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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich needed less than 48 hours to hire Steve Kragthorpe nearly three years ago, confident the coach who turned around the moribund program at Tulsa could keep the surging Cardinals atop the Big East.
The honeymoon lasted until the fourth quarter of Kragthorpe’s first game.
Three seasons, zero bowl games, 21 losses and thousands of empty seats at Cardinal Stadium later, Jurich knew it was time to move on.
“It just didn’t seem like the right fit from Day One,” Jurich said Saturday, shortly after firing Kragthorpe following a 4-8 season, the program’s worst in over a decade.
Kragthorpe went 15-21 in three seasons after replacing the massively successful Bobby Petrino in January 2007. He had two years remaining on a contract that paid him about $1.1 annually, and Jurich said Kragthorpe will receive a $2.2 million buyout.
It’s an expensive parting gift, but one Jurich felt necessary after watching the Cardinals slip from national title contenders to Big East also-rans. The Cardinals went 5-16 in conference play under Kragthorpe and perhaps even worse, failed to beat rival Kentucky in three attempts.
“I was hoping we’d get over the hump this year,” Jurich said. “I thought we could get through the year and really build some momentum and obviously that didn’t happen.”
Kragthorpe declined comment on Saturday but is expected to speak publicly on Monday.
The search for his replacement will begin immediately. The list of candidates could include Houston coach Kevin Sumlin, Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong and former Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer.
“I want to get a great leader of men and somebody that will take us to the heights we want to be at,” Jurich said.
Finding someone who can sell tickets wouldn’t hurt either.
A crowd of 23,422 turned out for a 34-14 loss to Rutgers on Friday. Several fans brought homemade signs voicing their displeasure with the direction of the program while others wore paper bags over their heads.
Even worse were the number of fans who didn’t show up at all.
Louisville averaged just over 32,000 at the 42,000-seat stadium, down from more than 41,000 during Petrino’s last season. With Cardinal Stadium expanding to 55,000 seats in time for the 2010 opener against Kentucky, Kragthorpe’s inability to connect with the Louisville fan base became painfully obvious.
“For everything he did in his life, he got hammered for,” Jurich said. “I don’t think there was anything right he could do.”
Despite the outside pressure, Kragthorpe remained popular with his players. Nearly two dozen left or were asked to leave as part of a locker room purge during his first 18 months on the job, which led to better unity on the sidelines, if not between the lines.
“Even though we didn’t have the wins that we wanted, Coach K was a great coach,” said junior wide receiver Doug Beaumont. “He showed us more than just the life of football. He showed us the life outside of football (and) our character off the field.”
But he was unable to find any sustained success on it.
His stay began with a top-10 ranking and whispers of a national title shot after Kragthorpe helped persuade star quarterback Brian Brohm to return for his senior season.
By the fourth quarter of his first game against Murray State, fans were already restless. They booed when the Cardinals decided to settle for a field goal while up 70-10 rather than tack on another meaningless touchdown.
Louisville quickly tumbled from the rankings following a last-second loss to Kentucky in his third game on the job and finished 6-6 that season. The Cardinals started 5-2 last year before losing their last five games, including a nationally televised 63-14 loss to Rutgers.
Kragthorpe came forward the next day and pledged to turn the program around while acknowledging his window of opportunity was closing.
On Saturday, following the worst season since the Cardinals went 1-10 in 1997, the window shut for good. A program that was blossoming three years ago after going 12-1 and winning the Orange Bowl now is in full rebuilding mode.
And unlike Kragthorpe’s speedy hire, which came 44 hours after Petrino bolted for the NFL, Jurich is in no rush to hire his replacement.
“I’m not going to intrude on anybody that’s playing right now,” he said.
Besides, it may take him awhile to find the money. Paying Kragthorpe for his troubles will “strap” the athletic department, according to Jurich. That doesn’t mean he plans on settling.
“I’ve got to find a way to go out and get a great one,” Jurich said.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Allen Iverson(notes) is talking about a comeback. And the Philadelphia 76ers are at least discussing the idea of bringing back their former franchise superstar.
