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Creighton Players Make Video Explaining 'Plantation' Outrage

Their coach made some shocking post-loss remarks

(Newser) - Five Creighton basketball players explained in a short pregame video Saturday why they were hurt by coach Greg McDermott's remarks in his locker room talk following a loss last weekend, per the AP . A sixth player who didn't speak in the video, star guard Marcus Zegarowski, said after...

Creighton Coach Apologizes for 'Terribly Inappropriate' Remark

Greg McDermott pleaded with basketball players to 'stay on the plantation'

(Newser) - Creighton coach Greg McDermott apologized Tuesday for urging his players to "stay on the plantation" in a postgame locker room talk following a weekend loss. In a statement posted on Twitter , McDermott said he used a "terribly inappropriate analogy in making a point about staying together as a...

Cops Liken Doctor to Serial Killer
Cops Liken
Doctor to
Serial Killer

Cops Liken Doctor to Serial Killer

He's charged with 4 murders in apparent revenge killings

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Joseph Garcia got fired as a pathology resident from Omaha's Creighton University a dozen years ago for erratic behavior. Since then, four people linked to his firing have been murdered, and now the 40-year-old is under arrest and charged with four homicides, reports Reuters . "At this...

Vitamin D Slashes Cancer Rates
Vitamin D Slashes
Cancer Rates

Vitamin D Slashes Cancer Rates

New study ties nutrient in milk, tuna, salmon to 60% decrease

(Newser) - The first research linking vitamin D directly to cancer prevention shows the nutrient sharply reduces cancer rates in older women. Only 3% of the 1,179 women monitored while taking a combination of vitamin D and calcium developed cancer over 4 years, a 60% lower rate than those given placebos,...

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