Author: Jake Schaller
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Air Force football hires grad Rudzinski
Air Force has hired another graduate to fill out its football coaching staff. Falcons coach Troy Calhoun said Tuesday that Capt. John Rudzinski, a 2005 grad, will join his staff as a defensive assistant. With Rudzinski, who is slated to arrive at the academy in a few weeks, Air Force will have nine graduates among…
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Conversion to nonprofit will take time for AFA
RUN WHEN AFA BUDGET GRAPHIC CP RUNS, THIS IS SIDER, IN DTI AS 05XX10 AFANONPROFIT For several years, Air Force Academy senior officials laid the groundwork for converting the athletic department into a nonprofit corporation. They sold the idea to the academy’s Board of Visitors (essentially its board of trustees). They presented it to the Secretary…
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AFA baseball coach Hutcheon suspended by MWC
Air Force baseball coach Mike Hutcheon is stepping down at the end of the 2010 season. But he’s not going quietly. The embattled coach has been suspended by the Mountain West Conference for Sunday’s game against UNLV after being ejected in back-to-back contests. The league mandates a suspension after two ejections. Hutcheon was ejected from…
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MWC notebook: Football news from around the league
Air Force’s offensive line needs to get stronger. Its linebackers need to get healthy. Those are two of the top priorities for the Falcons in the coming months before they start preseason camp on August 2. The neophyte line, which will include five new starters, “is not a big group” and has to “do a lot…
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Avalanche notes: Hejduk sits out Game 4
DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche was without veteran forward Milan Hejduk in Game 4 of its Western Conference playoff series against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night. Hejduk left Sunday’s Game 3 after a collision with forward Stastny early in the first period. Hejduk did not return, and the Avs have said he has “an…
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Sharks down Avs in third straight OT game
DENVER – Colorado Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson was close to perfect for the second game in a row on Tuesday night. But that wasn’t quite good enough. San Jose center Joe Pavelski scored 10:24 into overtime to lift the Sharks to a 2-1 victory over Colorado in Game 4 of the teams’ first-round playoff series…
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Kazlausky named interim head baseball coach
Air Force acted quickly to name a replacement for baseball coach Mike Hutcheon, who is resigning at the end of the 2010 season. In a move sure to be met with excitement by Falcon baseball alumni, athletic director Hans Mueh named Maj. Mike Kazlausky, a popular former player and assistant coach, Air Force’s interim head…
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Hutcheon to resign as AF baseball coach at end of season
Embattled Air Force baseball coach Mike Hutcheon will resign at the end of the season. The Gazette first reported Hutcheon’s decision Friday night after he told his team of his plans following the Falcons’ 5-4 loss to Georgia Southern in Atlanta. The resignation will end a tumultuous seven-season tenure that was marked by trying times…
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NCAA tournaments also give out gifts
Participants in NCAA tournaments receive gifts in addition to conference tournaments. At the recent Frozen Four, the NCAA ice hockey semifinals, Wisconsin players, coaches and staff received a tournament baseball cap and jacket, according to Wisconsin’s Paul Capobianco, an assistant director of athletic communications. That was less than what Colorado College received when the Tigers…
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Some athletes receive gifts from NCAA, conferences for playoffs
Participating in the 2010 Mountain West Conference men’s basketball tournament gave Air Force players a chance to travel to Las Vegas, taste the postseason, pick up an extra victory and push the league’s No. 1 seed to the brink. It also got them iLuv iPod clock radio docking stations. In a move that is commonplace…