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Miles Inks Contract To Stay
At LSU For Five More Years |
LSU football coach LES MILES has signed a new contract with the school through 2012 that will pay him at least $2.8M per season and "in the $3.4[M] range" if LSU wins the '08 BCS Championship game. The deal contains a two-year school option. Miles has a $1.25M buyout option to leave for the Univ. of Michigan, the same as his previous contract. The full LSU board "is expected to approve the contract today with little additional discussion" (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE, 12/7).
APPROPRIATE RESPONSE: During last night's Bears-Redskins game, NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reported Redskins Owner DANIEL SNYDER handled the aftermath of SEAN TAYLOR's death "just the way the Redskins would have hoped. He chartered three different planes -- one 747 for the entire organization to head to Florida on -- and two private planes, one for the offensive coaching staff, one for the defensive coaching staff. That was designed so that each coaching staff could work on their game plan for tonight’s game." Snyder also has contributed $500,000 to a fund for Taylor’s one-year-old daughter (NFL Network, 12/6).
NAMES: Former Fresno State women’s basketball coach STACY JOHNSON-KLIEN won a $19.1M sexual discrimination lawsuit that alleged she was fired because she “advocated for women’s rights” (USA TODAY, 12/7)….Manchester United and Argentina national soccer team F CARLOS TEVEZ will star in a biopic about his early years. GASTON PAULS and ALEJANDRO SUAYA will produce the $2M film under the Rosstoc banner, and the script will be written by ALEJO FLAH (DAILY VARIETY, 12/7)….This weekend's episode of VH1’s “VSPOT Top 20 Countdown” will be based at the NHL Powered by Reebok store in N.Y. and feature an interview with Bruins C MARC SAVARD (THE DAILY)….U.S. Airman First Class CHADWYCK MCDANIEL won a drawing among U.S. servicemen and women held by Phoenix-based non-profit Packages from Home and will recieve an all-expenses paid trip to Super Bowl XLII. He also receives full use of a Cadillac and invitations to VIP parties (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 12/7)….NFL Network's DEION SANDERS, ESPN's EMMITT SMITH and former CBS and Fox broadcaster PAT SUMMERALL were named to the Florida High School Athletic Association’s list of 100 greatest players (FHSAA).
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