Monthly Archives: November 2009

FSU’s Bowden to retire, says ESPN

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According to this from ESPN, Florida State coach Bobby Bowden will announce his retirement tommorow, ending a storied career spanning four decades. Bowden will finish with 2 National Championships (1993 and 1999), 12 conference championships since joining the ACC in 1991, a bowl record of 21-10-1 (second all-time in bowl wins, behind Joe Paterno), and an overall record of 388–141–4… Read more »

Huckabee commuted 90+ year sentence of suspected cop killer

As a police manhunt continues for Maurice Clemmons, suspected in the execution of four Lakewood, WA police officers this weekend, Mike Huckabee is trying to dodge blame for his decision to commute the sentence of Clemmons while Governor of Arkansas in 2000. Huckabee called it a failure of the justice system. I call it a failure of the Governor. Clemmons… Read more »

It’s OK to fire bad coaches

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On Facebook yesterday, one of my law-school classmates made an observation about Charlie Weis’s then-imminent departure that I suspect will be heard in certain corners the sports media this week, as Weis’s firing is used to advance the evergreen storyline of Notre Dame’s fall from grace. (The only story the sports media likes better than “Notre Dame’s fall from grace”… Read more »