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• Single-game UM football tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday

  Canes fans, get out your wallets.

  If you're not a season-ticket holder, Monday is the day to buy some of those coveted tickets.

  UM announced Sunday night that single-game tickets for home games would go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.

  From UM:

  Fans can purchase tickets online through HurricaneSports.com, by calling 1-800-GoCanes [...]

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• Hotel Hurricanes, colored jerseys, Rodgers at corner, Clements at safety & Shayon rehabbing

   Guess they won't be changing their own linen.   

     If you haven't heard by now, the Hurricanes will be spending three weeks in a hotel during preseason camp, Coach Al Golden confirmed to me a few days ago. He didn't want to say, at least yet, what hotel they'll be [...]

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• 49er Cory Nelms: "It's not about getting in, it's about staying in.'' Congratulations!

      They didn’t go in the draft, but they’ll be suiting up with NFL teams come this weekend.

        University of Miami tailbacks Damien Berry (Baltimore Ravens) and Graig Cooper (Philadelphia Eagles), defensive backs Ryan Hill (Minnesota Vikings) and Cory Nelms (San Francisco 49ers), and fullback Patrick Hill (Tennessee Titans) [...]

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• Al Golden on Jonathan Vilma: "The quintessential Miami Hurricane"

  Dressed in a suit and tie and sporting a big smile, Jonathan Vilma handed over a check to the University of Miami athletic department on Tuesday for $450,000, a donation that goes toward completing the funding for the Theodore G. Schwartz and Todd G. Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence.

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• News from Al Golden: suspension(s?), Seantrel, NCAA Clearinghouse, etc.

  PINEHURST, N.C. -- Had a pleasant one-on-one interview with Coach Golden today. I hope he does well at UM. He is respectful, direct and answers questions -- or at least actually listens to them. Yes, he's a coach, and coaches often answer questions by not answering them, or by being [...]

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• Here we go Canes fans

  PINEHURST, N.C. -- The season is fast approaching, and no doubt everyone is thrilled about that.

  The Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff gets underway shortly. The Canes brought senior center Tyler Horn and senior linebacker Sean Spence to represent the U. We chatted briefly last night to say hi, and they [...]

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• Canes' Top 40 Countdown: No. 16-20

  

  There is little doubt the most intriguing position battle on the team starting Aug. 6 will take place at quarterback between senior Jacory Harris and sophomore Stephen Morris. 

  And they continue our Canes Top 40 Countdown...

  16. QB Jacory Harris (6-4, 195, Sr.): He's [...]

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• Canes' Top 40 Countdown: No. 25-21

  The 2011 ACC Football Kickoff in Pinehurst, N.C. is just around the corner and we will finally start hearing from players and coaches after a long summer on Sunday. 

  Our Susan Miller Degnan will be there to report what she gathers from UM's reps at the event -- coach Al Golden, [...]

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• Gino DiMare said he's returning to UM for one thing -- getting the Canes back to Omaha

  

  When Gino DiMare stepped down as UM's assistant head coach in 2008, it wasn't because he was disappointed with what he was getting out of his hitters or he was doing a bad job as recruiting coordinator.

  Fatherhood was calling.

  "Coach [Jim] Morris certainly didn't want me [...]

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• NFL letters rolling in for Ray Ray Armstrong

  

  Rob Vite, football coach at Sanford Seminole High School, usually gets a ton of mail from colleges interested in his players. But most of the letters he's been getting this summer are coming from somewhere else -- the NFL.

  Teams and scouts across the [...]

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