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The tears started before the rookie coach said his first word. They flowed again only 35 seconds into his opening remarks.“Being the head coach here at UCLA,” DeShaun Foster said Tuesday morning, trying to hold it together, “you guys have no idea, just …”Foster paused in a losing battle to compose himself, his gentle sobbing drowned out by the roaring applause from a few hundred donors, family members, players and alumni inside Pauley Pavilion’s pavilion club.From star running back on UCLA’s last team to play in a Rose…

The football drama at UCLA took a wild turn Monday when a desperate Martin Jarmond threw a Hail Mary pass through a torrential downpour.He just hired a head coach who is not a head coach.He just entrusted the Bruins to a guy who has never called a play, never run a practice, never commanded the sidelines, never dominated a meeting room and never bossed more than a handful of players at one time.Welcome home, DeShaun Foster.Now what exactly are you doing here?The former Bruins running back and running backs coach was…

UCLA went with a familiar, beloved name in selecting the football coach to lead it into a new era. The Bruins hired DeShaun Foster.The former star running back for the school who appeared in its last Rose Bowl game will replace Chip Kelly, the school announced Monday after completing a warp-speed search that lasted less than 72 hours and included 11 interviews and correspondence with more than 20 potential candidates.While galvanizing a large swath of the fanbase, not to mention current players loyal to Foster as the…

Deshaun Watson #4 of the Cleveland Browns takes off his helmet during Cleveland Browns training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on August 09, 2022 in Berea, Ohio.Nick Cammett | Getty ImagesThe NFL and NFL Players Association settled on an 11-game suspension and a $5 million fine for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, the league announced on Thursday.Watson, who also agreed to the settlement, initially received a six-game suspension for alleged misconduct, but, according to NBC Sports, NFL Commissioner Roger…