Kansas Jeff Long: Les Miles was vetted before hiring, no red flags found
Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said he and the university were unaware of any wrongdoing in Les Miles past before hiring him as head coach of the football team in 2018.
Miles was placed on administrative leave Friday amid accusations of inappropriate behavior toward female students during his head-coaching tenure at LSU. Kansas announced Monday that he was out as head coach. When Les Miles was identified as the lead candidate to be the head coach in 2018, the University of Kansas and Kansas Athletics does, with all hirings, we ran multiple background checks on Coach Miles, Long said at a virtual news conference Tuesday.
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Dolphins Notebook: Tua Foundation, Zach s Hall Odds, New Center, and More
Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa announced the estalishment of his foundation
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Feb 4, 2021
Tua Tagovailoa has been very visible this week, and it continued Thursday when he took to social media to announce the establishment of the Tua Foundation.
The Tua Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of youth initiatives, health and wellness, and other charitable causes.
The Tua Foundation will primarily focus on charitable endeavors in South Florida, Alabama and Hawaii. In recognition of the foundation launch, three grants of $16,667 (totaling $50,000) were awarded to the Police Athletic League of North Miami; Big Oak Ranch in Springville, Alabama; and the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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RUSTON, La. â Louisiana Tech (5-5, 4-2 C-USA) saw its six-bowl game winning streak reach its end on Wednesday as the Bulldogs lost, 38-3, to Georgia Southern (8-5, 4-4 Sun Belt) at the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
âIt certainly wasnât the way that we wanted to finish,â head coach Skip Holtz said. âI was really proud of the way that the team competed. It would have been easy in a lopsided game in the way that it was for guys to throw their arms up or to lay down. I couldnât be more proud of the way the defense had continued to fight even with very little help from our offense.â