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2:40 PM Virginia finally gives Al Groh the heave-ho. But the now ex-football coach will have a nice $4.3 million buyout to cushion his fall.

2:20 PM ESPN's Joe Schad reports that Marshall has fired football coach Mark Snyder. The Thundering Herd finished the season at 6-6 after Saturday's 52-21 loss to UTEP.

2:00 PM The Lower Hudson Journal News reports that Latrell Sprewell is facing foreclosure on his N.Y. mansion. Sprewell reportedly has not made mortgage payments on the $5.4 million property - which was the scene of an alleged domestic dispute in 2006 between Sprewell & his girlfriend.

1:40 PM Michael Strahan is getting married to Nicole Murphy - Eddie Murphy's ex-wife - and the bride-to-be says things are "cool" between the two men: "They'll give each other a hug when they see each other."