Joe Vigil, Running Coach Who Shaped Champions, Dies at 95

He turned Adams State University in Colorado into a distance-running powerhouse and helped mentor two marathon medalists at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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Bill Belichick Was Always in Control. Then He Met His Girlfriend Jordon Hudson.

The romance between Mr. Belichick, the 73-year-old former coach of the New England Patriots, and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson, 24, has roiled the worlds of professional and collegiate athletics.

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Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, Shuts Down Question About Their Relationship

The legendary football coach has never shared much with the news media, but on Sunday it was Jordon Hudson who shut down a line of questioning.

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Leo Beenhakker, Winning Soccer Coach Without Borders, Dies at 82

Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships.

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New York Women’s Basketball Coach Fired After Pulling Player’s Ponytail

The coach of the women’s varsity team in Northville, N.Y., was caught yanking a player’s hair on a television broadcast of a championship game on Friday.

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Can Billionaire Backer Mike Repole Buy St. John’s a Basketball Championship?

Mike Repole, who loved the homegrown team of his youth, has helped assemble a juggernaut enabled by compensation rules that one critic says created “the wild West.”

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The Power Struggle Over a College Athlete’s Medical Well-Being

When the former team doctor for Penn State football sued for wrongful termination, the case offered a rare look into coaches interfering with medical advice.

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As Salaries Boom, It’s a Good Time to Be an NFL Coach

Pay packages, even for first-time coaches, have risen sharply since the 1990s as teams seek those who can turn their franchises into perennial Super Bowl contenders.

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Navy SEAL Whose Lacrosse Workout Left Tufts Players Hospitalized Is Called Unqualified

The session, which left nine players hospitalized, was run by a person who lacked credentials, a review commissioned by the university found.

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Married Russian Figure-Skating Stars Are Among Victims of Plane Crash Near Washington, D.C.

A Boston skating club confirmed that Yevgeniya Shishkova, 52, and Vadim Naumov, 55, were on the plane that crashed after colliding with a military helicopter.

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