get frustrated because they’re not seeing

BKC Oregon Florida Preview
Ledger - The Gators were more than set at guard with starters Lee Humphrey and Taurean Green, and Walter Hodge off the bench. It might have been the same scenario at other schools. To Porter, though, it was more people telling him he couldn’t play. “I’ve heard

Washington 0 L.A. Clippers 0
USA Today - Chris down low and younger guys that play defense, it’s a pretty game.” Tim Thomas returned to the lineup for the Clippers after missing Wednesday’s victory at Milwaukee because of a bruised left elbow, and had nine points in 22 minutes off the bench

Identification of the oldest preserved pieces of Earth’s crust in southern Greenland has provided evidence of active plate tectonics as early as 3.8 billion years ago, according to a report by an international team of geoscientists in the March 23 edition of Science magazine.

Philadelphia Daily News - PHILADELPHIA - Andy Reid sounded a lot like a football coach when he talked about his sons’ legal troubles. Take everything one day at a time. Hit trouble head on. Eliminate distractions. Sounds like someone who’s prepared for both the Giants and a

Cougars turn to Corner for football coach
Birmingham News - After going through two football coaches in the past three seasons, Clay-Chalkville High School was searching for a little more stability. Those involved with the program hope that Brent Smith can provide that. Smith, the football coach and athletics

Decision on Sonics coach will come after season
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sonics vice chairman Lenny Wilkens said Friday the club’s brass will meet at season’s end to decide the fate of coach Bob Hill and perhaps determine other changes. “We want to sit down and evaluate everything at the end of the year,” he said before

Wyoming Names Schroyer Basketball Coach
Newsday - LARAMIE, Wyo. — Wyoming hired Heath Schroyer as its basketball coach Friday, reuniting him with the man who gave him his last head coaching job. Schroyer comes to Wyoming from Fresno State, where he was associate head coach for two years. Before

Barta outlines search for new Hawkeye coach
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - IOWA CITY — When Gary Barta arrived at his office Friday morning, his e-mail inbox was filled with helpful suggestions from Iowa basketball fans. Most offered ideas about who the next Hawkeye coach should be. Some offered multiple choices to

NBA: T’wolves better off without Garnett?
Sports Illustrated - Sonics vice chairman Lenny Wilkens said Friday the club’s brass will meet at season’s end to decide the fate of coach Bob Hill and perhaps determine other changes. — Seattle Post-Intelligencer The sentiment within the Sonics’ organization is that the

Who killed the coach?
Daily Telegraph - When Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach, entered the lift on the ground floor of the Pegasus Hotel he was making no secret of his disgust at the ignominious defeat his side had just suffered at the hands of Ireland. A few hours earlier one of

Sydney FC believe in their coach
Sydney Morning Herald - AFTER just two games, it’s obvious Sydney FC must make signing Branko Culina as coach a priority. In the first half of both AFC Champions’ League matches, Sydney have demonstrated a more stylish and effective brand of football. The passing for the