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Latest Newsletter Articles
Here are just a few of the articles that you are missing in the latest Issue issue of FROM THE GYM TO THE JURY
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FIRED WRESLING COACH
SUES FORMER HIGH SCHOOL
Gerry Marszalek was fired by Dearborn Fordson High School in Michigan
after allegations were made that one of his volunteer coaches had "converted
one of the team members to Christianity and baptized him."
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JUDGE'S RULING SURPRISES
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
The Arkansas Athletic Association (AAA) had declared a Lamar High School
player ineligible because he transferred from another school district. As a
result, the AAA bared Lamar from the state 3A football playoffs. The issue
landed in court, where Circuit Court Judge Gordon W. "Mack" McCain
ruled that Lamar should not be kept out of the state 3A football playoffs.
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PLAYER WITHOUT HAND SEEKS
POSITION ON BASKETBALL TEAM
Kevin Lane, a 6-11, 230 pound center is an inspiration to many athletes
with disabilities. Missing his left hand and arm below the elbow since
birth, Lane, a freshman, wants to succeed both on and off the court as he
seeks a place on the Manhattan College team.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CHEERLEADER
SUFFERS CONCUSSION
Katelynn Johnson, an Oregon University cheerleader, suffered a concussion
when she was hit in the head by a water bottle thrown from the stands after
Oregon's double overtime football victory against the University of Arizona.
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ANOTHER "WINNING" FOOTBALL COACH
FIRED OVER ALLEGED PHYSICAL ABUSE
The University of South Florida's football coach, Jim Leavitt, with an overall
record of 95-57 and the only coach South Florida has had since it started
football, was fired after an internal investigation regarding a complaint of
alleged physical abuse on a player.
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REFEREE ASSULTED: NO ONE CHARGED
As a member of a losing football team was leaving the field, he swung his
helmet at the head of a referee. The official's nose, jaw and every other
bone in his face were broken. As the official lay bleeding on the field, no
one on the team that was responsible for the injury would hand over a cell
phone so 911 could be called. A doctor who later treated the referee said
that "he was lucky that he was not killed."



