Decision to boot Willingham a cold one
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Apparently, when the good fathers of Notre Dame lately looked to their football sideline, they saw a fellow who wasn&#39;t nearly as acceptable as even Gerry Faust or Bob Davie, each of whom was allowed to squeeze out five years in South Bend.
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Newcastle United are considering an approach to Terry Venables to become their manager to work alongside Alan Shearer until the end of the season following the abrupt sacking of Sir Bobby Robson yesterday.
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Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs said today that running back Clinton Portis's status for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys would be downgraded to doubtful and that Ladell Betts would start.
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With the chill of imminent autumn has come an admission by Eric Mangini that he and Bill Belichick have not spoken in months.
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Tuesday&#39;s abrupt firing of Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham resonated across the college football landscape, with ripples potentially stretching all the way to the Bay Area.
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Clinton Portis' first Thursday character of the season: a football player who doesn't appear as if he's going to be able to play in his team's first game.
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He was the dumbest guy in New England. Terry Fran-coma. Gomer Pyle in the dugout. Chewing that giant wad of stuff, making it look like he had a golf ball in his cheek. Not bunting. Not playing smallball. And taking the blame for every mistake his players made.
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While Tyrone Willingham was being introduced as Washington&#39;s 22nd football coach yesterday, Lorenzo Romar leaned against a wall and took the scene in, knowing that reporters would shortly drift his way with a predictable array of questions.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- He skated yesterday morning. He was on the ice for warm-ups. But when game time rolled around, P.J. Axelsson informed coach Dave Lewis that he couldn't go.
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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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Point guard Dez Willingham won&#39;t be back for his sophomore season at Kansas State, coach Jim Wooldridge said Monday. Willingham, who started 11 games last season, was not around for the start of classes last Wednesday.
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BAKU : David Beckham is set to be hauled over the coals by English football authorities over his admission that he deliberately fouled an opponent to earn himself a convenient booking in last week&#39;s World Cup qualifier against Wales.
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SEATTLE (Sports Network) - Tyrone Willingham was not  unemployed for very long, as he was named the new head coach at  the University of Washington on Monday just two weeks after  being fired at Notre Dame.
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Roy Williams faces a quandary: Who should he start at point guard in No. 4 North Carolina&#39;s season opener Friday night? It won&#39;t be Raymond Felton, the regular starter who&#39;s suspended for the Tar Heels&#39; first
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Alex Ferguson gave a prediction yesterday. It was a typically audacious, not to say defiantly arrogant. It was also almost a definition of self-belief - as in, you have to believe, because surely no-one else will.
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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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That&#39;s the only reason that matters in the firing of Tyrone Willingham. There are ramifications to be sure, but Notre Dame basically thumbed its nose at elements like the Black Coaches Association in canning Willingham after only three seasons.