Mike Rice

In the wake of the basketball program scandal, Rutgers forked over a combined total of $2.1 million to fired coach Mike Rice, and Athletic Director Tim Pernetti and University Attorney John Wolf, both of whom resigned.

Including health benefits, pensions and some other perks, Rutgers University paid out a combined total of almost $2.1 million to athletic director Tim Pernetti, lawyer John B. Wolf (resigned) and basketball coach Mike Rice (fired).

Rutgers University says fired men's basketball coach Mike Rice is receiving $475,000 under a settlement agreement.

Rutgers President Robert Barchi is set to go before an Assembly budget panel, when he may be asked about payouts given to three university officials ousted during a basketball coaching scandal.

While Eddie Jordan and Rutgers worked to make him the head of the university's scandal-marred basketball program, there was more bad news for the Scarlet Knights.

Yesterday I told you about the “gift that keeps on giving” regarding former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, and how, in addition to his Rutgers job, had been coaching a girls’ AAU basketball team, among which is his own daughter; and how he was seen by one blogger as acting in “over the top” despite having the support of most of the parents...

Rutgers Alumni Andy Sisti has started a petition to reinstate Tim Pernetti as Athletic Director at Rutgers University after Pernetti stepped down in the wake of the Mike Rice scandal.

Despite firing him, Rutgers is still reeling from the release of video footage showing men's basketball coach Mike Rice throwing basketballs at his players, kicking them and yelling profanities and homophobic slurs.

This is like the “gift that keeps on giving!” The story of Mike Rice, former Rutgers basketball coach, seen in a video leaked to ESPN verbally and physically abusing members of his team. We now learn he’s been coaching a girls’ youth basketball team, and according to reports, it’s okay with some of the parents of the players...

Hall of Fame coach Bob Hurley of St. Anthony's High in Jersey City, N.J., would consider taking over the Rutgers basketball program on a caretaker basis for a year or two.