Expectations too lofty for unlucky Willingham
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Three seasons after hiring Tyrone Willingham as head coach of the football program, the powers that be in South Bend, Ind., fired the 28-year coaching veteran Tuesday, one month prior to the Fighting Irish&#39;s scheduled matchup with UCLA in the Insight Bowl
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The odds aren't as long as you might think.
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You can tear up Keith Jackson&#39;s invitation to your friendly local Friends of the Fighting Irish pub. News of Tyrone Willingham&#39;s ouster after three years at Notre Dame barely had hit the airwaves Tuesday when &quot;Mr.
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Returning success and toughness were among the top goals Willingham stated Monday in his first news conference as the University of Washingtonâs 22nd football coach.
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So maybe this is what Tyrone Willingham was talking about when he promised a balanced offense, nasty defense and sustained effort â-ll in the same game.
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The Giants squandered a chance to clinch a wild-card playoff berth when beaten by the Redskins Sunday. The loss of star tight end Jeremy Shockey, who fractured his left fibula, only deepens their disappointment.
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Notre Dame became just another football factory when it fired Willingham rather than honor the final two years of his contract. Did someone write something about how, as the pre-bowl season winds down, coaches
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Graham Rowntree still vividly recalls the painful Sunday morning when his World Cup dream was shattered, and admits to this day: âYou canât prepare yourself for a disappointment like that.
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GAINESVILLE - In a six-hour period Tuesday, Tyrone Willingham&#39;s dismissal at Notre Dame and Butch Davis&#39; resignation from the Cleveland Browns turned upside down the University of Florida&#39;s search for a football coach.
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When we look back on this improbable postseason turnaround by the Red Sox, one of the turning points will be hard to find unless we recall the words of Red Sox manager Terry Francona in the aftermath of the humiliating 19-8 loss to the Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
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LAST week a reporter drew a parallel between Tyrone Willingham&#39;s three seasons as the head football coach at Notre Dame and Pete Carroll&#39;s tenure at Southern California.
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TIMING is everything in football. The job that Tommy Burns wanted more than anything came far too soon for him. Now, one that he probably never considered may be just the right fit.
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K.J. Choi had to work harder than he imagined to become the Sony Open champion everyone expected.
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Notre Dame football coach Tyrone Willingham made history last Tuesday, but certainly not the kind he had hoped for. Willingham became the first head coach at the University to
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SEATTLE (Sports Network) - It appears as though Tyrone  Willingham won't be out of a job for long.
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The Anfield manager saw Portsmouth snatch an injury-time leveller last night to scupper hopes of a victory which was in demand after Saturday&#39;s derby slip-up.
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Unheralded, underestimated, unappreciated, undervalued. Those are the words that swish around in Mike Wright's head, pushing him, driving him to prove them wrong. The doubters are every talent evaluator who thought he wasn't good enough to play Division 1 college football, or get drafted, or make an NFL team, or be anything more than a backup defensive lineman ...