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Questions from Convention: What session are you most excited for?

Welcome to the 103rd annual NCAA Convention, taking place at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, located just outside Washington D.C. Thousands of administrators involved in intercollegiate athletics and higher education are gathering this week for educational sessions, meetings...

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Boston College promotes assistant coach

Frank Spaziani, Boston College's defensive coordinator and the team's interim head coach, was named head coach of the Eagles. Spaziani replaces Jeff Jagodzinski, who was fired for interviewing with the New York Jets. Boston College Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo said he wants a coach who will serve out the full length of his contract. He's found his guy in Spaziani. He's been at Boston College for 12 seasons.

Texas reconsiders high school steroids testing

Lawmakers in Texas are deciding whether to keep the state's $6 million high school steroids testing program, the largest in the nation.

Boys and girls in all sports are randomly selected, and so far the results are mixed. Only four positive results were found in the first 10,000 tests, promoting critics to call the testing program a waste of time and money

Game winning 82-foot buzzer beater

You have to check out this buzzer beater from a high school basketball game in Alabama, courtesy of CNN.com

Spurrier banned from South Carolina high school

You would think South Carolina Head Football Coach Steve Spurrier would have an open invitation to any high school in the state to recruit future Gamecock football student-athletes. Well, one high school has banned the Ole Ball Coach. Tucker High School, which has one of the top football programs in the state, has closed its door to Spurrier after he revoked its scholarship offer to linebacker Jonathan Davis. Is this an OK move by the high school? Should future football student-athletes run the risk of not getting recruited by Spurrier because he mishandled Davis' situation?

More than 300 coaches to roam sidelines barefoot

IUPUI men's basketball coach Ron Hunter had a vision last year when he coached a game barefoot to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet, a non-profit organization that collects shoes for needy children around the world. This season around Martin Luther King Jr. Day, over 300 youth, high school and college coaches will roam the sidelines barefoot. Hunter should be commended for using his high-profile platform to promote this great cause.