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New York Times Report: UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Being Sued for Discrimination

By Mike Robinson Updated
SAN ANTONIO - APRIL 06: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the Connecticut Huskies during the NCAA Women's Final Four Championship game at the Alamodome on April 6, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO - APRIL 06: Head coach Geno Auriemma of the Connecticut Huskies during the NCAA Women's Final Four Championship game at the Alamodome on April 6, 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Update: Hartford Courant Posts Geno Complaint, NBA and USAB Get Slammed Too

As reported by the New York Times, University of Connecticut Head coach Geno Auriemma is being sued for discrimination.

N.B.A. official, Kelly Hardwick -- also a former narcotics detective -- alleges in her lawsuit that Auriemma forcibly tried to get her to kiss him at a basketball tournament in Russia in 2009. She states that when she denied Auriemma's overtures that he got her removed as a top security official for the the London Olympics.

You can read the original New York Times story here.

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