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Football

Meyer, DeMulling lose NFL jobs

Former Eastern Washington University standout quarterback Erik Meyer was one of 12 players cut by the Seattle Seahawks on Tuesday to reach the league-mandated 75-player limit.

The other 11 players cut were: wide receivers Chris Jones and Robert Ortiz; offensive linemen Jonathan Alston, Austin King and Jason Murphy; tight end Andy Stokes; running back A.J. Harris; linebacker Marcus Rucker; defensive backs Dennis Davis and Patrick Ghee; and kicker Kurt Smith.

The Indianapolis Colts cut guard Rick DeMulling (pictured above), a former Cheney High School and University of Idaho standout.

DeMulling, a former starter with the Colts, was a seventh-round draft pick in 2001 and started 41 games in three seasons with Indianapolis.

Basketball

Van Breda Kolff memorial set

The memorial service for former college and NBA coach Willem “Butch” van Breda Kolff, who died last Wednesday at a Spokane nursing home, will be Sept. 7 at Hofstra University.

Van Breda Kolff coached college basketball at Lafayette, Hofstra and Princeton. He also coached in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Detroit Pistons, the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Jazz.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the college basketball scholarship program of your choice or to Hospice of Spokane.

College football

Texas showers Brown with cash

Texas coach Mack Brown got a two-year contract extension, a raise and a pair of hefty bonuses to come later.

University of Texas Regents unanimously agreed to extend Brown’s contract by two years through the 2016 season, boosting his salary from $2.66 million to $2.91 million, including a special payment of $100,000 to be paid Saturday, the day the No. 4 Longhorns open the season at home against Arkansas State.

Brown, 56, also gets a $1 million bonus if he stays through next season and a $2 million bonus if he’s still at Texas on Jan. 1, 2010.

Brown was already under a 10-year contract that guarantees a $100,000 annual raise.