Our friends over in The Final Score blog beat us to the punch on the story about Central Florida coach George O'Leary.
Here's what Chicago Norm of The Final Score had to say:
George O'Leary is refusing to talk to the Orlando Sentinel until it "corrects" a story about the death of one of UCF's players.
Back in March, UCF running back Ereck Plancher died after conditioning drills and the Sentinel's story, supported by comments from four unnamed players in attendance, cast O'Leary's conduct in a very unfavorable light. It was later learned that Plancher had the sickle-cell trait.
There's also a link in The Final Score post to The Orlando Sentinel story.
Two very odd things -- O'Leary is not just keeping quiet around Sentinel reporters. If a Sentinel reporter is present, O'Leary also won't speak to the other reporters. Also, as Chicago Norm points out, O'Leary is worried about accuracy? Isn't this the guy who lied on his resume when he was going for the Notre Dame head coaching job? Notre Dame eventually fired him.
-- MR