Eastern Michigan athletic director Heather Lyke said Saturday that fired football coach Ron English used “wholly inappropriate language” while addressing the team. EMU dismissed English Friday. Lyke said she’d received a tape of English addressing the team. She called his statements “absolutely unacceptable” and that the tape was only one of “a lot of factors” that led to her decision. “As a man who has coached 21 years, on this occasion and particular meeting, I lost my poise, got upset and used language that was inappropriate, particularly as it pertains to homosexual slurs. I regret that,” English said. The Eagles were 1-8 when English was fired. – AP