Calpers President Voted Out
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Sean Harrigan was ousted from his post as president of the $177 billion California Public Employees&#39; Retirement System. In a 3 to 2 vote in San Francisco, the California state Personnel Board pulled Harrigan
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Steve Patterson has resigned as president and general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers, the club said on Thursday.
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California officials on Wednesday  voted to oust Sean Harrigan as president of Calpers, naming a  former real-estate executive seen as more business friendly to  replace the outspoken union official as a board member of the  largest U.S. pension fund.
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SMU coach Phil Bennett was fired Sunday, a day after the Mustangs lost 29-23 at Tulsa and were eliminated from bowl contention.
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Amid a new war of words, Calpers tendered 1.5 million shares Thursday in support of Oracle Corp.'s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. -The Washington Post
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Our position is: Politics trumped ethics in the House GOP vote to drop its no-indictment rule for the majority leader. When he was admonished by the House ethics committee last month for holding a golf fund
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Tim Floyd is being hired as Southern California basketball coach, taking the job Rick Majerus accepted then abruptly quit last month.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - Members of the board of  Calpers, the biggest U.S. pension fund, voted on Monday to  demand that major car makers meet with them to defend their  lawsuit against California's new air quality regulations to  reduce exhaust emissions from cars and trucks.
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Rick Majerus backed out of a deal to become Southern Cal&#39;s coach days after his hiring, and he will stay at ESPN as a college basketball analyst.
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Jan. 14 -- for cancelling the season. Although it won&#39;t admit to it. The league confirmed yesterday that a board of governors
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Portland Trail Blazers president and general manager Steve Patterson unexpectedly resigned Thursday, the team said.
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President Bush withdrew the nomination of a top industry lobbyist to be chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday, after the nominee had come under renewed attack by Democratic lawmakers wary of his close connections to manufacturers.
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Reports: Ackerman on way out: Val Ackerman is stepping down as president of the WNBA, a position she has held since the league&#39;s inception in 1996, The Sports Business Daily and ESPN.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced early Wednesday he had vetoed legislation that would have allowed Californians to vote on an advisory measure calling for President Bush to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
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Henry Bibby was fired Monday as the men&#39;s basketball coach at Southern California. The move came four games into his ninth season, and assistant Jim Saia was appointed the Trojans&#39; interim coach for the rest of the season.
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TUALATIN, Ore. -- Portland Trail Blazers president and general manager Steve Patterson abruptly resigned Thursday with the team in next-to-last place and the owner unwilling to renew his contract.
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DENVER (Sports Network) - Colorado Rockies vice chairman  Jerry McMorris has been removed from the team's board of  directors and also as an officer. The move came during a  meeting of the director and shareholders of the club's general  partner.