Holtz, Helms forever linked

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Reporters' Notebooks
Published 7/6/2008 by dawizofodds (noreply@blogger.com) at The Wizard of Odds
... Jeff Carroll, South Bend Tribune: Lou Holtz will forever be linked to Jesse Helms, the six-term U.S. Senator from North Carolina who died Friday. Thanks to ...

CURIOUS INDEX, 7/7/2008
Published 7/7/2008 by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
... No, you’re not, and that’s the point, which is why opening up the South Bend Tribune in digital form this morning and seeing this… ...

Lou Holtz and Jesse Helms
Published 7/7/2008 by Alpha Wolf at The Red and White From State
South Bend Tribune: Holtz, Helms Forever Linked Prior to his hiring at Arkansas, Holtz had spent four years as the head coach at North Carolina State. During that time, Holtz became friendly with Helms, who Holtz says helped his program gain traction in a state with three other major college athletic programs offering fierce competition on the field and in the recruiting trenches. A few years later, after Holtz had left for Arkansas, Helms looked to trade in on the favor, and asked Holtz to appear in a television ...

Lou Holtz Fired For Relationship With Jesse Helms
Published 7/7/2008 by HG at SPORTSbyBROOKS
By way of the South Bend Tribune comes a story about the relationship between Lou Holtz and former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. As ...

This And That
Published 7/7/2008 by CFR at CollegeFootballResource.com
... (--) Lou Holtz has obviously learned the dangers of mixing sports and politics.  The South Bend Tribune links him to controversial and recently deceased North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms. ...