Wisconsin Strength Coach Resigns Over Racial Epithet

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University of Wisconsin men's basketball director of strength and conditioning Erik Helland has resigned amid reports he used a racial epithet in the presence of multiple players.

Helland, who was placed on administrative leave on Monday and did not travel with the Badger men’s basketball team for its game at Minnesota on Wednesday, claims he was making a point about intensity when he quoted an NBA player who had used the epithet. Helland's repeat of the epithet took place Jan. 3, before the Badgers win at Ohio State.

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