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after the investigation into the possible academic fraud was announced. That investigation was sparked by revelations during an ongoing NCAA probe into the possibility that players received illegal benefits or had improper contact with agents. “I am very saddened by it, but we don’t know the details,” UNC Board of Trustees chair Bob Winston said. “We’ll react once we get all the information, but I am just tremendously saddened by all of it.” Winston said the NCAA requested that the Board of Trustees not be fully apprised of all the details of the investigation, but he did say he has full confidence in the ability of Thorp and Athletic Director Dick Baddour to handle the situation. He said there is no timeline of when the investigation will conclude and would not speculate on the security of Davis’ job. Davis’ contract states that he could be terminated for “a violation by football program staff members [other than assistant coaches] or by student-athletes under coach’s supervision, of which coach had reason to know or which coach condoned, of a major NCAA regulation or bylaw, or of a major ACC regulation or bylaw, or of a policy of or applicable to the university.” “I don’t know the details, and until I know the details it would be hard for me to say anything about what I might or might not think about,” Winston said. “I’ll leave the hypothetical to the [Internet] chatrooms.” Jack Evans, a former faculty athletics representative to the NCAA and ACC who is a member of UNC’s investigation team looking into the academic side of the probe, said he also was disappointed to learn the news of the possible infractions. He said they have started interviewing players, but there is more work to be done and declined to comment if they have spoken with the tutor yet. “I have dealt with internal investigations of things that we thought might be violations,” Evans said. “This is the first thing of this specific nature.” The tutor in question also was a mentor. In addition to tutoring, mentors assists studentathletes by teaching time-management skills and individual academic skills development. The Academic Support Program for StudentAthletes, which is based in the College of Arts and
The Sanford Herald / Saturday, August 28, 2010 / 3B Sciences, employs 25 tutors and 25 to 30 mentors each semester. Tutors include undergraduates, graduate students, current and former local teachers from elementary, middle and high schools, local residents with appropriate expertise and retired faculty and teachers. Tutors and mentors receive four hours of training, including instruction about NCAA compliance. At the beginning of each semester, both must sign a document agreeing to follow academic honesty policies. At the end of the semester, they also sign a document affirming they neither committed nor witnessed any academic fraud or violations. “The honor code is something we have to live by,” said McKay Coble, chair of the faculty and the chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts. “This is a huge university, and we’ve got to rely on the honor of our students. “If there’s been a breach, we will get to the bottom of it and make that this doesn’t happen again. We have to be vigilant. The honor code is not just tradition at Carolina, it’s a living, breathing thing and something that we take very seriously.” Some of the academic offenses listed on the UNC honor system website include plagiarism, falsification, fabrication or misrepresentation, unauthorized assistance or unauthorized collaboration, cheating and violating procedures pertaining to the academic process. According to the website, the typical sanction for the first academic violation is a “definite suspension for at least one academic semester and a grade penalty of an ‘F’ for the course, a portion of the course, or the assignment.” Steven Reznick, the chair of the Faculty Athletic Committee, said he was shocked by the possible academic infractions. Reznick, who also is an associate dean of undergraduate education, said the committee interviews athletes in their senior year for feedback about academics. “We ask explicit questions about cheating and students working with tutors,” Reznick said. “And no, this is not an issue that has come up. And hence that contributes to the shock, because this is just not how we do it.” Reznick said he’s worked with Davis for a couple of years and believes the coach knows and understands the rules. “The Butch Davis that I know, that I’ve had interaction with is not the person [who would be knowingly involved in this],” Reznick said.
