Sports Poets Society

The N.C.A.A. said the problems involving S.M.U. under Larry Brown  included academic fraud and unethical conduct.Credit...  Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/sports/ncaabasketball/larry-brown-suspended-and-smu-basketball-sanctioned-by-ncaa.html By The Associated PressSept. 29, 2015 DALLAS — The N.C.A.A. banned the S.M.U. men’s basketball team from postseason play on Tuesday and suspended its veteran coach, Larry Brown , for nine games after concluding that he lied to investigators, ignored academic fraud and fell far short of expectations in leading his staff when it came to compliance. In a scathing report, the N.C.A.A. noted that Brown had previously coached at Kansas and U.C.L.A., yet made “choices against his better judgment when it came to compliance issues” at S.M.U., where he is preparing for his fourth season. “These choices included not reporting possible violations in his program, initially lying to the enforcement staff during the in...

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2616242-banned-from-the-ncaa-tournament-larry-brown-and-smu-fight-to-regain-their-pride JASON KING Bleacher report - FEBRUARY 15, 2016 DALLAS — Two days after their quest for an undefeated season ended with an 89-80 loss at Temple—dropping their record to 18-1—the SMU Mustangs erased any lingering bad vibes with a spirited, two-hour practice at Moody Coliseum. The workout ended with a huddle near the baseline. "We're back!" the players chanted as they broke the huddle. "We're back!" Standing a few feet away, head coach Larry Brown could only smile and shake his head. "Seriously," he said, "can you believe these kids? Their outlook, their attitudes? Unbelievable." This wasn't the first time Brown had marveled at his team's resiliency. He did it in March 2014, when the Mustangs reached the NIT title game after being inexplicably passed over for the NCAA tournament despite a 23-9 regular-season re...

https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/11/12/where-you-gonna-be-next-year-larry THE OLD QUESTION STILL HAUNTS LARRY BROWN, THOUGH HE'S SHOWN SIGNS THAT COACHING AT KANSAS COULD BE THE LAST STOP IN HIS ODYSSEY by SI Staff Sports Illustrated - NOVEMBER 12, 1984 Six mornings a week, at 8:45, the silver bells jingle. The door to the Carol Lee doughnut shop is opening, and the 44-year-old grandson of the baker for the czar of Russia walks in. He knows as well as anyone in Lawrence, Kans. that the strawberry butterflies and the blueberry fritters at Muncher's Bakery are better than anything behind the glass counter at Carol Lee . And yet, there's Larry Brown walking past the Kansas basketball schedule and the lost-cat advertisement thumbtacked to the Carol Lee bulletin board, looking at the pictures of the counter girl's new baby taped to the wall, getting a grin from the baby's grandma, who bakes the doughnuts each dawn, and trading "Mornin's" with the man in over...

https://www.sport-e-cultura.com/2022/11/19/64-partite-per-un-funerale-al-caldo/?fbclid=IwAR0n796jT7lOcWYwyLKbjNzuaJrrNkotPce503G88o3WE0UNQQnH-rqJ-Qk di SIMONE BASSO Sport e cultura, sabato 19 novembre 2022 Taccuino avvelenato, intinto nel petrolio (nero e unto), che odora di gas e polonio su una foresta che accenna appena al foliage autunnale. Come siamo finiti dall’albo delle figurine Panini di Monaco 1974 al Simulacron di FIFA 2022 degli Al Thani? Chiudendo gli occhi. “Living is easy with eyes closed.” 1. Non è compito nostro raccontare come furono assegnati – nel 2010 – i Mondiali di calcio 2022. Ci sono le inchieste (nessuna italiana: un segno dei tempi) a spiegarlo. Lo stesso teatro kabuki dell’edizione precedente, un flusso di dollari e di corruzione e di minacce politiche: l’uno-due con il regime criminale russo nel 2018 lo zenit di un sistema, non solo calcistico (alle ultime Olimpiadi, in Cina, è stata impedita la libertà di movimento ai media), che confeziona i kolossal sport...