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Harris Says He'll Return To Hokies
After an injury-hampered season, Troy Glaus was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the St. Louis Cardinals for Scott Rolen.
(By Kathy Willens -- Associated Press)
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Virginia Tech cornerback Victor"Macho" Harris changed his mind yesterday about entering the NFL draft and will return for his senior season, defensive backfield coach Torrian Gray said.
Gray received a text message in the middle of the day from Harris saying, simply, "Coach, I'm coming back."
"I was shocked," Gray said. "You don't see it a lot in football. I don't know what the adjective is I'm looking for. Very, very, very excited."
On Saturday, Harris told Gray he was leaving, but "he didn't know quite where he fit in," Gray said. Harris never signed with an agent, which is why he is able to come back, Gray said.
Harris's return relieved Gray and the rest of Tech's defense. The Hokies lost six starters to graduation and cornerback Brandon Flowers will leave for the NFL draft. Harris's departure would have left the Hokies with only three returning defensive starters. . . .
Darren McFadden isn't sticking around for another Heisman Trophy run.
The Arkansas all-American running back announced he'll skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft.
McFadden, the Heisman runner-up in 2006 and 2007, ran for 4,590 yards in three seasons. Razorbacks tailback Felix Jones said he'll also enter the draft a year early. . . .
Junior quarterback Xavier Lee has left Florida State for the draft, along with classmates Geno Hayes, a linebacker, and Letroy Guion, a defensive lineman. . . . Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham will skip his senior season to enter the draft.
¿ BASEBALL: Bud Selig and Donald Fehr return to Capitol Hill today, three years after a theatrical hearing during which the baseball commissioner and players' union head were chastised for what lawmakers called a lax steroids policy.
Much has changed since then, including a toughening of the sport's drug-testing rules and penalties. But allegations about players' use of performance-enhancing drugs still hound baseball, especially since Roger Clemens was named last month in former Senate majority leader George Mitchell's report on the steroids era.
Mitchell will testify first before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, appearing alone, followed by Selig and Fehr, side by side. . . .
