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  April 7, 2019 3:11 PM EEST

  导出博客文章BOCA RATON, Fla. Air Jordan 4 Uk Sale . -- Lane Kiffin has a chance to help Alabama get to 15 wins this season. And then hes going to take the reins of a program that has won 15 games in the last four years.Florida Atlantic and Kiffin have agreed in principle on a deal that will make him the schools next head coach. Alabama coach Nick Saban -- Kiffins soon-to-be-former boss -- lauded the Owls move, and said Kiffin will remain with the undefeated and top-ranked Crimson Tide as their offensive coordinator through the College Football Playoff.FAU has selected someone thats going to do a great job for them, Saban said in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at a news conference to promote the upcoming Peach Bowl.Saban was the first person to publicly announce the move; FAU and Kiffin remained mostly silent Monday, even after the news broke. A person with direct knowledge of the talks between Kiffin and the Owls told The Associated Press that he agreed to a five-year contract, speaking condition of anonymity because neither side had discussed terms.FAU called a Tuesday morning news conference to announce the hire.Im ready to start next season already, FAU offensive lineman Matt Murphy tweeted after word of Kiffins hiring.A message left for Kiffin was not immediately returned.Getting close, FAU athletic director Patrick Chun tweeted from the airport in Tuscaloosa on Monday, with a picture that included an Owls visor -- Kiffins preferred headgear.Soon afterward, a private flight from Tuscaloosa to Boca Raton took off, destined for a runway just a few feet from the Owls practice fields.Kiffin has been the offensive coordinator at Alabama for the last three seasons, helping the Crimson Tide win last seasons national championship and get back to the CFP field with a 13-0 record so far this year. FAU will be his third collegiate head coaching job, and the first since Southern California fired him five games into the 2013 season.Lanes done a phenomenal job for us for the last three years, Saban said. We appreciate the impact that hes made on this program. We think this is a wonderful opportunity for him to be a head coach again.Saban said in recent days that he wanted to help Kiffin get another opportunity to be a head coach. It wasnt clear if Kiffin would have been back at Alabama next season otherwise.Theyve made a great hire, Saban said of FAU.So begins the next chapter for Kiffin, who has been an annual fixture on lists of potential candidates for high-profile coaching jobs. Earlier this fall, he interviewed for the Houston job and was also believed to be a candidate at places such as Oregon and South Florida.Kiffin interviewed with Houston twice, the schools board of regents chairman told KILT-AM radio in Houston.Sure, hes been a head coach and hes been an OK head coach, Houston board of regents chairman Tilman Fertitta told KILT-AM in an interview last week, when he called in to discuss how he personally interviewed Kiffin for the Cougars opening. But I can tell you this -- it was not a safe hire.FAU, which hasnt been to a bowl game since 2008, came to a different conclusion.FAU and Kiffin had their dialogue intensify late last week, although the pairing seemed somewhat unexpected. Kiffin made $1.4 million this season at Alabama; FAU was paying Charlie Partridge a bit over $500,000 annually when he was fired after his third consecutive 3-9 season.FAU President John Kelly has wanted to continue raising the schools profile, including on the athletic fronts. And hiring Kiffin is the sort of splashy move that will certainly get the Owls plenty of attention.Owl Nation is Soaring High! Kelly tweeted on Monday. Unbridled Ambition.Kiffin lasted 20 games as coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2007 and 2008, going 5-15.He returned to college ball and was 7-6 in 2009 in his lone season at Tennessee. And he went 28-15 in parts of four seasons at USC.Kiffin becomes the third marquee coaching hire in the state of Florida in recent weeks. FIU hired former Miami and North Carolina coach Butch Davis in November, and former Louisville and Texas coach Charlie Strong was hired Sunday at South Florida.Theyll all face in-state recruiting battles against Miami coach Mark Richt, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher, Florida coach Jim McElwain and Central Florida coach Scott Frost.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Air Jordan 4 Cheap Sale . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win. Cheap Air Jordan 4 . Toronto has dropped games to Indiana and Miami since a five-game winning streak and closed out a three-game road trip at 1-2. http://www.airjordan4uk.com/ . Jason Zucker and Matt Cooke also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Kuemper made five saves in the first, nine in the second, and nine in the third. The rookies best save came with 2:17 left in the third period when he denied former Wild forward Matt Cullen from just outside of the crease on the right side. NEW ORLEANS -- Making clear that she thought the sentence was a light one, a Louisiana judge Thursday formally imposed a 20-year prison sentence on former NFL star Darren Sharper, who last week was sentenced by a federal judge to 18 years and four months in a drug and rape case with victims in four states.Defense attorney Billy Gibbens said that the two sentences are essentially the same, when credit for time served and other factors are considered. The sentence follows Sharpers guilty pleas in state and federal courts in New Orleans, and pleas of guilty or no contest to similar charges in Arizona, California and Nevada -- all the result of a multi-jurisdiction plea deal that once called for a sentence of about nine years.Early this year, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo rejected that sentence as too light. She imposed the 18-year, four-month sentence last week.In state court on Thursday, Judge Karen Herman made clear she thought two decades was a relatively light punishment for the fallen NFL star, calling his behavior such an epic disappointment.Thursdays second sentencing hearing was again punctuated by tearful testimony from victims. One who said she was determined from the time she realized she had been raped in 2013 to see him prosecuted and see him branded as a serial rapist and a sex offender. She added that, for months, she woke up screaming in the middle of the night because of the ordeal.Another said she forgave Sharper, despite suffering through depression and fears that have caused her to miss work and withdraw emotionallyy from people who care about her. Air Jordan 4 Wholesale. Im afraid no one understands, she said.Herman pointedly told Sharper that had he been tried by a jury and convicted on his original charges, including aggravated rape, the sentence would have been much harsher. She accepted the 20-year sentence only after consulting with attorneys and victims. She said the deal would help bring closure to the victims.Sharper again apologized to his victims and their families and continued to ask for forgiveness, at one point telling the judge, I am not a monster.Sentenced to nine years already in Arizona, Sharper still faces formal sentencing in California and Nevada. He is expected to serve his sentence in federal custody.Sharper had two co-defendants in the Louisiana cases. Former restaurant worker Erik Nunez and former St. Bernard Parish Sheriffs Deputy Branden Licciardi are set for sentencing in October on related charges.Sharper was named All-Pro six times and chosen for the Pro Bowl five times during a career that included stints with the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. He played in two Super Bowls, one with the Packers as a rookie and one with New Orleans Saints when they won in 2010.He ended a 14-year career in 2011. He was working as an NFL network analyst when women began telling police in several cities similar stories of blacking out while drinking with him and waking up groggy to find they had been sexually abused. ' ' '