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Top 5 quarterback prospects (Insider)

May 16, 2013
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Top 5 quarterback prospects   The 2013 NFL draft class wasn’t just a bad one for quarterbacks because of a lack of talent. There also was just a lack of need. That’s not to say if Andrew Luck was in the class he wouldn’t have gone No. 1 overall, but quarterbacks routinely move up when teams get desperate,…

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Of course Jay Paterno believes in his dad, but in no way should you

May 15, 2013
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Of course Jay Paterno believes in his dad, but in no way should you   Jay Paterno is speaking nonsense, but he’s allowed. And I’m being serious. There are six people in the world who have the right to speak utter nonsense in support of Joe Paterno, the former Penn State coach who either did…

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SEC West burning questions: Is another BCS title a certainty?

March 28, 2013
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SEC West burning questions: Is another BCS title a certainty?

The SEC West is the toughest division in the toughest college football conference in America. This is not debatable. The SEC has won seven straight national championships with teams from the West claiming five of those crystal footballs: Alabama (2009, 2011, 2012), Auburn (2010) and LSU (2007). Can the SEC West do it again? Alabama…

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Harvard stamps its brand on March Madness

March 25, 2013
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Harvard stamps its brand on March Madness

Eight Presidents of the United States. Forty-seven Nobel Prize winners. Forty-seven more Pulitzer Prize recipients. And one NCAA tournament victory. Harvard, that bastion of Supreme Court justices, captains of industry and high school valedictorians, continued its rise in men’s basketball with a historic 68-62 victory over New Mexico on Thursday in Salt Lake City. “YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!,” tweeted Harvard…

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Ted Nugent’s Christmas message? Reindeers taste good with ‘garlic & butter

December 27, 2012
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Ted Nugent’s Christmas message? Reindeers taste good with ‘garlic & butter

Santa Claus’ sleigh may want to avoid Ted Nugent’s neck of the woods next Christmas. The rocker turned hunting advocate received some holiday jeers from animals rights activists after extolling the virtues of eating reindeer. “We all luv young reindeer haunch with garlic & butter its such a Christmas treat,” Nugent tweeted on Christmas Eve. Read…

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Police: Former Braves star Andruw Jones accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her

December 26, 2012
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ATLANTA – Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her. A police report obtained by The Associated Press says the fight happened around 1:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, after Nicole Jones asked her husband…

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ESPN’s Rob Parker says ridiculous things about RG3, takes ‘First Take’ to new levels of depravity

December 14, 2012
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Nobody will ever mistake ESPN’s “First Take” show with anything remotely resembling insightful, important, or accurate journalism. The trainwreck bookmarked by Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith has adopted the slogan “Embrace Debate” to put a nice little hat on the fact that the show is actually the kind of dreck that makes the worst…

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For Butch Jones, the clock is already ticking

December 10, 2012
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For Butch Jones, the clock is already ticking

This is Butch Jones’ third day on the job at Tennessee and the clock already is ticking. Realistically — or unrealistically, as is the case in the SEC — what is Jones’ timetable to return the Vols to relevance in the national conversation? That’s a tough one. After three straight losing seasons on Derek Dooley’s…

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Bielema surprises Badgers, leaves for Arkansas

December 5, 2012
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Bielema surprises Badgers, leaves for Arkansas

Madison - On Friday afternoon, as his Wisconsin football team prepared to face Nebraska in the Big Ten Conference title game, Bret Bielema spoke passionately about the future of the UW program. “I’m really excited to play this game and play in our bowl game,” Bielema, 42, said. “I have 27 juniors. I believe 12 of…

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End the Charade: Let Athletes Major in Sports

November 29, 2012
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End the Charade: Let Athletes Major in Sports

That collegiate sports is tainted by chicanery and a host of moral dilemmas is nothing new. Rarely does a week pass without some embarrassing deviance being uncovered and scrutinized by the ever-vigilant news media. A steady stream of scandalous disclosures depicting illicit communications and relationships among athletes, agents, and coaches, not to mention forced resignations,…

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