The Wishful Thinker ( World News To You )

Southington boy loses bid to coach college football (Boston Globe)
A 12-year-old Southington boy's bid to get a a college football coaching job has failed, but he's still encouraged.

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AAFL facing crisis – upstart football league has money woes (Detroit Free Press)
The All American Football League, which was supposed to breathe new life into players who couldn't play in the NFL, is on life support. The league said Thursday in an e-mail that a new majority owner is needed to salvage the inaugural season, less than a week before training camps are set to open.

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Emotional Favre rules out return to playing football (USA Today)
Brett Favre weighed the decision to retire from the National Football League for three years. When the moment came to explain why he's leaving, it took 20 seconds for the emotions to overwhelm him.

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Football: Van Marwijk to succeed van Basten as Dutch coach (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Feyenoord coach Bert van Marwijk is to succeed Marco van Basten as boss of the Dutch national side in July following Euro 2008, the Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) announced on Monday.

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Big cities' success key for Arena Football League (USA Today)
Arena Football League commissioner David Baker isn't playing favorites. But he won't be disappointed if the New York Dragons follow the cross-town Giants and win ArenaBowl XXII this season.

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Football: Thaksin return raises hopes of Thai fans (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's dramatic return to Thailand last week sparked controversy across the country – except on the football field, where fans believe his homecoming could mark a new era in the sport.

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UConn Football Gets Oral Commitment From One Of State's Top Juniors (New London Day)
Mike Osiecki, a 6-foot-3, 212-pound linebacker from Seymour High School and arguably the state's top junior prospect, gave the UConn football program an oral commitment

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Antonio Coleman's injury brings quick end to Auburn football scrimmage (Birmingham News)
AUBURN – Auburn's first spring football scrimmage came to an abrupt end Saturday with a defensive end falling to the turf motionless – an ambulance on the field to take him away.

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Foothills football job goes to Johnson (Arizona Daily Star)
Matt Johnson, former head coach at Rincon/University, is the new head football coach at Catalina Foothills High School, Foothills athletic director Jody Brase announced Saturday.

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5 Central Arkansas football players suspended (Houston Chronicle)
Five Central Arkansas football players were suspended indefinitely on the first day of spring practice Friday for an unspecified violation of team rules.

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Shawnee hires its fifthsixth football coach in four five years (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Shawnee High School has had five football coaches in the past four seasons, so the words of its newest hire might be comforting to Golden Eagles fans.

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Football is politics when Arab Israeli town meets Jerusalem (Middle East Times)
Beitar Jerusalem fans cheer for their team after winning over Israeli Arab Bnei Sakhnin during their national football cup match in Sakhnin.

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Raw Otah still has best football ahead of him (CBS Sportsline)
Jeff Otah played just three games of varsity football in high school. He expects to play many more than that in the NFL.

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Raw Otah still has best football ahead of him (CBS Sportsline)
Jeff Otah played just three games of varsity football in high school. He expects to play many more than that in the NFL.

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Football: Said & Done (Guardian Unlimited)
David Hills: The week in football featuring Nazis, dynamite, brothels and FIFA

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