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Jaguars’ Meyer sorry for his ‘stupid’ actions

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Jaguars coach Urban Meyer apologized to his family, his team and owner Shad Khan for actions he called “just stupid.”

A video surfaced Saturday showing a woman dancing close to Meyer’s lap, a clip that quickly went viral and made headlines across the country. Another video appears to show Meyer touching the woman’s behind.

Meyer called a team meeting Monday and vowed to “own it,” the motto he uses daily and has plastered all around the Jaguars facility.

“I just apologized to the team and staff for being a distractio­n,” Meyer told reporters afterward. “Just stupid and so I explained everything that happened and owned it. Just stupid. Should not have put myself in that kind of position.”

Meyer didn’t fly back with his winless team following the Jaguars’ 24-21 road loss to the Bengals on Thursday night. The three-time collegiate national championsh­ip-winning coach remained in his home state of Ohio to see family members and went to dinner Friday at his restaurant/bar in Columbus, Urban Meyer’s Pint House.

Tom Brady rallied the Buccaneers to a 19-17 victory over the Patriots on a rainy Sunday night in his return to New England, with Ryan Succop hitting the winning 48-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter. Brady was 22 of 43 for 269 yards with no TDns, but engineered the fourth-quarter drive to beat his former team. Brady broke Drew Brees’ NFL career passing yardage record. The 43-yearold Brady now has 80,560 yards.

Soccer: Former National Women’s Soccer League commission­er Lisa Baird resigned from her position on the U.S. Soccer board of directors, ESPN reported. Baird resigned as commission­er of the league Friday after a report in The Athletic that detailed allegation­s of sexual coercion and emotional abuse by former Courage manager Paul Riley which covered more than a decade and multiple teams.

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