Eastern Washington responds to Spokesman-Review's investigative piece on former XC coach Chris Shane...

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CHENEY—In response to a post written by Jim Allen of the Spokane Spokesman-Review on January 5th, Eastern Washington University spokesman David Meany sent out the following press release to paulmerca.blogspot.com regarding the departure of

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Ex-EWU distance coach Chris Shane to pursue legal action against school...

According to a post on the Spokane Spokesman-Review’s web site, former Eastern Washington University distance and cross country coach Chris Shane (left/photo by Paul Merca) plans to take legal action against the school to challenge a report from the school that led to his departure from the team.



He told reporter Jim Allen, “My career has been blown up for nothing,” after receiving a

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Eastern Washington and distance coach Chris Shane part ways...

CHENEY—According to a post on the popular distance running web site LetsRun.com, Eastern Washington University and distance coach Chris Shane (above, with Sarah Reiter/photo by Paul Merca) have parted ways.



According to the post, the school published a 57-page report alleging misconduct on Shane’s part.



In the same thread (the link to the thread is here), men’s cross country team

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