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Ex-Mississippi State coach Davis dies (AP)
April 3, 2009Former Mississippi State head football coach Paul Davis, who led the Bulldogs from 1962-66, has died. He was 87. Davis died Tuesday at Bethany House, a hospice in Auburn, Ala., according to a hospice spokeswoman and an official at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home in Opelika, Ala. The cause of death was not given.
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Pelini contract has less bonus money (AP)
April 3, 2009Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini is sacrificing potential bonus income for guaranteed money in his new contract. Pelini’s annual base salary goes to .85 million, from .1 million, under the five-year contract he signed last month. His original contract promised an 0,000 bonus if the Cornhuskers won the national championship.
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Counting down college football’s most prestigious programs (16-20)
April 3, 2009Arkansas, Georgia Tech and Washington are included in the mix as the Prestige Rankings countdown rolls on with teams Nos. 16 to 20.
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Clemson staff to get $1.8M next season (AP)
April 3, 2009Clemson is paying its football staff more than .8 million next season, including 5,000 for new defensive coordinator Kevin Steele. The school’s athletic department released details of the assistant coaches’ contracts this week. Steele, coach Dabo Swinney’s choice to head the Clemson defense, received a three-year contract.
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East-West Shrine Game moving to Orlando (AP)
April 3, 2009The East-West Shrine Game, college football’s longest running all-star game, will be played at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in 2010. Florida Citrus Sports announced Wednesday that Orlando will be home to the Shrine Game for at least the next two years. The game got its start in the San Francisco Bay area in 1925, [...]
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Judge rejects Vick’s bankruptcy plan (AP)
April 3, 2009A judge rejected Michael Vick’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy on Friday, telling the suspended NFL star to rethink how he’ll pay back his creditors. The ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback, who is serving a 23-month prison sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting operation, had outlined a plan during a hearing Friday based on the goal of returning [...]
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Broncos agree to trade Cutler to Bears (AP)
April 2, 2009Jay Cutler got his wish Thursday: a ticket out of Denver. And the Chicago Bears have a franchise quarterback for the first time in decades. The Broncos on Thursday traded their disgruntled Pro Bowl passer to the Bears, who’ve gone through a bevy of quarterbacks without much success ever since Jim McMahon was calling plays [...]
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ESPN.com has launched many new football widgets that offer scores, stats, and news
April 2, 2009Visit the ESPN Widget Center.
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Agent hopes Vick will be in NFL by Sept. (AP)
April 2, 2009An agent for suspended NFL star Michael Vick told a bankruptcy court on Thursday that he hopes the ex-Atlanta Falcons quarterback could return to the league by September. Joel Segal testified as part of a hearing to assess Vick’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy, which was designed with the goal of Vick returning to a [...]
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