FOOTBALL ALL-STAR GAME: An all-star football game for black college seniors will debut later this month at Titan Field at Cal State Fullerton. The Fight On Foundation's inaugural Navy - Army American Heritage Bowl will be played on January 26 at 6:15 p.m. and will be televised by tape delay on ESPNU on Friday, Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. Delaware State Head Coach Al Lavan and Jackson State Head Coach Rick Comegy have agreed to coach the two teams, with Lavan coaching the Navy Northeast Team and Comegy handling the Marine Corps Southwest team. Lavan, who guided the Hornets to the 2007 Mid Eastern Athletic Conference championship, will bring his coaching staff along with seven Hornet seniors ­ CB Akeem Green, MLB Russell Reeves, OG Jeremy Breath, DE Kelly Rouse, PK Peter Gaertner, P Josh Bright and TE Jeff Postell, Comegy, who led Jackson State to the 2007 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship will also be joined by his staff. JSU all-SWAC linebacker Daniel Brooks is the only Tiger confirmed so far to play in the game, according to JSU Sports Information Director Wesley Peterson who expects full rosters to be named this week. The game is presented by the Henry Nicholas III Foundation and the Fight On! Foundation. The players and coaches will be spending the week prior to the game at Disneyland's Paradise Pier Hotel. The weeks activities include dinner at the ESPN Zone, visits to Disneyland, California Adventure, San Diego Navy Facility and Camp Pendleton, participation in the "Rib Bowl" sponsored by Bad To The Bone; as well as Media and Combine Day at Titan Field. The Rib Bowl will be hosted by the Nicholas Foundation. According to organizers, the event is partnering with the Navy and Marines because it is the Fight On! Foundation's goal and primary purpose is to support youth development through education and athletic endeavors with secured partnerships in the public, private and military sectors.

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