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Strasburg vows strong return from Tommy John operation WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Strasburg had to get through a few hours of anger, confusion and certainly a few more volatile emotions before he was ready to accept the sobering news expressed in three disheartening words. Tommy John surgery. The Washington Nationals rookie sensation is done for the season — and maybe next season as well — after the team announced Friday that he has a torn ligament in his right elbow. He will travel Saturday to the West Coast for a second opinion, but the 22-year-old right-hander has accepted the fact that he will need the ligament replacement operation that requires 12 to 18 months of rehabilitation. “It’s a new challenge,” Strasburg said. “I want to be the best at everything, and right now I want to be the best at rehabbing and getting back out here.” It’s a blow to Strasburg, of course, and to a baseball world that has spent the summer gasping in awe at his 100 mph fastball, bending curves and wicked batter-freezing changeups, but the biggest punch to the gut is to a Nationals franchise that had made the young phenom the centerpiece in their plans to climb out of perpetual last-place irrelevancy. “There’s no words that I can put in place here that would indicate we could possibly replace Stephen,” manager Jim Riggleman
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sion and the ball was recovered by Richmond County at the Lee County 11-yard line. With 1:17 remaining, Ellerbe found Luke Bullard for an 11-yard touchdown pass to put the Raiders up 21-14. The extra point failed but the Raiders built a seven-point lead at the half. After a huge kickoff return that put the ball on the Lee County 13 yardline, Walter Ellerbe ran for four yards for the score to put the Raiders up 28-14 with 10:54 remaining in the third quarter. The Raiders forced a three-and-out on the
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ing and 29 yards of total offense. Conversely, the Chargers came alive in the second half and finished the game with
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Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg talks to the media about his injury during a press conference before a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Fridayin Washington. said. “But we have to do it a different way, different names, different staff members who will go out there and fulfill the rotation until Stephen comes back.” Strasburg grimaced, grabbed and shook his wrist after throwing a 1-1 changeup to Domonic Brown in Philadelphia on Saturday. It turned out to be his last pitch of the year. The Nationals initially called the injury a strained flexor tendon in the forearm, but an MRI taken Sunday raised enough questions for the Nationals to order a more extensive MRI in which dye was injected into the prized right arm.
Strasburg had the exam on Thursday and was informed of the diagnosis later that night, but the Nationals chose not to announce the news until because it would have upstaged the introductory news conference for 2010 No. 1 draft pick Bryce Harper. Strasburg could hardly believe the bad news, especially because his arm has felt fine all week, certainly good enough to keep pitching. “I didn’t take a matter of minutes” to sink in, he said. “I took definitely a few hours. I’ve got great support all around me, and they reminded me of everything I should be
thankful for, and they put everything in perspective for me. Bottom line, this is a game. I’m very blessed to play this game for a living. It’s a minor setback, but in the grand scheme of things it’s just a blip on the radar screen.” Strasburg is an intense, competitive man. He wants the ball. He was disappointed when he had to start the season in the minors and wasn’t exactly thrilled with the restrictions the Nationals have placed on him. Now he faces something he’s never experienced in his baseball life: surgery on his arm, and the realistic prospect of not pitching again until 2012.
next Lee County possession and got the ball on their own 33 yardline. Richmond County marched 67 yards down field that was capped off by a Dakwa Nichols five yard touchdown run. With the extra point, Richmond County built a 35-14 lead with 3:46 remaining in the third quarter. On the next Richmond County possession, Chandler Connor booted a 37-yard field goal to put the Raiders up 38-14. “They’ve got a lot of weapons,” said Cates. “They had so many options to go to offensively. I’m proud of our effort but I’m not pleased with the mistakes. We’ve got to correct those.” The Raiders fumbled
the ball on the opening drive down on the Yellow Jacket five. Lee County’s Cedric Gray was tackled in the end zone for a safety to make it 2-0 Richmond. The Yellow Jackets scored their first touchdown with 1:52 remaining in the first period when Israel Williams ran in from a yard out to give the Yellow Jackets a 7-2 cushion. Ellerbe found John Rich from eight yards out to make it 8-7 in favor of Richmond County. The Yellow Jackets scored again to take the lead when Wilson found Dequan Swann for a 21yard touchdown completion with 5:47 remaining in the first half. “We played well in the first half and we wanted
to take it into the second half,” said Cates. “But we made some big mistakes that really cost us.” Wilson finished the game 13-of-22 for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Swann finished with six catches for 102 yards and two scores, his second coming late in the fourth quarter to make the deficit 38-21. “We moved the ball very well and I liked that,” said Cates. “We did a lot of great things that we’re going to take away from this. We just have to move on and get ready for next week.” The Yellow Jackets will travel to county rival Southern Lee for Brick City Bowl V in their final nonconference game of the season next week at Cavalier Stadium.
202 total yards, including 173 yards on the ground. Chandler led the way with 87 yards on 20 carries, and Kevin Williams added 63 yards on 15 carries. After Chandler’s kickoff return, Dylan Davies gave the Chargers the lead for good with a
3-yard run with 1:13 to go in the third quarter. Northwood’s defense notched a safety before the third quarter ended,
and Chandler cashed in a 6-yard run in the fourth quarter to set the final score.
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