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"You can't be serious about this"

Justin Heckert, ESPN The Magazine

In November 2010, Georgia State is set to take on powerhouse Alabama at the end of the college football season.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 09, 2009

Pregame ceremony honors Thomas

Associated Press

An Iowa high school football team has honored slain coach Ed Thomas in an emotional pregame ceremony before its first contest since Thomas was killed in June.

Story | Conversation | August 28, 2009

Lawyer: Alleged shooter incompetent

Associated Press

The defense attorney for a man accused of killing an Iowa high school football coach in June says her client suffers from hallucinations and is not competent to stand trial.

Story | Conversation | August 25, 2009

In Parkersburg, the game must go on

Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN.com

Just weeks after coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed, residents of this small Iowa town still wonder how they will carry on. The answers lie in their faith, their families and friends -- and on the football field.

Story | Conversation | August 24, 2009

Ex-player pleads not guilty to killing coach

Associated Press

The man accused of killing an Iowa high school football coach has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

Story | Conversation | July 06, 2009

Huge crowds pay last respects to Thomas

Associated Press

Thousands of mourners have filled a church and nearby community center for the funeral of Ed Thomas, the beloved Iowa high school football coach who was shot and killed last week.

Story | Conversation | June 29, 2009

Hundreds attend Thomas' visitation

Associated Press

Hundreds of people have waited for hours in lines that stretched for blocks to attend the visitation for a slain Iowa high school football coach.

Story | Conversation | June 28, 2009

Becker has criminal background

ESPN.com news services

Mark Becker, accused of killing high school football coach Ed Thomas, has a documented criminal record including drunken driving, criminal mischief and meth use.

Story | Conversation | June 25, 2009

Iowa HS Football Coach Ed Thomas Killed

Ed Thomas shot and killed, former player Mark Becker charged with murder

Video | June 24, 2009

Ed Thomas shot, killed inside school

ESPN.com news services

Ed Thomas, who has produced four NFL linemen as the football coach at tiny Aplington-Parkersburg High, was shot and killed Wednesday inside the school's weight room, authorities said.

Story | Conversation | June 24, 2009

High school coach symbolized hope

Wayne Drehs, ESPN.com

They held hands, lit candles, cried and prayed. Hours after a shooting left Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas dead, people here struggled to understand what happened, and why, writes ESPN.com's Wayne Drehs.

Story | Conversation | June 24, 2009

Johnson satellites to stardom

Andrew Feldman, ESPN.com

Travis Johnson spent $340 on a single table satellite in Las Vegas to gain entry into Event 7. He's heading back home to California with $666,854.

Story | Conversation | June 05, 2009

Admissions guidelines clarified at South Carolina

Associated Press

The University of South Carolina clarified guidelines for special admissions Tuesday, about two months after football coach Steve Spurrier threatened to leave if something wasn't changed.

Story | Conversation | October 09, 2007

South Carolina willing to work with Spurrier, to a point

ESPN.com news services

University of South Carolina officials say they're willing to work with football coach Steve Spurrier -- but they won't completely rewrite the school's admissions policies to do so.

Story | Conversation | August 07, 2007

Big 12 mailbag: UT couldn't ask for better motivator than Big 12 title game

Tim Griffin, Big 12

Here are some letters I received this week on a variety of subjects. Paul Lloyd of Austin, Texas, writes: Tim, great work on the Big 12, this is the ...

Blog | December 08, 2009