Posts Tagged Education

Chiefs announce moves within scouting department

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs shook up their scouting department Thursday by hiring Will Lewis as director of pro scouting and Marvin Allen as the director of college scouting.

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Police follow ‘substantial leads’ in Brown attack

VERNON, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of assaulting a Brown University basketball player has waived extradition from Connecticut and is headed to Providence.

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Stax’s past influences future musicians in Memphis

In this March 22, 2013 photo, guitarists Kordae Maples, from left, Christian Nelson and Dallas Dodson rehearse a song at Stax Music Academy in Memphis, Tenn. The Stax Music Academy is an after-school program where teenagers from some of Memphis’ poorest neighborhoods learn how to dance, sing and play instruments. The academy’s students play annual shows in Memphis and have toured to Washington, Italy and Australia, helping spread the soulful “Memphis Sound.” (AP Photos/Adrian Sainz)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One by one the teenage singers practice the opening lines to “Boogie Wonderland,” a disco-funk hit from an era before they were born, as dancers work on hip-swinging moves that require perfect choreography.

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Franklin gets ready to walk down high school aisle

FILE- In this Friday, May 10, 2013, file photo, Britain's Prince Harry talks with Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin at a reception at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colo., south of Denver. What a senior year for Franklin! Went to the prom, two proms actually. Won a state title. Now, she'll walk down the aisle, She'll graduate from high school on Monday and start getting ready for college. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Missy Franklin is starting to feel like a grown-up.

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AP Source: Rutgers makes Louisville’s Hermann AD

Rutgers has introduced Julie Hermann as its new athletic director.

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