Michigan State University football coach fired in part for having phone sex with rape survivor

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State has fired Mel Tucker, saying the suspended football coach failed to present adequate reasons why he should not be fired for cause after having phone sex with an activist and rape survivor. The school said Wednesday that it terminated what's left of Tucker's $95 million, 10-year contract for acknowledging actions that subjected the institution to ridicule, breaching his contract and moral turpitude. Michigan State informed the 51-year-old Tucker that it planned to fire him on Sept. 18 and gave him a week to respond,...