Guillen is one and done

MIAMI (AP) — Ozzie Guillen’s mouth got him in trouble seven months ago. The Florida Marlins’ record got him fired.

Guillen has been let go after just one season with the team. The Marlins went 69-93 during a campaign in which Guillen praised Fidel Castro, another factor in his dismissal. Team president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest said the positive comments about Castro didn’t help the team or Guillen.

Miami’s last-place finish in the NL East came after the team signed free-agent All-Stars Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle (BUR’-lee) and Heath Bell to contracts worth a combined $191 million.

The Fish still owe Guillen $7.5 million for the three years remaining on his contract.

Miami’s next manager will be the fifth for owner Jeffrey Loria since early 2010.

No. 7 Beavers go with Mannion against Huskies

UNDATED (AP) — Quarterback Sean Mannion will start for No. 7 Oregon State against Washington on Saturday, less than three weeks after undergoing a surgical procedure on his left knee.

Mannion missed two games after he was hurt in an Oct. 6 victory over Washington State in Seattle. Cody Vaz started in Mannion’s place and Oregon State has remained unbeaten, rising to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the Pac-12.

Golson’s a go

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says quarterback Everett Golson is 100 percent and will start against eighth-ranked Oklahoma on Saturday in Norman. Kelly says Golson did well during a full workout after sitting out last week’s win over BYU while recovering from a concussion.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul?

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Central Florida will be eligible to compete for both the Conference USA championship and a bowl game this season. Knights coach George O’Leary says the NCAA has scheduled the school’s appeal hearing of a one-year postseason ban for late January.

UCF’s football team is 5-2, with a 3-0 record in conference play. If the school loses its appeal, the football ban would be served in 2013 when the Knights enter the Big East.

The ban was the only penalty UCF challenged as part of sanctions levied in July for major recruiting violations in football and basketball. Central Florida also received a one-year postseason ban in basketball, a $50,000 fine, five years’ probation, reduction of basketball scholarships, and limits on football recruiting.

When Nebraska takes the field against Michigan on Saturday in Lincoln, their defense will deal with one of the most dynamic talents in the country. Wolverines quarterback Denard Robinson accounted for 263 total yards in Michigan’s 45-17 win over the Huskers last season. He presents the biggest threat to the Huskers defense, which has struggled against mobile quarterbacks. But Husker defensive coordinator John Papuchis says Robinson isn’t the only player his defense will be concerned with as they prepare for Saturday’s game. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium is scheduled for 7 PM.

Listen to John Papuchis’ post-practice remarks by clicking play below.

Husker senior running back Rex Burkhead sat out practice for the second consecutive day, raising doubts about whether or not he will be ready to play when Nebraska hosts Michigan on Saturday. Burkhead re-aggravated his left knee injury in Saturday’s win over Northwestern. The Huskers have gotten some good injury news elsewhere. Cornerback Josh Mitchell, who missed Saturday’s game with an ankle injury, is expect to play against Michigan, as is defensive tackle Kevin Williams. Defensive tackle Chase Rome is also hoping to return, but he first must be cleared after he suffered a concussion. The returns of Williams and Rome would help shore up a defensive tackle rotation that was frighteningly thin last week. The team has already lost true freshman tackle Avery Moss for the season with a shoulder injury.

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) – Ron Brown, running backs coach at the University of Nebraska who has served on NU’s coaching staff under both Bo Pelini and Tom Osborne for a combined 22 years, has been elected to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Hall of Champions.

FCA is the world’s largest Christian sports ministry.

Brown, who served as FCA’s State Director in Nebraska for four years in between stints as a Cornhuskers assistant, has been a contributing writer to FCA Magazine (formerly Sharing the Victory) for a decade, and hosted FCA’s national radio program, Sharing the Victory, for two years. He has also been a frequent speaker at FCA events through the years.

Brown joined Nebraska’s staff in 1987 following a four-year stint as an assistant at his alma mater, Brown University in Providence, R.I. He worked for legendary Cornhuskers coach and current Director of Athletics Tom Osborne from 1987-2003, helping Nebraska win three national championships during that time. The 2012 season marks the fifth year Coach Brown has worked as an assistant to Pelini. Last year, Brown was nominated for the Frank Broyles Award, which is given to the nation’s top assistant football coach.

Brown’s reputation as a man of exemplary and uncompromising Christian character put him in position last fall to help bring healing to the college football world. It was Brown, whose Cornhuskers were playing at Penn State in the Nittany Lions’ first contest after legal charges were filed against former PSU assistant Jerry Sandusky, who was invited by Penn State’s team to lead the two teams in prayer prior to kickoff of a nationally televised game.

Brown, a two-time All-Ivy League selection as a defensive back at Brown who is a member of the university’s All-Century Team and its Sports Hall of Fame, joins former NFL quarterback Neil Lomax and longtime high school athletic trainer and Indiana Fever chaplain Kathy Malone Sparks as this year’s inductees into FCA’s Hall of Champions.

The honorees are determined by an FCA selection committee following a nomination process that includes staff, volunteers, athletes and the organization’s Board of Trustees.

The Hall of Champions was established in 1991 to honor individuals who have demonstrated a consistent commitment to Jesus Christ through the ministry of FCA. They are considered volunteer “All Stars” who have given above and beyond the call of duty and have upheld the Four Core Values of FCA – Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.

— Mickey Seward, National Director of Communications, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

The Colorado Rockies will indeed look outside of their organization for managerial candidates. The club has already interviewed current bench coach Tom Runnells and current first baseman Jason Giambi as they look to fill the void left by Jim Tracy’s resignation over two weeks ago. Outside candidates for the position may include Cleveland Indians coach Sandy Alomar Jr., Oakland A’s third-base coach Mike Gallego, and San Diego Padres special assistant Brad Ausmus.