Two days after the university dismissed men’s basketball coach Mike Rice, Rutgers has fired athletic director Tim Pernetti, according to an ESPN report. Pernetti came under heavy scrutiny last November for Rutgers’ decision to suspend Rice for three games and levy a $50,000 fine after seeing video of Rice shoving players, throwing basketball at players […]
Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs during practice. The videotape, broadcast Tuesday on ESPN, prompted sharp criticism from Gov. Chris Christie, and the head of the New Jersey Assembly called for Rice to be […]
