Oklahoma State women’s basketball Kurt Budke was one of four people who died earlier today when their plane crashed while flying to Little Rock on a recruiting trip. The plane, a single-engine Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee aircraft, went down in Ouachita National Forest. Also in the plane was assistant coach Miranda Serna, Olin Branstetter (a former Oklahoma state Senator and also the pilot) and Branstetter’s wife, Paula. There were no survivors. Kurt Budke is survived by…
Joe Paterno met Sue at the Penn State library while he was an assistant football coach, and she was a freshman in Happy Valley. Joe Paterno married Sue Paterno in 1962, the year she graduated from Penn State. The couple has five children together, and seventeen grandchildren. One of their children, Jay Paterno, has served as an assistant coach for JoePa’s Penn State Nittany Lions football squad since 1995. In an interview with The Patriot-News,…
Les Miles wife Kathy Miles was a point guard at Central Michigan before going on to work as an assistant coach at Michigan. Kathy actually still ranks on the leaderboards there in both free throw percentage and assists. Kathy actually had dreams of becoming a basketball coach someday, which never panned out. It was during her tenure at the University of Michigan that she met another assistant coach at the school, Les. The two avoided a relationship while…
Randy Moss’ daughter Sydney Moss has officially committed to Florida. Sydney is one of four children of Randy Moss’ girlfriend Libby Offutt. Much like her famous father, Sydney Moss is a bit of an athlete, though in a different sport. According to her ESPN profile, Sydney Moss’ game is a “unique blend of power forward and point guard skills”. Sounds like maybe she’s the female Magic Johnson? After averaging over 22 points and 10 rebounds…
Tom Crean’s wife Joani Harbaugh-Crean was prepped for this marriage. Tom Crean was introduced to Joani Harbaugh while coaching at Western Kentucky. Joani was working as an aerobics instructor at the time, but had family in the area. That family, is worth noting, is a pretty intense group of three guys names Jim, John and Jack. Joani’s father is Jack Harbaugh, who happened to be a colleague of Tom’s at the time, as the head…
Officially: Lucy Pinder is not Tim Tebow’s girlfriend! OK, let’s get this out of the way now before every single girl at attending the University of Florida begins sobbing: Based on our extensive research, it does not appear that Tim Tebow and Lucy Pinder are, or ever were engaged in a serious (or non-serious) romantic relationship of any kind at any time. That said, there are a shitload of rumors to the contrary. So why…