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Rutgers University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti has stepped down as university President Robert Barachi issues an apology to those who were offended by the Mike Rice video and explain his actions and those of Pernetti.

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Supporters of embattled Rutgers Athletic Director Tim Pernetti are using social media and phone calls to rally last minute support.

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A Rutgers assistant men's basketball coach has resigned amid a scandal over the way his former boss treated players.

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 Rutgers University's fired basketball coach is due a $100,000 bonus for lasting through the season.

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Jamie Dixon hired Mike Rice as an assistant at Pittsburgh in 2006, drawn by Rice's passion and ability to get into the living room of a prized recruit and close the deal.

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Mike Rice may have been fired as the Rutgers men's basketball coach after a video surfaced showing him shoving players and berating them with gay slurs, but critics said New Jersey's flagship public university still has more explaining — and maybe some more firing — to do.

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Mike Rice has been fired as head men's basketball coach at Rutgers University and says he is "deeply sorry" for his behavior.

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Following the firestorm of controversy over the video of Mike Rice's treatment of players at practice, Rice was fired on Wednesday morning as head coach of the men's basketball team.

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Rutgers University is under pressure over how it should react to a video of basketball coach Mike Rice aired by ESPN that shows him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.

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