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College wrestlers lured by big paychecks of Mixed Martial Arts (The Gazette)
College football players have the National Football League, basketball players the National Basketball Association or the WNBA.College wrestlers have ... not much.Wrestlers, like many "Olympic" sport stars, are left with few options after college. Coaching is an option, but jobs are dwindling. There's freestyle or Greco-Roman on the national and international stage, but multimillion dollar ...

Williams to be Yale's first black football coach (NBC 29 Charlottesville)
Associated Press - January 5, 2009 8:43 PM ET NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Jacksonville Jaguars assistant Tom Williams has been hired at Yale, becoming the first black head football coach at the Ivy...

The rising young stars who can take Britain to new heights in 2009 (Evening Standard)
British sport enjoyed a stellar 2008, from gold medal glory at the Olympic and Paralympic Games to a world championship in Formula One for Lewis Hamilton, Joe Calzaghe punching his weight in the boxing ring, Manchester United's Champions League triumph and Andy Murray rising to a career best No4 in the world tennis rankings.

Pucko: Best Case Scenarios '09 (R News)
The following does not reflect the views of R News or its parent company Time Warner Cable. BEST CASE SCENARIOS "This is Jeopardy!" Best case scenarios in sports for 2009.

Former high school coach sentenced in sex case (Connecticut Post)
NEW HAVEN (AP) -- A 29-year-old former Connecticut high school football coach has been sentenced to 46 months in prison on federal child sex charges. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Jonathan DesRosier,

New year could bring answers for baseball (The Charlotte Observer)
As the New Year begins, questions persist about the fate of the Charlotte Knights' planned baseball stadium in Third Ward. The minor-league team had wanted to play in uptown sometime during the 2009 season. But nearly one year after county commissioners approved a lease for the proposed stadium, the Knights haven't closed on a deal to pay for the facility, so no major construction has begun. ...

Squad limit is unfair way to cut rugby's costs (Daily Telegraph)
The credit crunch is forcing professional rugby to consider reducing clubs' salary cap and to limit squad sizes

Sikorski: Olympics and broken records part of what made 2008 a banner year (The Norwich Bulletin)
In the running world, an Olympic year provided us with a summer of outstanding athletic performances. From the blazing speed of Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, to the amazing endurance of the Kenyan and Ethiopian distance runners, there was plenty of action for track and field fans in 2008. American athletes fared well against Olympic competition as well, highlighted by Marblehead, Mass., native Shalane ...

The lives behind the banners (The Lock Haven Express)
The word "turbo" conjures up images of high-speed, high-powered, full-force, super-charged devices. It's the perfect nickname for Lock Haven native Stephen Toboz, Jr., a retired Navy SEAL who's still very active with the United States Navy and its elite, special forces. He's a high-energy guy who is living life to the fullest, each and every day.