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Rutgers hires ex-TE Pernetti, 38, as AD (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Former Rutgers football player Tim Pernetti has been hired as the school's new athletic director. Pernetti replaces Robert E. Mulcahy, who was fired at the end of last year. Pernetti won approval of the school's board of governors Thursday. The 38-year-old Pernetti becomes the youngest athletic director in the Big East Conference.