HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — The Lenoir-Rhyne University women begin the basketball season on Saturday, battling USC-Aiken at 4:30 p.m. in Shuford Gym. The Bears also play at home Sunday with a 1 p.m. tipoff against Lander. LRU’s first South Atlantic Conference (SAC) game is Nov. 17 at 5:30 p.m. against Wingate. Grahm Smith begins his second season as head coach at …
COLLEGE: 8 former players, athletic trainer sue Lenoir-Rhyne University
They’re seeking more than $26 million in damages from school, women’s head basketball coach, school president By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Despite an independent investigation saying no racism was found in the Lenoir-Rhyne University women’s basketball program, the school is not yet clear of those allegations. Late last week, eight former players and an athletic trainer filed a federal lawsuit …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: LRU president’s updated video response
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY — A YouTube video response to accusations of racial problems at Lenoir-Rhyne University by school president Dr. Fred Whitt is posted below. In it, Whitt mentions last Thursday’s protest by some students/student-athletes and the ongoing investigation prompted by allegations from Laney Fox, a sophomore who remains enrolled at the school. She played on the women’s …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne sophomore says her concerns about racism got her kicked off team (updated)
School says that wasn’t the reason, opens an investigation; protest, march to campus from City Hall planned on Thursday By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com A sophomore who played as a freshman and then opted out last season at Lenoir-Rhyne University has made several social media posts that allege her removal from the school’s women’s basketball team was because she spoke …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: CCC&TI hires new head coach
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HUDSON – Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI) has a new head coach for women’s basketball, hiring former Black Mountain Owen High coach Anderson Bynum. Bynum replaces Richie Covington, who resigned to enter private business. “Coach Bynum came highly recommended to us from several sources,” CCC&TI interim Athletics Director Jeff Link said in a press …