A person with knowledge of the talks says the Sixers have been approached about signing the recently retired guard, and team management has held internal discussions about bringing Iverson back.
The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because talks have not been made public, says Iverson is among the free-agent candidates the Sixers are considering to replace injured point guard Lou Williams, who’s expected to miss eight weeks after jaw surgery.
“I think we would look at all the options for sure, but nothing has really happened,” Peter Luukko, COO of Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the 76ers and Flyers, told The Associated Press. “We have had no formal discussions.”
With no apparent interest from NBA teams, Iverson announced his plan to retire this week. His statement read more like a job pitch for a playoff contender rather than a final farewell.
Iverson said he planned to retire, but also stated that “I feel strongly that I can still compete at the highest level.”
The statement also said Iverson has tremendous love for the game and the desire to play, adding there is “a whole lot left in my tank.”
He could find out how much in Philadelphia, where he spent the first 10-plus seasons of his career.
The 10-time All-Star was NBA MVP in 2001 when he led the Sixers to the NBA Finals. He was the No. 1 overall pick of the 1996 draft and became a global star with his all-out play—and a major headache with his rants about practice and run-ins with former coach Larry Brown. He made “talking’ about practice” part of the sports lexicon.
Fed up with losing and his relationship with former coach Maurice Cheeks irrevocably broken, Iverson wanted out in 2006 and he was traded to the Denver Nuggets. He played for Denver until early last season when he was traded to Detroit.
Brown, now coaching the Charlotte Bobcats, said it would be great to see Iverson reunited with the Sixers.
“I just want to see him back in the league. He’s loved in Philly,” Brown said before the Bobcats played at Washington. “He did a phenomenal job for that franchise. If you look at games now, they’re not nearly as exciting. There’s not as many people at the games. We need him in the league.”
The 6-foot Iverson played three games this season with Memphis before taking a leave of absence to attend to personal matters. He was waived after the two sides agreed to part ways.
Iverson’s agent, Leon Rose, and 76ers team president Ed Stefanski did not immediately return messages for comment.
Iverson would find a Sixers team in the same mediocre shape he left it amid squabbles with management. The Sixers have lost five straight and are 5-11 entering Sunday’s game at San Antonio. The Sixers were bounced out of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs each of the past two seasons.
Iverson would immediately spark interest and ticket sales among Philadelphia’s largely apathetic fan base. The Sixers are 29th in the NBA in attendance, and Iverson would spike that sagging number.
Stefanski has said he wanted to build around his nucleus of Andre Iguodala(notes), Elton Brand(notes) and Thaddeus Young(notes). Iverson, like he has in every stop, would demand the ball and could hinder team chemistry more than he could make Philly relevant.
Iverson also has made it clear he won’t come off the bench. With Williams out, he would start over rookie Jrue Holiday(notes), but it’s not clear where he would fit in once Williams is healthy to return.
The New York Knicks considered signing Iverson after he cleared waivers, before deciding he would take too much playing time from younger players they are trying to develop.
One of the NBA’s great scorers, Iverson entered this season with a career average of 27.1 points, which ranks fifth all time. Yet there was almost no interest in him this summer before he went to the Grizzlies on a one-year deal.
“I don’t think deep down he ever wanted to leave Philly,” Brown said. “He’s said, deep down, numerous times that’s where he wanted to finish his career. Let’s hope he has an opportunity to come back. If it’s not Philly, somebody will pick him up. I’m confident of that.”
Iverson has played one game in Philadelphia since he was traded, with Denver on March 19, 2008. He planted a kiss on the 76ers logo at midcourt, blew imaginary ones to the fans, and regretted how his Sixers career ended.
“I always wanted to finish my career here in Philadelphia,” he said. “The opportunity was there for me to do it. In a lot of ways, I made sure that didn’t happen.”
He might get that second act to make it end the way he wants.

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PITTSBURGH (AP)—Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger(notes) is expected to miss Sunday’s NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens because of a concussion.
Persons familiar with Roethlisberger’s status spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because the team has not made an announcement.
The development would force Dennis Dixon(notes)—who has thrown only one pass in two NFL seasons—to make his first NFL start in a game the defending champion Steelers might need to win to make the playoffs.
