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(March 25, 2011) Dear usmnews.net: I appreciate all of the sports analyses that you are putting up. Don’t think that none of the big USM boosters are paying attention. I’m told some are, and that they find the information shocking in some cases. I don’t know about any coaches, but Mr. G [Richard Giannini, UM athletics director] could be in trouble.

(March 31, 2011) Giannini’s Response to Criticism ‘Weak’ Growing College Football-Related Controversy Harmful to Southern Miss The growing controversy surrounding the late-March-2011 revelations that led to the end of Fiesta Bowl president and CEO John Junker’s tenure – which was marked by lavish gifts, a $1,200 visit to a strip club, an almost $30,000 per year car allowance, and memberships in various country clubs – continues to hound USM athletics director Richard Giannini.

(March 31, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . USM’s Giannini Big Part of National Controversy HATTIESBURG – As the Associated Press reported on 29-Mar-2011, college football’s Fiesta Bowl is in serious jeopardy when it comes to its current inclusion among the sport’s BCS Bowl rotation.

(April 5, 2011) 31st & Pearl Time for Giannini to GoGoBye Reading Richard Giannini’s 31-March-2011 defense of the “complimentary” Caribbean cruise that lazily carried him, his wife Gayle, and a number of college football’s “decision makers” to CoCoCay and back makes one a bit weak in the tummy.

(April 6, 2011) Cleveland Warns Giannini and Saunders Media Luminary Argues that USM’s Berry is Grossly Underpaid Through his 6-Apr-2011 sports column in The Hattiesburg American, famed Mississippi sportswriter Rick Cleveland warns the USM administration – athletics director Richard Giannini and president Martha Saunders – that its head baseball coach, Scott Berry, is grossly underpaid, representing a real bargain for the institution.

(April 26, 2011) Sex, Sports, & Secret Summits USM’s Approach to Intercollegiate Athletics under Modern Day Presidents On 12-April-2011, USMNEWS.net reported on a somewhat secret athletics summit convened by USM president Martha Saunders and USM athletics director Richard Giannini.

(December 9, 2011) . . . breaking news . . . Giannini Out as USM AD HATTIESBURG – According to afternoon reports (on 8-Dec-2011) from The Hattiesburg American, embattled USM athletic director Richard Giannini was set to step down from that high-level position on 9-Dec-2011. By the evening of 8-Dec-2011, that story had changed to one indicating that Giannini would retire in Jan-2012, after assisting USM with the transition from former head football coach Larry Fedora to Fedora’s successor.