Category: Sport
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bill Hancock objectively thinks the BCS is the best system. More » [Deadspin]
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Here’s Mrs. McCoy on ESPN’s The Herd, doing some NCAA detective work: “You cannot expect 19, 20 year-old kids to say no to free stuff when they’re in college.” She says a bunch of McCoy’s Texas teammates couldn’t resist free stuff from agents or boosters. More » [Deadspin]
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Obvious joke: I had no idea you could Skype on the Jitterbug. Actually, you know what, this whole post and comments section is going to be obvious jokes about old people using technology. So let’s just say this is probably some sort of recruiting violation, and Paterno thought he was talking to his great-grandchildren anyway.…
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An old friend says Terrelle Pryor might have made $40,000 in a year, just signing stuff. Huh, a living wage. How strange for student-athletes. More » [Deadspin]
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He is quietly resigned to accept his fate after an NCAA hearing on his tenure at Tennessee, but the football coach shows he has moved on and grown up. ‘A lot has changed,’ he says.He is quietly resigned to accept his fate after NCAA hearing on his tenure at Tennessee, but the football coach shows…
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The Bowl Championship Series just announced it will strip USC of its 2004 national title, the final ruling in the long strange Reggie Bush investigation. USC remains the AP National Champions, because the AP isn’t stupid enough to pretend that there’s a guiltless team out there. Congratulations, Oklahoma: you won/didn’t lose/somehow never played in that…
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The latest college football scandal revolves around Patti LaBelle. Richard King, a West Point cadet and former Army football player, is suing LaBelle for allegedly ordering her bodyguards to attack him during an incident at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston this past March. The 67-year-old R&B/pop singer should expect a thank you note from Jim…
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The Bowl Championship Series vacates the Trojans’ title-game victory over Oklahoma, a move that was regarded as an inevitable outcome of the Reggie Bush case that led to NCAA sanctions against USC.The Bowl Championship Series vacates the Trojans’ title-game victory over Oklahoma, a move that was regarded as an inevitable outcome of the Reggie Bush…
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West Virginia’s coaching situation is, to put it as mildly as we can, a total clusterfuck. Whoever in the athletics office thought it would be a good idea to hire Dana Holgorsen as head-coach-in-waiting, while still keeping current coach Bill Stewart around for another year, ought to find themselves out of a job soon —…
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Tim Tebow was on the Daily Show last night with a brand new tagline: Author. If you haven’t heard, by way of the book’s trailer (this is a thing that is apparently done quite regularly now) or his Colorado-to-Florida book tour, the 23-year-old quarterback has released his first-quarter-of-life memoir: More » [Deadspin]
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USC tailback Marc Tyler may be disciplined for his alleged role in two off-the-field incidents.USC tailback Marc Tyler may be disciplined for his alleged role in two off-the-field incidents. [L.A. Times]
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Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Gene Smith’s job is safe. Barry Alvarez takes a stand. More » [Deadspin]
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