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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hank Williams Jr. is about to have his say.

Williams’ has cut new song “I’ll Keep My ...,” calling out “Fox & Friends” and ESPN after an interview last week on the Fox News talk show led to the end of his association with the sports network and “Monday Night Football,” long home to his “Are you ready for some football?” theme.

He’s also scheduled to appear on “The View” and “Hannity” on Tuesday to discuss the uproar that sprung up after he made an analogy that President Barack Obama and House Speaker Rep. John Boehner golfing together was like Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu playing a round.

ESPN decided to pull Williams’ intro from last Monday’s “MNF” telecast after the comments.

Vick sets career QB rushing markORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick became the NFL’s career leading rusher for quarterbacks on Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.Vick passed Randall Cunningham with a 53-yard scramble to the right in the third quarter that gave him 4,946 yards rushing, surpassing Cunningham’s mark of 4,928 yards.

Ordonez out for rest of postseason ARLINGTON, Texas — Magglio Ordonez will miss the rest of the postseason because of an ankle injury, the second Detroit Tigers outfielder out of the AL championship series.Manager Jim Leyland says Ordonez is having problems with the right ankle that he broke last season, an injury that caused him to miss more than a month this summer. Leyland said Sunday that Ordonez will be replaced on the ALCS roster.

1 runner dead in Chicago MarathonCHICAGO — A 35-year-old male runner who collapsed during the Chicago Marathon is dead.Race medical director Dr. George Chiampas said the North Carolina man collapsed on the course about 500 yards from the finish line. He said medical personnel were able to get his heart beating again but he died 1 hour, 45 minutes after he was attended to at the race.Medical officials and authorities refused to identify the man.

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