Skinner Gets Multiyear Extension at BC
565768
Boston College men's basketball coach Al Skinner has signed a contract extension that will keep with the school through the 2009-2010 season.
583028
The good, the bad, and the ugly all showed up yesterday at Conte Forum. Officially, it was an 81-73 overtime loss to Virginia Tech for coach Al Skinner's Boston College Eagles, a defeat that left the crowd of 8,062 muttering a lot of "if onlys" as they made their way to the exits.
579401
When former Boston College coach Tom O'Brien left for North Carolina State, it seemed to signal open season on the 14 recruits who had verbally committed to the Eagles. As BC underwent its coaching change to Jeff Jagodzinski, it was expected that they would lose some recruits.
5769
The Charlotte Bobcats have signed first-round pick Jared Dudley . Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement's rookie scale, the former Boston College star, who was drafted 22d overall last Thursday, will receive $947,500 next season and $1.018 million in the second year. The Bobcats hold team options for a third and fourth year.
59135
When Brendan Walsh decided to leave Northeastern University as an assistant coach last year to realize his dream of becoming a Boston police officer, the lure of the sport never left him. Tonight, the Dorchester native will have the best of both worlds.
676748
CLEVELAND -- Cavaliers coach Mike Brown received a two-year contract extension Monday that will keep him with the club through the 2010-11 season.
187201
The Chicago Bears signed coach Lovie Smith to a four-year contract extension through the 2011 season Wednesday night.
548492
New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas has been signed to a multi-year contract extension, the team announced on Monday.
548551
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Throughout Boston College's 19-0 start, Eagles coach Al Skinner steadfastly maintained his basketball team had yet to accomplish anything special.
687593
LOS ANGELES -- Football coach Mack Brown and Texas agreed to a 10-year contract worth more than $25 million that would keep him at the university through 2014.
618674
GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Isiah Thomas got a multiyear contract extension Monday, nine months after he was warned the Knicks needed to show "evident progress" or he'd be out of a job.
65487
It has been a slow, steady, discouraging process. By August, new Boston College football coach Jeff Jagodzinski absorbed the knowledge that senior linebacker Brian Toal would take a medical redshirt season after undergoing shoulder surgery.
540600
PHILADEPHIA (Sports Network) - Saint Joseph's University  extended the contract of men's basketball coach Phil Martelli  on Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed,  but the new contract will keep Martelli on Hawk Hill through at  least the 2011-12 season.
412283
BERKELEY, Calif. (CP) - Former CFL player and coach Jeff Tedford agreed to a five-year extension Monday with the University of California that will see him remain under contract as the school&#39;s head football coach through 2009.
698313
Memphis coach Tommy West agreed to a one-year contract extension after leading the Tigers to back-to-back bowl games for the first time in the program&#39;s history.
426342
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Everybody came here to represent. The Cali Contingent of Boston College's basketball team -- junior Craig Smith of Los Angeles, Sean Marshall of Rialto, and Jared Dudley of San Diego -- had quite a bit of incentive in last night's 74-64 victory over UCLA in the Wooden Classic before a crowd of 14,027 at Arrowhead Pond.
274585
PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Eagles showed their confidence in Sheldon Brown on Thursday, signing the cornerback to a six-year contract extension.