SPORT: UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS

LEGENDARY COACH DON SHULA RESIGNS UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE IN MIAMI

HAD SOMEONE TOLD A FOOTBALL FAN back in October that Don Shula would not be coach of the Miami Dolphins after the season, that fan might have replied, "Sure, and the Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore."

Well, last Thursday, on the same day that Cleveland Mayor Michael White was pleading with N.F.L. owners not to let owner Art Modell move the Browns to Baltimore, Shula let it be known that he was resigning as coach of the Dolphins. Thirty-three years as an N.F.L. head coach, 26 years as the Big Fish in Miami, a record 347 victories, six Super Bowls...

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