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The Port Adelaide supporter who threw a banana at indigenous Adelaide star Eddie Betts has apologised for the racially motivated incident.The woman, whos in her mid-20s, was banned indefinitely from AFL games after targeting Betts in the dying stages of Saturday nights Showdown at Adelaide Oval.Port Adelaide issued a statement on behalf of the woman late on Monday in which she said she would accept her punishment.I apologise to Eddie Betts and the Adelaide Football Club as it was never my intention to cause harm or distress to your players or supporters, she wrote.Going to a game of football is meant to be a fun and enjoyable event for all and I apologise for ruining it for so many.I regret my momentary lapse of judgment and I did not attend the game with the predetermined attitude of bringing the game into disrepute or to offend anyone.Unfortunately, the emotions of the game got the better of me and I hope you all accept my apology.Port have offered the woman cultural awareness training, which she accepted.The apology came as Betts broke his silence on the attack, saying racism towards indigenous players remained an issue for the AFL.Its sad that racism still exists in our game, Betts told the Crows website.Hopefully people can learn from it.All we have to do is just educate.Betts highlighted his role in the AFLs Racism. It Stops With Me campaign, which targets racial vilification.Hopefully people can talk to their kids about why the campaign is important and to educate family members on racism, Betts said.Its not too late to learn.The forward, who has booted 65 goals this season, praised Port Adelaides response to the incident and said he hoped to move on from it.Ive obviously got to find a way to put it aside because weve got finals coming up (and) weve got West Coast on Friday night, Betts said.Thats probably one of the main things that I need to focus on now, its going forward, putting it aside and focusing on footy.Paul George Clippers Jersey . The veteran safety was a starter for the Bengals from 2008-2012. He totaled 41 tackles and three interceptions while starting all but four of the 13 games he played last season. 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Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night.EAST LANSING, Mich. -- If Mark Dantonio needs help explaining to his team how costly penalties can be, all he needs to do is bring up the last time Michigan State faced Notre Dame.The Spartans lost 17-13 in 2013 in what ended up being their only defeat that season. It happened in large part because Michigan State was flagged 10 times for 115 yards. Now the 12th-ranked Spartans take on the Irish again this weekend -- and Michigan State is trying to clean up many of the same problems with penalties after a sloppy season opener.Coach `D was not happy at all, defensive back Demetrious Cox said. Over the bye week we did a lot of disciplinary things.Michigan State had plenty to work on during its open week on the schedule after a 28-13 win over Furman on Sept. 2. The Spartans were penalized 10 times for 120 yards against the FCS opponent -- not exactly the type of discipline theyll need against tougher competition.It was quite a variety of infractions. Michigan State was called for holding four times and pass interference twice. Throw in three personal fouls, and the Spartans gave away a lot of yards in a game they were expected to win handily.I think offensively speaking, we halted two of our drives when we were driving the ball and everything and we felt that we would have gone down and scored if we didnt have a 10- or 15-yard penalty, quarterback Tyler OConnor said.The 2013 game at Notre Dame was even worse, since the penalties led to a loss that ultimately kept the Spartans from a possible national title shot.In that defeat three years ago, Michiigan State was called for pass interference four times.dddddddddddd Notre Dame had 14 first downs in that game, and half of them came via penalties.The Irish certainly werent shy about testing Michigan State deep that day.Twenty times, Dantonio said Tuesday.It may have felt like even more at the time.From my perspective, we made plays. You know, flags came out a little bit, but from my perspective, we made plays on the ball, Dantonio said. Sometimes those are bang-bang type situations where youre trying to -- everybodys trying to do the right thing, so not looking backward. But at the same time, regardless of what happens, you need to move on and play the next play. I think thats the most important thing.Michigan State will have another shot against the 18th-ranked Irish on Saturday, but although the 2013 game against Notre Dame stung, the more recent concern is the performance against Furman. The Spartans have had plenty of time to address the problems they had that night, when they underwhelmed amid all those penalty flags. OConnor noticed that the penalties seemed similar, in a way.They werent mental errors. They werent jumping offsides, delay of games, illegal formations or things like that, OConnor said. They were more technique and kind of just being dumb. I think we had a late hit maybe and a couple holding penalties. So whether thats technique or getting used to how the refs are calling the game, Im not sure. 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