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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- NCAA President Myles Brand says he will propose emergency legislation in April to tackle the problem of prep schools built around basketball teams.
Brand proposed giving the NCAA the power to visit schools suspected of lacking academic rigor, which The New York Times said was in response to its investigation of Division I recruit Theo Davis by Philadelphia's Lutheran Christian Academy.
Coaches say more than 100 athletes may not be able to get Division I scholarships if the NCAA cracks down on schools' academic credentials in a report due this summer.
Mike Byrnes, coach at Massachusetts' Winchendon School, said the action could halve the current 50 college prep schools packed with Division 1 talent.
"Is this enough of a black eye for the NCAA to immediately step forward and address it?" Byrnes told the newspaper. "Or are they going to do what they've done for the last five years and turn the other way?
"If they address it, you're going to see junior colleges get really, really good again," Byrnes said.
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PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
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U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
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The silhouette created as Venus transits the face of the sun Tuesday will be widely visible across seven continents, U.S. space officials said.
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Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
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