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Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Sat, 25 May 2013 01:07:42 -0400

TORONTO - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign.

NJ athletic director's firing overturned

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:00:14 -0400

HADDON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - New Jersey's education commissioner has overturned the firing of a high school athletic director who was caught on camera putting dog waste on his ex-wife's car.

Nalen says he tried to hurt Olshansky in '06

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:30 -0400

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado - One of the quietest players in NFL history sure had a lot to say Thursday.

Vandalism irreparably damages new Beatrice field

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:43:11 -0400

BEATRICE, Nebraska - Authorities are looking for those responsible for irreparably damaging the Beatrice High School football field's new artificial turf by spreading at least 100 pounds of birdseed over it.

Executive director of MT Coaches Association dies

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:55:35 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - Ralph Halverson, the longtime executive director of the Montana Coaches Association, has died a few days after suffering a stroke. He was 93.

US: District didn't properly probe assault claims

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:21:04 -0400

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - A school district failed to properly investigate allegations by two students that they were sexually assaulted at their Grand Rapids-area high school, the U.S. Department of Education said.

Legendary NC prep coach Holley dies at 74

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:08 -0400

TEACHEY, North Carolina - The winningest prep football coach in North Carolina history has died.

Del. gym teacher charged with indecent exposure

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:24:07 -0400

NEWARK, Delaware - Appoquinimink High School officials say a gym teacher and head baseball coach is on administrative leave and barred from contact with students after an arrest on indecent exposure charges.

Kentucky teen dies with dog lead on neck

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:46:12 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A Kentucky teenager known as a "jokester" was strangled by a dog lead he put around his neck while playing with friends at the start of summer vacation, just hours after finishing his freshman year in high school.

Ky. teen dies after falling with dog lead on neck

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:01:32 -0400

IRVINE, Kentucky - A coroner says a central Kentucky teenager died after falling and catching a dog lead he was wearing and causing death.

Group: 'No Spanish' games are disturbing pattern

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:11:21 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Two cases of Spanish being banned at New Mexico high school games were examples of a disturbing pattern that needs to be monitored and addressed, perhaps with lawsuits, a civil rights group said Monday.

UT high school football player collapses

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:44:57 -0400

OREM, Utah - A Utah high school football player is recovering at a hospital after collapsing during a spring training drill.

Students match wits at Ohio college

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:34 -0400

DAYTON, Ohio - Science whiz kids from around the country and as far away as Japan are going brain-to-brain this weekend at Wright State University near Dayton.

Colorado 3A High School Track Results

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:22 -0400

LAKEWOOD, Colorado - Here are Friday's results in the finals of the Colorado Class 4A state track and field championships at Jefferson County Stadium. (Running events in meters):

Colorado 5A High School Track Results

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:33 -0400

LAKEWOOD, Colorado - Here are Friday's results in the finals of the Colorado Class 5A state track and field championships at Jefferson County Stadium. (Running events in meters):

Former prep coach gets long prison sentence

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:56:50 -0400

EAST LANSING, Michigan - A former high school football coach in Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for computer-related crimes that stretched to East Lansing.

Colorado 1A High School Track Results

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:38:19 -0400

LAKEWOOD, Colorado - Here are Thursday's results in the finals of the Colorado Class 1A state track and field championships at Jefferson County Stadium. (Running events in meters):

Colorado 2A High School Track Results

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35:36 -0400

Here are Thursday's results in the finals of the Colorado Class 2A state track and field championships at Jefferson County Stadium. (Running events in meters):

Colorado State Track Advisory

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:48:37 -0400

LAKEWOOD, Colorado - Sports Editors, Sports Directors:

Amputee athlete from South Dakota dies of cancer

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:11:20 -0400

MITCHELL, South Dakota - A record-setting amputee athlete from South Dakota has died after losing a second battle with cancer.

Billings teacher on leave, FBI investigating

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:16:06 -0400

BILLINGS, Montana - A teacher and girls' basketball coach at Billings West High was placed on paid administrative leave after school officials learned he was being investigated by the FBI and the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Ex-coach charged in hazing at Chicago-area school

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:44:01 -0400

CHICAGO - A former coach at a suburban Chicago high school faces charges in connection with the alleged hazing and battery of members of the school's soccer team.

Franklin gets ready to walk down high school aisle

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:03:35 -0400

Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up.

Florida PG Ogbueze transfers to Charlotte

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:59:07 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Charlotte head coach Alan Major has announced that point guard Braxton Ogbueze has transferred from Florida to play for the 49ers.

Techsters sign jr. college point guard

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:56:18 -0400

RUSTON, Louisiana - Louisiana Tech head coach Teresa Weatherspoon says the Lady Techster basketball program has signed junior college point guard Christassia Walter to a national letter of intent.