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 Goodbye to Sampson, IU's good name  :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Greg Couch
Goodbye, Kelvin Sampson. Maybe sometimes the bad guy does lose, afterall. It's over. Sampson is surely done as Indiana's basketball coach, disproving my theory that in college sports, cheaters always prosper. I'm not sure what Indiana is waiting for, why it hasn't fired him this week, after the NCAA sent a letter to the university alleging that Sampson had ``repeatedly'' lied to IU and to NCAA ... [link]

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Source: Indiana’s Kelvin Sampson to Be Fired Friday
Published 2/14/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Greg Couch of the Chicago Sun-Times already has a column out hinting at some of what we’ve said, with this great line: “every day Sampson is at IU is another day without credibility.” ...

The Big Lead: Kelvin Sampson To Be Fired Friday
Published 2/14/2008 by jtom at Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic
... a source is a source. This is curious because the stipulations of the allegations make it appear that Indiana is under no obligation to investigate or respond to the allegations until after the season and a hearing isn't scheduled until June. I think if this happened to a team with a less rabid fanbase than Indiana, the administrators would avoid causing any turmoil for the players until after the year. So I hope The Big Lead's source is credible (and a Chicago columnist seems to agree a firing is inevitable ), so the whole "blogs are irresponsible and ruining the lives of ...

Rounding up the Sampson stories
Published 2/14/2008 by Thermocaster at The Meaningful Collateral
... The Chicago Sun-Times’ Greg Couch puts it this way: “Every day Sampson is at IU is another day without credibility.” ...

Kelvin Sampson's Days At Indiana May End On A Brian Butch Banked In Three
Published 2/14/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... "sources" are whispering that Kelvin Sampson will be fired sooner rather than later, and potentially this Friday. Fitting that his tenure, filled with illegal phone calls and lies, will end on a called bank shot from 24 ft courtesy of Brian Butch. Greg Couch of the Chicago Sun Times wrote: "Recruiting is a slimy business. Sampson is the king of it." As for the Badgers, a typical win where in retrospect your trying to figure out how they just did that. No flash, just efficiency and some hustle points. ...

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