• Agent: Favre will be assistant high school coach: Brett Favre’s agent says the former NFL quarterback will be an assistant coach at a Mississippi high school this fall. Bus Cook told The Associated Press Friday that Favre will work at Oak Grove High School this fall “to help out in some capacity, but I’m not sure exactly what his role will be.” The school is near Favre’s home in Hattiesburg, Miss. The Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald reported that Favre is expected to be the offensive coordinator.
• Penn St. president weighing Paterno statue’s future: Penn State’s president is methodically seeking input from trustees, alumni and other constituencies about the fate of the Joe Paterno statue outside the football stadium. The monument has becoming a lightning rod since the release of an investigative report claiming the Hall of Fame football coach concealed child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago.
• Pac-12 reaches deal with cable cooperative: The Pac-12 has announced an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative to carry the conference’s new network on their members’ systems. The deal announced Friday sets the terms for the more than 900 cable operators who are members to air Pac-12 Networks after the launch Aug. 15. The conference had previously reached distribution deals with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks. Negotiations with DirectTV, AT&T and Dish Network are still ongoing.
