Kiffin and Pearl talk to NCAA; Oliver Luck and West Virgina; Contador
June 13, 2011
Kiffin and Pearl do some explaining to the NCAA
Kiffin and Pearl do some explaining to the NCAA
Former Tennessee head coaches Lane Kiffin and Bruce Pearl spent a combined nine hours explaining their tenures in Knoxville to the NCAA infractions committee. The testimony of the two former head coaches will go a long way in determining the severity of the penalties handed down by the NCAA. It will be at least another two or three months before the NCAA infractions committee completes its investigation of Tennessee.
"The hardest part is just being here, this was not something I was looking forward to."
Bruce Pearl
Sports lawyer Oliver Luck and the West Virginia fiasco.
"The hardest part is just being here, this was not something I was looking forward to."
Bruce Pearl
Sports lawyer Oliver Luck and the West Virginia fiasco.
Current West Virginia University athletic director Oliver Luck was a highly successful quarterback at West Virginia from 1978-81. Luck then went on to play in the NFL for several years. After concluding his NFL career, Luck received his law degree from the University of Texas. From there Luck continued his success as an attorney in Germany. Luck then worked with the NFL, and even headed up NFL Europe during 1996. Additionally, Luck was the CEO of the Houston Sports Authority. To review Luck's career in greater detail check out his bio at this link.
Oh, and by the way, Oliver Luck also happens to have a son who is a quarterback at Stanford.
Oh, and by the way, Oliver Luck also happens to have a son who is a quarterback at Stanford.
It goes without saying that Luck is a talented and successful lawyer. However, the idea to bring in Dana Holgorsen to take over the position of offensive coordinator at West Virginia for the upcoming 2011 season, and then to take over for head coach Bill Stewart in 2012, will be forever known as a fiasco for Luck. Yes, even the best of them can make big mistakes.
The disaster at West Virginia came to a halt on Friday when head coach Bill Stewart resigned, and Dana Holgorsen took over control of the Mountaineer program much sooner than expected. For more details of what transpired take a look at the following links.
From December of 2010 when Holgorsen was first brought in.
And six months later.
And six months later.
Contador to be at Tour de France
Three time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will be competing at this years Tour de France despite the controversy surrounding him. Contador will appear before the Court of Arbitration for Sport on August 1, which is a week after the end of the Tour de France. The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union are challenging the Spanish Cycling Federation's ruling to clear Contador after he tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol.
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