Roethlisberger practiced all week despite sustaining his fourth concussion since 2006 during a 27-24 overtime loss against Kansas City last Sunday. On Thursday, during his only interview of the week, he said he had been cleared to play, joking he passed “thousands of tests.”
Roethlisberger, however, experienced headaches resulting from the concussion — his head struck the knee of Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson—and he began debating the wisdom of playing after consulting with the team’s medical staff.

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BOULDER, Colo. (AP)—What does University of Colorado athletic director Mike Bohn have to say to doubters and detractors who contend he’s sticking with football coach Dan Hawkins only because he couldn’t come up with the $3.1 million buyout and the millions more it would take to replace him?
Twelve seconds of silence.
“Yeah,” Bohn responds when asked if he’s still there. “I’m thinking about what I want to say.”
Another 18 seconds of silence.
“Our financial, uh … Can you ask me the question again so I can get a little excited? I slept in my clothes last night. I’m a little slow,” asks Bohn, who flew back into Denver early Thursday after accompanying the men’s basketball team to the Maui Invitational in Hawaii.
So, what does he have to say to those critics who will insist that money and not merit guided his decision to keep a coach who is 16-32 with a 2-20 road record and a 10-21 mark in the Big 12?
“Well, money is always a consideration in big-time college football,” Bohn said. “It wasn’t THE determining factor. The bottom line was Dan Hawkins is the right coach for CU at this time.”
Hawkins has cleaned up a program tarnished by scandal under Gary Barnett, but he’s been unable to find success on the field and has endured four straight losing seasons, which usually lead to moving trucks, not reiterations of support.
The Buffaloes (3-8, 2-5) wrap up their season Friday against Big 12 North champion Nebraska (8-3, 5-2) at Folsom Field in a game that many thought would be Hawkins’ farewell.
Chancellor Philip DiStefano and Bohn informed the team after its walkthrough on Thanksgiving Day of their coach’s status to quell doubts about his future.
“It was really important for me to look these kids in the eye and Dan in the eye rather than being out in Maui” and doing it by phone, Bohn said.
DiStefano said he supports Bohn’s decision to honor Hawkins’ contract, which runs through 2012.
“Dan represents the university’s values on and off the field, and his team has been competitive this year,” DiStefano said. “He has done all that we have asked him to do, and although we all desire more victories, we also recognize starting over with a new coach right now takes us away from, not closer to, our goals for CU football.”
Of the Buffs’ eight losses this season, three have been by a touchdown or less and two others, at West Virginia and Texas, were competitive before fourth-quarter flameouts.
Hawkins signed a five-year contract in 2006 after leaving Boise State, where he was 53-11, and was given an extension 13 months ago before injuries unraveled the Buffs, who finished 5-7 last year.
Hawkins declared “10 wins, no excuses” as his mantra for this season, but the Buffs quickly rendered that goal laughable, leading to widespread dissatisfaction with Hawkins, who became increasingly defensive.
Bohn asked that Buffs supporters now rally around the program and its players, if not Hawkins.
“The program is bigger than any one individual and the institution is bigger than any member of the leadership team or anybody associated with this outstanding university,” Bohn said. “And I recognize that there’s a schism among the fan base. We’re going to work hard to close that.”
Bohn said he expects some backlash.
“I’m certainly aware that people on both sides of this issue are passionate,” he said. “And that’s why I believe one of my biggest challenges will be trying to collectively put that passion together because when we are unified, Folsom Field and our football program can compete with anybody in the nation.”
Hawkins will almost certainly have to have a winning season next year to keep his boss’s trust and his job.
“Clearly, I believe the longer a coach or anyone is associated with a program that the scoreboard ultimately becomes an important barometer,” Bohn said.
Hawkins had more votes of confidence than wins this season, but as the losses piled up, more and more calls came for his ouster, and the din heightened when blue chipper Darrell Scott bolted the Buffs at midseason.
Hawkins acknowledged this week that he regretted recruiting his son, Cody, to Boulder to be his quarterback because his kid unfairly became a lightning rod for critics before his benching at midseason.
