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[naviga:h3]Coyotes, Tippett agree to part ways[/naviga:h3]

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dave Tippett stuck with the Arizona Coyotes through four seasons of playing without an owner, five years of losing since the franchise’s greatest success in the desert and the start of a rebuilding process.

The latest changes have the affable coach headed out after leading the franchise through eight up-and-down seasons.

Tippett and the Coyotes mutually agreed to part ways, a move that comes as owner Andrew Barroway revamps the franchise.

Tippett coached the Coyotes through four years of being run by the NHL after the team went into bankruptcy, making the best with a team hampered by financial limitations.

[naviga:h3]Raiders’ QB Carr gets 5-year extension[/naviga:h3]

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Raiders quarterback Derek Carr finalized a five-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2022 season.

Carr tweeted that an agreement had been reached to add five years to his current rookie deal that expires after this season. The contract will be worth $125 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.

[naviga:h3]Jury deliberating Vanderbilt rape case[/naviga:h3]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A jury will continue deliberations this morning in the trial of a third former Vanderbilt University football player charged in the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student.

Jurors spent more than five hours trying to reach a verdict in Brandon Banks’ case Thursday.

Prosecutors have leaned on graphic photos and videos of the assault, some shot by Banks and others by his teammates.

Banks has contended that if he didn’t join in, he would face a beating — if not right away, then at practice or some other time.

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