Virginia football team to attend funeral service for Colter Phillips's father Friday
Virginia Coach Mike London said Tuesday that the Cavaliers would be re-arranging their practice schedule Friday in order to attend a funeral service in Arlington for the father of sophomore tight end Colter Phillips.
"Right now, I think we’ve got about two bus loads that are going to go up there to show our respects and to show how we feel about the family," London said.
Phillips and London have been trading voice mail messages in recent days, and London said Phillips reported to be "doing well."
"They’re adjusting as well as you can in this particular circumstance," London said. "But he says he misses the team. He told his mom that guys were signing up to come up and visit with them and be around them, and it kind of lifted his mom’s heart."
Phillips's father, William "Bill Phillips Sr., was among the victims of the Aug. 10 plane crash in Alaska that also claimed the life of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.
A team spokesman said Colter and his two brothers -- Andrew, a senior offensive guard at Stanford, and Paul, a freshman tight end at Indiana -- will be appear in a televised interview around 11 a.m. Wednesday during a segment of "First Take" on ESPN2.
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Steve Yanda
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August 17, 2010; 5:06 PM ET
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