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The Guardian Texas court to hear appeal from woman sentenced to prison for voting while ineligible Crystal Mason was sentenced to five years in prison for voting while inadvertently ineligible in 2016 Crystal Mason said she did not know she was ineligible to vote in 2016. Photograph: Ed Pilkington/The Guardian Sign up for the Guardian’s Fight to Vote newsletter. Texas’ highest criminal appeals court said Wednesday it would hear an appeal from a Texas woman who was sentenced to five years… Source link

Indiana University has hired former Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson as head coach. The program announced the news Sunday afternoon, confirming multiple reports from earlier in the day. Stadium’s Jeff Goodman reports that Woodson had been in the mix for the job since it opened and became a priority for Indiana after Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens and Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann turned it down. The position opened on March 15 when Indiana fired Archie Miller…. Source link

You could make a movie about Joel Ward’s hockey career. It’s a journey that took him through the OHL, WCHL, U Sports and AHL before he finally arrived at the NHL, where he became a cult hero in multiple markets and one of the most recognized Black faces in the game.  In April 2020, the pride of Scarborough, Ont., and veteran of over 700 NHL games announced his retirement as a player, but he didn’t step away from the game for long.  Just seven months later, Ward received a call from the… Source link

Former U.S Olympics women’s gymnastics head coach John Geddert died by suicide Thursday. Geddert, 63, died hours after he was charged with 24 crimes, including sexual assault, racketeering and human trafficking. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel confirmed Geddert’s death and said, “This is a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved.” Geddert was expected to turn himself in at the Eaton County Sheriff’s Department at 2:15 p.m. Eastern, but did not show up, according to the Detroit… Source link

Reuters Report: Rangers’ Artemi Panarin takes leave after Russian article New York Rangers star Artemi Panarin is taking a leave of absence after a former coach of his in his native Russia alleged that Panarin beat up an 18-year-old woman 10 years ago, the New York Post reported Monday. The allegation appeared in a Russian newspaper and is believed to be politically motivated, per the Post; Panarin, 29, has been outspoken against the regime of Russian president Vladimir Putin. “Artemi… Source link

The Minnesota Timberwolves fired head coach Ryan Saunders on Sunday night. The team announced the decision shortly after multiple reports of his dismissal Sunday evening. The Timberwolves officially hired Toronto Raptors assistant coach Chris Finch on Monday, after The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Sunday that Finch would take Saunders’ place. Finch will join the Timberwolves as their full-time coach, not on an interim basis, according to the report. The Minnesota Timberwolves are hiring… Source link

It’s hard to find a lot of credentialed evaluators willing to go on the record to suggest that Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence isn’t the best QB prospect in the 2021 NFL draft. But we found one who doesn’t even have Lawrence has one of his two best QB prospects this year. June Jones, the former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and San Diego Chargers, has watched many of the top quarterbacks available for the 2021 NFL draft. He hasn’t seen them all. But he’s seen enough of Lawrence to be less… Source link

Boston College coach Jim Christian watches from the sideline as the Eagles take on Rhode Island on Nov. 26, 2020. (David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports) Boston College is parting ways with men’s basketball coach Jim Christian, who will end his tenure there with no NCAA tournament appearances after seven years and just one winning season. Christian’s record in seven seasons at BC is 78-132, a run that includes a 26-94 record in the ACC. Boston College is 3-13 and 1-9 in conference play this… Source link

Gus Malzahn is nearing a return to the sidelines in 2021. The former Auburn coach is close to finalizing a deal to become the next head coach at UCF, sources told Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel. An announcement could be made later Monday. Sources: UCF is close to finalizing a deal to make Gus Malzahn the next football coach. An announcement is expected as soon as today. — Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) February 15, 2021 Should the hire come to fruition, Malzahn would replace Josh Heupel, who left UCF to… Source link

Since taking the job as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Urban Meyer talked, both publicly and privately, about how he knew he was now working in the NFL, not in the fiefdoms of Ohio State or Florida. His players are now adults, not college kids. They have obligations, families, agents, contracts and experience. They also often have the confidence and power to voice their concerns and opinions. Teams have to be something of a partnership these days, not merely a dictatorship. And it’s… Source link