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08.27.05: NCAA
issues 'heads up' on new spearing rule ... Huggins ouster
speeds up Cincy AD's departure |
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08.26.05: ECU's
Moore sole Carolinas player on Butkus list ... New BCS
voters panel already in for shakeup |
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08.25.05: Mayo's
destination has well-worn path to ECU ... NCAA adds extra
year to Gamecocks' probation |
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08.24.05: Transgression
nets suspension for ECU's Flournoy ... Cincinnati will enter
Big East without Huggins ... VPI poised to pony up to keep
Beamer, staff |
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08.23.05: West
Virginia announces halt to ECU ticket sales ... Polling
company unveils official BCS voters list |
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08.22.05: Mountain
West angling for clearer path to BCS |
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08.21.05: Associated
Press preseason college football poll |
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08.20.05: Groh
signs $1.7 million per year deal with UVa |
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08.19.05: Mountain
West tidying up postseason deals |
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08.18.05: Talk
1070 touts Pirates, Panthers, new shows ... Fort Worth Bowl
embraces Mountain West, TCU... NYC schools reap windfall
from NCAA-NIT deal |
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News Nuggets, 08.28.05
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Wooden pulls out of Wooden Award ceremony
LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame coach John
R. Wooden, who led UCLA to 10 national championships, says that for the
first time in nearly three decades he won't present the prestigious
collegiate player of the year award bearing his name, due to a dispute with
the group that sponsors the prize.
The 94-year-old Wooden, however, said
he won't contest the use of his name for the award.
``I don't want anything to interfere
with the continuation of the award,'' he told The Associated Press on
Saturday.
Los Angeles Athletic Club President
Steve Hathaway, whose group sponsors the award in concert with Wooden, said
the dispute concerned Wooden's decision to lend his name to an unrelated
award in January.
``As part of its stewardship of the
award, the club has a legal duty to defend its trademarks that protect the
award,'' Hathaway said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times, which first
reported the story Saturday.
Hathaway said he was ``shocked and
saddened'' by Wooden's decision.
Wooden family agent Mark Humenik said
the two sides differed over how Wooden should be able to use his name. When
asked if they might eventually reach an agreement, he said ``never say
never.''
Wooden retired as UCLA's coach in 1975,
after winning the 10 NCAA championships in his last 12 years. The Wooden
Award has been given annually since then.
Past winners include Michael Jordan,
David Robinson and Larry Bird.
Wooden gave the club the John R. Wooden
trademark for the men's award, as well as one for women's player of the year
and one for coaches.
``I'm not bitter,'' Wooden said. ``I'm
feeling better than I have a right to feel at my age. I've been blessed.''
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published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from Associated Press and
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