TALLAHASSEE, Fla ? Bobby Bowden says he hasn’t done as well as he wanted these past few seasons at Florida State, “but I’ve had wonderful years, no regrets … nothing lasts forever, does it?”

Bowden will end his 44-year coaching career after the Seminoles play in a bowl game, bringing a close to one of the greatest runs in major-college football.

A relaxed-looking Bowden was interviewed by school officials and a video was made available Tuesday.

“You know something like this is going to happen,” he said. “If it didn’t happen now it would be happening this time next year … As long as my family is happy, that’s the main thing. So I’ll go out and make a lot of talks now and tell everybody how good I was.”

Bowden will retire as the second winningest coach in major-college football behind Penn State’s Joe Paterno. The folksy coach has won 388 games at Samford, West Virginia and Florida State, where he spent the last 34 seasons.

Bowden has a 315-97-4 record with the Seminoles, but his teams were 73-42 the past nine seasons.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Maryland coach to return

College Park, Md. — Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen will return for the 2010 season. Friedgen’s job status appeared shaky after the Terrapins lost a school-record 10 games this season.

MSU suspends eight

East Lansing, Mich. — Michigan State University has suspended eight football players in the fallout from at a disturbance at a campus dormitory last month. The university said Tuesday that coach Mark Dantonio suspended starting receivers Mark Dell and B.J. Cunningham, and defensive back Chris L. Rucker.

Dantonio earlier dismissed running back Glenn Winston and defensive back Roderick Jenrette.

Others suspended are reserves: running back Ashton Leggett, receiver Fred Smith, defensive back Brynden Trawick, defensive lineman Ishmyl Johnson and linebacker Jamiihr Williams.

TCU, Patterson close

Fort Worth, Texas — Gary Patterson is close to a contract extension with BCS-bound TCU, the deal coming amid speculation that the coach of the undefeated Horned Frogs could be a candidate to fill the Notre Dame vacancy.

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UCLA’s Gordon leaves

Los Angeles — UCLA coach Ben Howland says sophomore forward Drew Gordon is no longer on the team. Howland said Tuesday he came to a mutual agreement to part ways with Gordon, who intends to transfer. The 6-foot-9 Gordon is the Bruins’ third-leading scorer, averaging 11.2 points and 5.3 rebounds while starting all six games. The former San Jose high school standout apparently clashed a few times in recent months with Howland. The Bruins play host to top-ranked Kansas on Sunday.

Chiefs to honor Thomas

Kansas City, Mo. — The late Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Thomas will be the 10th player in Kansas City Chiefs history to have his number retired. The Chiefs will retire Number 58 on Sunday during halftime of their game with the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium. Fans are being invited to wear their Number 58 jerseys to the game.

Thomas had completed his 11th NFL season when he died in February 2000 following a crash a month earlier. The nine-time Pro Bowl selection had a franchise-record 1261/2 career sacks.

GOLF

Police: Woods at fault

Orlando, Fla. — Tiger Woods will get a careless driving citation for a car crash outside his Orlando-area mansion last week, but will not face criminal charges, the Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Woods faces a $164 fine and four points against his driver’s license. The citation will close the investigation.

BASEBALL

Ex-Yankee Henrich dies

New York — Tommy Henrich, nicknamed “Old Reliable” for his knack of delivering clutch hits for the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 96.

Henrich died in Dayton, Ohio, the team said.

Henrich was a five-time All-Star outfielder who joined the Yankees in 1937 and finished in 1950, winning four World Series championships.