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Bobby Petrino regretful, apologetic in interview

Originally published: August 9, 2012 2:14 PM
Updated: August 9, 2012 2:15 PM
By The Associated Press

File photo shows Arkansas college football coach Bobby

Photo credit: AP | File photo shows Arkansas college football coach Bobby Petrino speaking to reporters in Fayetteville, Ark. (Aug. 6, 2011)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino expresses regret for the affair that led to his April firing, and says he hopes to coach again.

Petrino, speaking publicly for the first time since his firing in an interview with ESPN, admits to the affair with former football staffer Jessica Dorrell and says he is in counseling with this wife, Becky.

The former Atlanta Falcons...

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