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EagleBank Bowl extends agreements
The EagleBank Bowl announced Tuesday that it had extended its agreements with the ACC, Conference USA, Navy and Army through 2013, and also reached a new agreement with the Big 12.
An ACC team will play in each game between 2010 and 2013. Its opponent will be a team from Conference USA in 2010, Navy in 2011, Army in 2012 (should those teams be bowl eligible) and a team from the Big 12 in 2013.
If Navy and Army are not eligible for a bowl in their designated seasons, the game will feature a team from the Big 12 in 2011 and Conference USA in 2012.
All of the games will be played at RFK Stadium. This year's game, featuring an ACC team against either Army or a team from Conference USA, is Dec. 29 at 4:30 p.m. . . .
Virginia senior guard Monica Wright (Forest Park High) was named a preseason all-American by the Associated Press. Wright averaged 20.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game for the Cavaliers last season.
Wright became the first Virginia player to earn preseason honors since Wendy Palmer in 1995-96. Palmer is now an assistant coach with the Cavaliers. Wright was surprised to learn she had joined her coach.
"Wow. That is quite an honor," Wright told the AP. "To be in the same category as Wendy is truly special."
Connecticut's Maya Moore and Tina Charles, Stanford's Jayne Appel and Ohio State's Jantel Lavender were also named preseason all-Americans.
HOCKEY
Final papers have been signed closing the sale of the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes to the NHL.
The NHL paid about $140 million for the team while $13.3 million was transferred into an account that will hold the money until dispersal is determined.
The league hopes to resell the team and keep the franchise in Glendale, Ariz. . . .