Some students took to wearing powder blue to games this season instead of gold and black to protest the program’s slide into mediocrity. It was the color the team wore from 1981-84 when they went 10-34 overall during one of the worst stretches in school history.
That stretch is now rivaled by Hawkins era, and the question now is about the color green: Will alumni and boosters open up their wallets with Hawkins given a fifth season instead of a pink slip?
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP)—The New York Giants just escaped their own month of misery. So they understand the seething frustration and loss of poise in Denver, where sideline shoves, the head coach’s cockiness and players-only meetings are all the buzz.
The Broncos (6-4) have lost four in a row and blown what was once a 3 1/2 -game division cushion. The Giants (6-4) snapped their own four-game slide, which cost them the NFC East lead, by beating Atlanta in overtime Sunday.
The two second-place teams meet Thursday night at Invesco Field as the Broncos host their first Thanksgiving game since 1963 in the AFL.
Denver is at a low point following a 32-3 thrashing Sunday at the hands of the San Diego Chargers, who supplanted them atop the AFC West. Broncos coach Josh McDaniels exchanged heated words with some of San Diego’s linebackers during warmups, then watched his team come undone with silly penalties and an ugly sideline spat while losing its fourth straight game.
Although McDaniels has declined to discuss his own trash talking with the opponent, he did say he’s an emotional coach with a team full of emotional players who need to keep their poise.
“You can’t be all over the place emotionally,” Denver defensive leader Brian Dawkins(notes) concurred. “That doesn’t usually lead to a lot of success.”
Dawkins called a players-only meeting Tuesday to get some things off his chest.
“It felt great,” running back Correll Buckhalter(notes) said. “I think we needed it to get all our players on the same page.”
Cornerback Champ Bailey(notes) said some attitudes needed adjusting but he won’t know until Thursday night if the “no coaches allowed” meeting did any good.
“I was fairly encouraged just to talk to some of my teammates,” Bailey said. “But what’s going to encourage me more is if we play better. It’s not really what people say, it’s what they do.”
And lately, the Broncos have been talking a good game but playing bad ones.
Their offense has been stuck in low gear, their defense is springing leaks, especially against the run, and their special teams are dreadful.
Sounds a lot like the Giants before they snapped out of their funk.
Defensive end Osi Umenyiora(notes) said New York’s first win in 42 days made it feel as if a brick wall was lifted off their backs.
“We were getting killed around here,” he said. “Coming to work wasn’t as much fun as it used to be when you were winning. Nobody likes to lose. We are accustomed to winning as of late. It was very, very important and we are happy to get that done.”
As much as players talk about putting games behind them and moving on to the next opponent, streaks both have a way of lingering.
When you win, Giants quarterback Eli Manning(notes) said, “everybody is smiling a little bit easier and they are excited about the win and how everything is going. When you start losing you get down a little bit and things aren’t as enjoyable. People aren’t laughing as easy. You are still practicing the same, preparing the same. You go through the same steps. It’s not as fun when you’re not winning.”
“So it is good to get that win and get that sense of that winning feeling back in the locker room, … kind of see the smiles after the game after a long stretch where you haven’t won a game.”
The Broncos are envious. They haven’t won since Oct. 19.
They went through this same kind of skid last year, blowing a three-game lead over the last three weeks of the season to lose the division title, leading to an offseason of upheaval.
“The good thing about this year is it’s right in the middle of the season,” Bailey suggested. “So, we’ve got time to overcome that. Last year, we slid off at the end.”
The Broncos’ 6-0 start is a faded memory now that opponents have discovered their soft underbelly: running the ball straight up the gut.
During the skid, Denver has allowed opponents to run for an average of 145 yards, controlling the second half by grinding out the clock.
Dawkins expects the Giants to try the same tactic that worked wonders for Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington and San Diego—handing the ball off early and often.
“Absolutely. Why wouldn’t you? If you were an opposing coach, why wouldn’t you do that? Why wouldn’t you test that out?” Dawkins said. “They’re a running team anyway, so they’re going to do it anyway, but why wouldn’t you?”
