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IN BRIEF

HONOLULU — Unbeaten. Record-breaking. Western Athletic Conference champion. Maybe BCS bound.

All apply to Colt Brennan and Hawaii.

The Warriors' prolific passer threw five touchdowns Friday night to break the major college career record as No. 14 Hawaii beat No. 17 Boise State 39-27 to win its first outright Western Athletic Conference title.

TAMPA, Fla. — Joe Kennedy, a journeyman left-hander who pitched for three major league teams last season, died Friday at his in-laws' home. He was 28.After going to bed early, Kennedy woke up at about 1:15 a.m. Friday and collapsed as he was leaving a bedroom at the home of his wife's parents, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. Kennedy was taken to Brandon Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, she said. Godfrey didn't have particulars on the cause of death.

CINCINNATI — Free-agent closer Francisco Cordero has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement on a four-year, $46 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds.The 32-year-old Cordero was second in the National League with 44 saves last season for Milwaukee and made the NL All-Star team.

MONTE CARLO, Monaco — Her career in disgrace and a prison sentence possibly looming, Marion Jones can longer even take solace in seeing her name beside her greatest feats in the record books.What's more, track and field's governing body also wants Jones — who insists she is broke — to pay back about $700,000 of her winnings.The International Association of Athletics Federation annulled all of her results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles, because of doping and told her to return her prize money from that period.The organization also recommended that Jones' relay teammates be disqualified and lose their medals from the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

URICH, Switzerland — England's failure to qualify for next year's European Championship likely will cost the team a seeding in Sunday's qualifying draw for the 2010 World Cup.England dropped one spot to 12th in the FIFA world rankings, leaving the English 10th among the European teams behind top-ranked Argentina and No. 2 Brazil.

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