BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Andy Reid has returned to the Philadelphia Eagles a day after his 29-year-old son’s funeral.
Garrett Reid was found dead Sunday morning in his dorm room at Lehigh University where he was assisting the team’s strength and conditioning coach during training camp.
Andy Reid said Wednesday that coming back is “the right thing to do.” He plans to coach the preseason opener against Pittsburgh on Thursday night.
He said, “I’m a football coach. That’s what I do. My son wouldn’t want it any other way. He loved the Philadelphia Eagles.”
More than 900 people, including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, general managers and coaches from other teams and current and former players, attended the funeral service Tuesday.
Reid says the outpouring of support from fans and people around the NFL was a “humbling” experience.
LONDON (AP) – Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade says his recovery from offseason knee surgery is going as planned, and he’s expecting to resume on-court workouts in September.
Wade told The Associated Press on Wednesday that “rehab is going very well.”
He had surgery on his left knee on July 9, after helping the Heat win the NBA championship despite being bothered by knee pain and swelling throughout the playoffs. The Heat will open training camp in late September. Wade said he expects to be fully ready to go when Miami opens the defense of its title against the Boston Celtics on Oct. 30.
Wade was in London on Wednesday in a promotional appearance at NBA House for Gatorade, one of his longtime sponsors.
Morgantown, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia football coach Dana Holgorsen will earn $2.3 million this season under a new six-year contract.
Athletic director Oliver Luck announced the agreement Wednesday. It includes $250,000 in base pay and the remainder in supplemental pay from athletic department revenue or private sources.
The second-year coach will receive annual raises of $200,000 in the second and third years and $100,000 in the fourth and fifth years.
The agreement also includes performance incentives for team academic achievements, regular-season victories, conference titles and postseason bowl appearances.
Terms of the contract are effective immediately. Holgorsen would have earned about $1.7 million this season under the previous contract.
Luck says Holgorsen’s contract is in line with salaries of other coaches in the Big 12 and major colleges.
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