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Dalliance with Jets costs BC’s Jagodzinski his job
BOSTON — Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New York Jets.BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo told Jagodzinski on Saturday that his job would be in jeo...
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Giambi, A’s play back to the future
OAKLAND, Calif. — Tanned, toned and casually dressed fresh off his Mexican getaway, Jason Giambi sat down with Oakland general manager Billy Beane to his right and manager Bob Geren to his left and didn’t waste a second before speaking.“I’m excited you g...
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Forgotten Utes have earned bragging rights
MIAMI — Officials plan extra vigilance tonight during pregame warm-ups, just to make sure tempers don’t flare. Can’t have Oklahoma and Florida skirmishing on the logo.They’ve been chirping back and forth all week, talking trash. Big 12 defenses are a jok...
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Toyota to offerdriver-assist, safety services
NEW YORK — Toyota said Wednesday that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer.That marks the first major competition for Detroit-based General Motors’ OnStar service since i...
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Jettisoned Mangini parachutes into Cleveland job
CLEVELAND — Eric Mangini is the new head coach of the Cleveland Browns, a week after being fired by the New York Jets.A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that Mangini will be introduced today at a news conference at the ...
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Young guns take aim at legacy boost
MIAMI — Urban Meyer was about 8 years old when he knew he wanted to be a football coach.Bob Stoops is the son of a coach, so you might say coaching is in his genes.Now, at relatively young ages, Meyer and Stoops have risen to the top of their profession...
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Will Ducks chase UA’s Budinger as a shooting star tonight? Stay tuned
TUCSON, Ariz. — If Oregon thinks it has reason to expect it can improve, how about Arizona?Swept on opening weekend of the Pac-10 season as the Ducks were, the Wildcats are home in the McKale Center for tonight’s 5:30 matchup. If that isn’t cause to thin...
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Boy stops pit bull attack with jujitsu choke hold
A 9-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., boy is being called a hero after he saved a girl and her dog from a pit bull attack. Drew Heredia said he jumped on the pit bull and applied a choke hold that he learned while taking classes at a Brazilian jujitsu studio.
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Flooding could close part of I-5 through the weekend
Highway officials have closed a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in the Chehalis area of Southwest Washington due to rising flood waters. There are no detours available and the only way to get to Seattle is to take a plane.
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Teen driver cell phone law proves tough to enforce
PORTLAND — The chances that a teenager will be cited for talking on a cell phone while driving are pretty much zero in Oregon, despite the best intentions of a state law that went into effect last year to help prevent accidents.Only a handful of tickets ...
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