Arkansas fires Petrino as football coach

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | 9:04 p.m. CDT; updated 12:01 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 11, 2012

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas fired football coach Bobby Petrino on Tuesday, saying he engaged in reckless behavior that included hiring his mistress and then intentionally misleading his bosses about everything from their relationship to her presence at the motorcycle accident that ultimately cost him his job.

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