Scarlet Knights

Rutgers Hires Louisville’s Julie Hermann As New Athletic Director

Hermann will replace Tim Pernetti, whose resignation from the university came last month amid the Mike Rice coaching abuse scandal.

2013/05/15

Eddie Jordan (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)

Eddie Jordan Expected To Be Introduced As Rutgers Coach Tuesday

Rutgers’ board of governors will meet Tuesday to sign off on a contract that will allow Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan to take over the Scarlet Knights’ scandal-marred basketball program.

2013/04/22

Eddie Jordan (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

AP: Eddie Jordan Reaches Tentative Agreement With Rutgers

Rutgers is turning to one of its greatest players to lead the basketball program out of one of its darkest hours and into a future that will see it enter the Big Ten Conference in 2014.

2013/04/18

Eddie Jordan, Rutgers Working On Deal; Publication Pulls Pernetti Nomination

While Jordan and Rutgers worked to make him the head of the university’s scandal-marred basketball program, there was more bad news for the Scarlet Knights.

2013/04/17

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Mike Rice Coaching Seventh-Grade Girls In N.J.; Parents Come To Defense

What has Rice been up to since his firing from Rutgers? He’s coaching a girls youth basketball team — and it seems the parents like him.

2013/04/15

Rutgers president Robert Barchi (Photo by Andy Marlin/Getty Images)

Rutgers To Look Deeper At Problems With Fired Coach Mike Rice

RU is pledging to get to the bottom of how a basketball coach who kicked and shoved players and used gay slurs as he yelled at them was allowed to stay on the job.

2013/04/09

Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti Resigns Amid Player Abuse Scandal

Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti has resigned as the school continues to come under pressure due to a growing player abuse scandal.

2013/04/05

Stevie Johnson (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images), Mike Rice (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Palladino: Mike Rice, Stevie Johnson Both Guilty In Court Of Public Opinion

It all comes down to thinking a little, really. Rice’s actions were unacceptable in this more-evolved era. Johnson’s words were just plain stupid in a week fraught with potential danger.

2013/04/05

Rutgers Players Judge, Johnson Defend Fired Coach Mike Rice

Two RU basketball players on Rice’s team say the fired coach wasn’t the abusive tyrant he appears to be on a widely viewed video that ultimately cost him his job.

2013/04/05

Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images), fired coach Mike Rice (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images), university president Robert Barchi (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Lawmakers, Rutgers Alumni Call For Probe On Handling Of Mike Rice

Rice may have been fired as the Rutgers men’s basketball coach, but critics said N.J.’s flagship public university still has more explaining — and maybe some more firing — to do.

2013/04/04

Rutgers coach Mike Rice (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)

Rutgers Fires Coach Mike Rice After Practice Video Prompts Outcry

“Based upon recently revealed information and a review of previously discovered issues, Rutgers has terminated the contract of Mike Rice,” the school’s athletic department tweeted Wednesday.

2013/04/03

Mike Rice (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Rothstein: I’ve Never Seen Anything Like The Rice Situation At Rutgers

I can still remember the first practice. It was right before Mike Rice’s first season at Rutgers, and it was unlike anything I’d ever witnessed before.

2013/04/03

Rothstein: Mike Rice Deserves 4th Season At Rutgers

Building a college basketball program in a high-major conference requires time. It requires patience — especially if the school hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1991.

2013/03/12

C. Vivian Stringer Wins No. 900 As Rutgers Tops South Florida

Not much has come easily for C. Vivian Stringer during her Hall of Fame coaching career. So it was fitting that it took her five tries to become the fourth women’s basketball coach to have 900 victories.

2013/02/27