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Football playoff adds 'greater swirl' to SEC meetings
Boston Herald
The normal swirl is a little greater swirl this year because of the issues
surrounding football." The meetings, which begin Tuesday and run through
Friday, will draw presidents, athletic directors, coaches and other
administrators from the SEC schools.
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Alcorn State hires white football coach Jay Hopson
USA TODAY
Clarion-Ledger Jay Hopson, shown here in a 2007 photo while an assistant
with Southern Mississippi, was introduced as the Alcorn State football
coach Monday. By Joe Ellis, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger Jay Hopson,
shown here in a 2007 photo while ...
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Monti wants Italian football halted for 2-3 years
SI.com
ROME (AP) -Premier Mario Monti suggested Tuesday that Italian football
should be suspended for two to three years after the latest match-fixing
scandal rocked the national team and tarnished the image of the domestic
game yet again just a week before ...
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Auschwitz bans flags, football gear for Euro 2012
New York Daily News
Visitors to the museum at the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz in southern
Poland will be banned from bringing in football accessories for the
duration of the Euro 2012 tournament, officials said. Anyone touring the
grounds in Oswiecim when Poland and ...
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Racism and Euro 2012: Football's Ongoing Struggle
TIME (blog)
By Tony Karon | @tonykaron | May 29, 2012 | + Yes, it's just a Nike ad, but
the spot above reveals something profoundly beautiful about football in
Europe right now — much to the chagrin and bile of the neo-Nazis and
immigrant-haters unfortunately ...
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Arena Football League Player Dies
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network – 14 minutes ago Fans of the Arena Football League
were stunned to learn that San Jose SaberCats FB/LB Johnie Kirton has
passed away in Santa Clara, Calif. He was 26 years old. Details surrounding
his death are unknown at this time, ...
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College Football Countdown: No. 76 San Jose State
Orlando Sentinel
By Iliana Limón Romero, Orlando Sentinel The Orlando Sentinel has ranked
all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. We'll take a closer
look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 120 to our projected
No. 1 team.
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Playoff football is the hot topic at this week's Big 12, SEC meetings
Kansas City Star
By BLAIR KERKHOFF Narrowing the focus of college football's postseason
future will be a priority as annual meetings begin this week in the Big 12,
which meets in Kansas City, and Southeastern Conference in Destin, Fla. For
the Big 12, it may be more of ...
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Football Betting: Young 8/1 to be top England Marksman
Sacramento Bee
Sky Bet's Live Football Manager Joe Petyt said: "In the absence of Rooney
for the opening games, Carroll looks a decent price for top scorer as the
team seems to be set up around him. "Barry will be a concern for Hodgson
because there doesn't seem to ...
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Ukraine says British media reports of football racism unfair portrayal of
country
The Republic
He added that European football's governing body was wrong to award the
tournament to Poland and Ukraine. "What they should say is, 'If you want
this tournament, you sort your problems out. Until we see a massive
improvement ... you do not deserve ...
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