12/03/2008
Vietnam Football Federation offer big money to lure Manchester United (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is negotiating to pay up to 2.47 million US dollars to entice Manchester United for a one-off game next year, with AC Milan also on its radar.
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12/02/2008
One Student?s Drive to Resurrect Vermont Football (New York Times)
In a sterling example of the entrepreneurial spirit fueling a nationwide boom in college club sports, Doug DeLuca succeeded in fielding a Vermont tackle football team in only a year?s time.
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12/02/2008
Ballon d'Or will make me better, vows football star Ronaldo (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cristiano Ronaldo believes winning the Ballon D'Or will only increase his drive to improve on the level of performance that earned him one of football's biggest individual prizes.
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12/03/2008
Towson University fires football coach (UPI)
TOWSON, Md., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Gordy Combs, who spent 17 seasons as head football coach at Towson University, was fired Tuesday.
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12/03/2008
Los Gatos High football player dies (San Francisco Chronicle)
Friends and relatives of a 17-year-old Los Gatos High School football player say they are shocked and baffled by the teen's death. Michael Halpin collapsed in front of the school Tuesday and died later at a hospital. His family says Halpin underwent surgery...
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12/02/2008
Cypriot football president in custody over fraud claims (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The ex-president of Cypriot football club Anorthosis, the surprise package of this year's Champions League, was retained in police custody on Tuesday to help a police probe of embezzlement charges.
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12/03/2008
College football notes: Mumme fired at NMSU (Deseret Morning News)
New Mexico State fired football coach Hal Mumme on Tuesday, ending a four-year run during which the program often ended up in the news for the wrong reasons.
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12/03/2008
Former UW football star charged in DUI case (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Reggie Rogers, a former All-America football player at the University of Washington, was charged Tuesday with a new drunken-driving charge -- two decades after killing three teenagers in a DUI crash in Michigan.
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12/03/2008
Weber State football: Toone has become a top player (Deseret Morning News)
Weber State receiver Tim Toone broke a school record that had stood for 20 years during his team's 49-35 win over Cal Poly in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs last Saturday.
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12/03/2008
Deerfield Beach prepares for 3-6A football title match (Miami Herald)
The old adage that says, ''you have to know where you've been in order to know where you're going,'' seems to be applicable to Deerfield Beach's ascent back to the forefront of the 6A football playoff picture.
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