Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Already 99.9 (and about 58 more 9s) percent of the universe — it is expanding lickety-split — is beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Into what is it expanding? Hard to say. We can say there is lots of stuff in space: Hold up a penny at arm’s length and you block from your field of vision three [...]
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
After reviewing all the information available, Texas Tech University has decided that the best course of action for the university and its football program is to terminate its relationship with Head Football Coach Mike Leach for cause.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
After reviewing all the information available, Texas Tech University has decided that the best course of action for the university and its football program is to terminate its relationship with Head Football Coach Mike Leach for cause.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The lawyer for Mike Leach says the suspended Texas Tech coach did nothing wrong in how he treated a player with a “mild” concussion, and Leach is seeking a court’s help in allowing him to coach in Saturday’s Valero Alamo Bowl.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Texas Tech fired coach Mike Leach on Wednesday, just two days after he was suspended by the school as it investigated his treatment of a player with a concussion.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
UTB/TSC will face Texas Tech University, The University of Texas at Dallas and The University of Maryland, Baltimore County to determine the top collegiate chess team in the United States from Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11 at UTB/TSC.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The new architectural program at South Dakota State University in Brookings has moved closer to reality with the naming of Brian T. Rex as department head.
Rex currently is the associate dean for academics and chair of instruction in the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where he also holds an appointment as [...]
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Knowing Mike Leach, it’s probably true. He probably put Craig James’ son in the dark, and he probably said something about his fat, little girlfriend, too.
But Leach isn’t the first coach to bully a kid, and he isn’t the first to anger parents. He’s just the first who needs a lawyer to coach in his [...]
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
This is a blog posted by Rick Hill, the Valero Alamo Bowl’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications.
The blog comes from mysanantonio.com. The blog reads as follows:
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
If Coach Leach stays employed with Texas Tech University through Friday, January 1st, he will be paid $800,000 bonus, which is part of his contract agreement.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The attorney for Texas Tech coach Mike Leach is fighting in court to get the suspended coach back on the sideline in time for the Alamo Bowl. And he’s also fighting in the court of public opinion to combat reports that Leach locked wide receiver Adam James in rooms described as a “shed” and an [...]
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The Mike Leach era is over at Texas Tech, only three days before the Red Raiders take the field against Michigan State in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Texas Tech fires head coach Mike Leach.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Lester Munson on the legal options for Mike Leach.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Kirk Herbstreit on the firing of Mike Leach at Texas Tech.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance provides details on the firing of Mike Leach.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Mike Leach’s firing.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Texas Tech fires head coach Mike Leach.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
The text of a letter, dated Dec. 23, from Texas Tech officials provided to Mike Leach that was included in a court filing. Leach, who was fired Wednesday, did not sign the letter nor agree to abide by the guidelines set forth in it.