January News: USF Coach Fired and Jay Leno Moving Back To Late Night?

USF Coach Fired

South Florida football coach, Jim Leavitt, was fired following an investigation that he stuck one of his sophmore players in the locker room.  AOL FanHouse first reported the firing.
The story goes that during the halftime for the Louisville on Nov. 21, Leavitt had grabbed a sophmore, Joel Miller, by the throat and hit him in the face twice for making a mistake on special teams.
Citing Miller's father, a high school coach and five USF players, FanHouse reported the story {above} but later, Miller's father said that Leavitt did not strike his son, but grabbed him by the shoulder pads "while trying to motivate the sophomore walk-on". 
Leavitt says he is "disappointed" about the allegation and says it's "absolutely false".
Leavitt leaves with a record 95-57.

Reported by Lynn Elber-AP Television Writer
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Jay Leno Moving Back To Late Night?

NBC, is disappointed with the ratings for Leno's show, a new prime-time show, and are thinking about returning him to the 11:35 p.m. EST slot.  He had been the host of the "Tonight Show" for 17 years until the fall of 2009 he moved to his new show "The Jay Leno Show". 
NBC executives, on Thurs., discussed a plan that would include a half-hour of Leno (11:35p.m. EST), making Conan O' Brien's show "Tonight" move to 12:05 a.m., and Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night" to 1:05 a.m.
In case you haven't seen Leno's show, it's pretty much a talk and comedy program at 10 p.m.; it's much like when he hosted the "Tonight Show" (except at a different time).
This new lineup could go into effect after the Feb. 12-28 Winter Olympics coverage.
This is what NBC had to say about Leno and O'Brien's shows:
"Jay Leno is one of the most compelling entertainers in the world today," said NBC. "As we have said all along, Jay's show has performed exactly as we anticipated on the network. It has, however, presented some issues for our affiliates. Both Jay and the show are committed to working closely with them to find ways to improve the performance."
There hasn't been any clarification for NBC whether Leno's show has been canceled.

Reported by Lynn Elber- AP Televisioin Writer (Associated Press)
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All information is found from Road Runner News (Associated Press)


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