Maybe because the Giants will be short-handed in the backfield with backup Ahmad Bradshaw(notes) (ankle) sidelined. So, they’ll have to be careful not to overwork Brandon Jacobs(notes)and wear him out in the mile-high air.
Several Broncos said they were glad they had a short week to get back on the field for another shot at snapping their losing streak. Not Dawkins.
“Do I like playing on Thanksgiving? No, I would I love to be sitting and watching somebody else play if I had my choice,” he said.
Giants defensive end Justin Tuck(notes) doesn’t mind missing out on a big feast, though.
“I eat every day. I am not worried about necessarily eating on Thanksgiving Day,” he said. “Hopefully I get to eat some quarterbacks.”

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP)—Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner(notes) went through a full practice on Wednesday and said he plans to play Sunday at Tennessee.
Warner said he passed the required mental tests on Tuesday with “no problems neurologically at all” after sustaining a concussion in last Sunday’s 21-13 victory at St. Louis.
“From what they told me I tested better than I did four years ago so I’m just getting smarter with age,” he joked after practice.
He said he plans to be careful as he prepares through the week but as of Wednesday all signs were good that he would make his 42nd consecutive NFL start.
“I was out there, went through all my normal reps so that is definitely the plan moving forward,” Warner said. “We’re sure going to be cautious and make sure day by day nothing transpires, nothing gets worse, but right now that’s my plan.”
The 38-year-old quarterback’s head slammed into the turf on a hit from Rams safety O.J. Atogwe in the second quarter. He stayed in the game to complete the touchdown drive that put Arizona up 21-3, then left for good.
According to Warner’s tally, this is the fifth concussion of his career— three in the NFL, one in the Arena Football League and one non-football related while he was in college. All were mild, he said.
Warner said all the recent attention and studies given to concussions in the NFL was a factor in his leaving last Sunday’s game when he did.
“I think as a player you know that it’s out there and you know that people are discussing it and looking into it more and you make the right decision,” he said. “I can’t tell you five years ago, eight years ago, that I sit out the second half of the game in St. Louis.”
He also said his age makes him more cautious.
“I know as a player that’s getting toward the end of their career, you think beyond football,” Warner said. “You’re thinking from a bigger picture than I know I did 12 years ago and that a lot of players do or did before all this stuff is coming out.”
On Wednesday, Warner tried out one of the new helmets designed to better protect the head from injury but didn’t particularly like it.
“I didn’t really feel comfortable with it today,” he said. “We’re going to keep messing with it and see if I can be comfortable with it.”
Otherwise, it’s back to the old helmet.
“I’ve been playing the game for a lot of years and the last time I had any symptoms like this was 2003, so it’s been a long time and the equipment’s been pretty good to me,” Warner said, “so I don’t want to just panic and go to something else, but at the same time if there’s something better out there, something that I feel comfortable with that can help me, then we’ll try that.”
Warner said he likes a new but yet-to-be-implemented league rule that requires an outside neurologist to be consulted, but said he didn’t do so in this case.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Warner shows no sign of mental impairment.
“He was talking about the game, he was talking about the plays he likes. Everything’s been normal as far as preparation goes,” the coach said. “Everything looks good. I think the question is seeing how he progresses during the week.”
Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald(notes) said he’s not worried that his quarterback would force the issue and risk further injury.
“Kurt’s been playing football probably 25 years and I promise you it’s not his first concussion,” Fitzgerald said. “If you play football long enough you’ve had concussions. You’ve dealt with it. He’s not going to do anything to jeopardize himself. Our medical staff is not going to let him do anything to jeopardize himself. Our head coach is not going to let him do anything to jeopardize himself.
“If he’s ready to go, he’ll play. If he’s not, I don’t think they’re going to let him.”

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Police in Gilroy are trying to identify two people they say fired a shotgun into an occupied home on Monday night.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the 7200 block of Dowdy Street at about 10:15 p.m.
Two males wearing dark clothing and black bandanas over their faces were seen in front of the home when rounds from a shotgun were fired through the front windows, police said.
The suspects ran away before police arrived.
Several people, including children, were inside the home at the time of the shooting, but no injuries were reported.
Police have not identified the suspects but said evidence was collected at the crime scene.

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