VOD: UMass calls on the law to offer walk-on’s scholarships
We've seen a couple coaches make a big deal out of awarding scholarships to deserving walk-on, but UMass' walk-on scholarship presentation is definitely the best we've seen. Over the summer (the video...
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Jets linebacker complains that Patriots offense is ‘borderline illegal’
The New England Patriots are accustomed to accusations of illegal behavior. This one, though, they won't lose any sleep over. Calvin Pace, linebacker for the rival New York Jets, complained about the...
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Breakfast Table: Hatfields and McCoys; Antonio Cromartie and Cam Newton
For the last decade or so, Michael Salfino and Scott Pianowski have been putting together an email exchange centered around (but not limited to) the NFL. You might enjoy listening to them haggle. You...
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How the Danbury Whalers are bringing the sounds on the ice to fans in the stands
The sights and sounds of a sporting event are best captured by either having really expensive tickets close to the ice/field/court, or by watching the magic that the people from NFL Films have been...
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James Worthy, via Twitter, sends some ‘respect’ to Jeff Green after the...
Last week, in a preseason loss to the New York Knicks, Jeff Green ably faked 22-year old rookie John Shurna (clearly unaware of Green's sub-standard 33.7 career shooting percentage from behind the...
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Maryland will wear weird faux-wool jerseys against Kentucky to honor the...
If the alternate jerseys Maryland will be wearing against Kentucky on Nov. 9 appear to be merely the latest abominable example of college basketball's newfound infatuation with gray, then take a...
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Report: Garrett Reid died of an accidental heroin overdose
According to Philadelphia television station WPVI-TV, Garrett Reid, the 29-year-old son of Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, died of an accidental heroin overdose on Aug. 5. An official...
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Arizona State “A” painted green, Oregon fans most likely culprit
This is a pretty nice troll job by Oregon fans. Or, rather, we expect this to be the work of Oregon fans. Who else would go through the trouble of painting the Arizona State "A" on Tempe Butte a...
View ArticleCombining the invaders of Poland’s waterlogged pitch with the Baywatch theme...
Before Poland's World Cup qualifier against England was officially postponed a day due to heavy rains and a failure to close the National Stadium's roof leaving the pitch unplayable, pitch invaders...
View ArticleArizona receiver pulls in incredible touchdown catch after deflections off...
We've seen plenty of great receptions this year from across the nation, but few (if any) have required greater concentration than the one you see below. In a game between Glendale (Az.) Apollo High and...
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World’s oldest hockey stick; Backstrom to Dynamo; NHLPA proposal anticipation...
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Tired of these new...
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TNF Preview: 49ers-Seahawks should be pure smashmouth, but surprises abound
If you're one of those people who love those Alabama-LSU games where the two teams playing combine for less than 10 points, Thursday night's game between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks...
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The Los Angeles Lakers will attempt to sign LeBron James as a Kobe...
It seems like news intended for those who only know the names of four or five basketball players, and three NBA teams. LeBron James could become a Los Angeles Laker in 2014. Of course, he could become...
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Finally working with a guaranteed home and role, John Lucas III wins over the...
A lot of people know John Lucas III as the guy who filled in for Derrick Rose for the Bulls last season. Others remember him for being the guy LeBron jumped over last winter in a vicious in-game dunk....
View ArticleTim Tebow at running back is something Rex Ryan would consider
<br /> The Jets continue to try to find new ways to use backup quarterback Tim Tebow, either despite or because everything else they've tried with him has failed. Tebow's only real success so far...
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Ball Don’t Lie’s 2012-13 NBA Season Previews: The Chicago Bulls
For the first time in two years we'll have an orthodox, full-length NBA season to look forward to. No lockout nonsense, and precious little obsession as to whether or not LeBron James will ever win...
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Shooting at youth football game takes life of 64-year-old woman caught in...
Major fallout appears to be on the way from a disturbing incident in which gunfire at a youth football game left three injured, with one victim dying in a hospital from injuries suffered in the attack...
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Hail to the ‘Pigskins’? Two newspapers now refuse to use Washington’s...
There's long been arguments about the political correctness of the Washington Redskins' nickname -- some feel that it is a pejorative term, and many Native Americans find it offensive. The "Redskins"...
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You’ve got mail! Vanderbilt mails a letter to Ohio State to cancel 2013 game
Vanderbilt wanted to get out of a game at Ohio State in 2013, and that's not too unusual. Scheduling contracts get broken all the time. But usually that news isn't broken when an athletic director...
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‘Today is not a good day’, says Donald Fehr, as NHL, NHLPA meet again, get...
Just prior to Thursday's meeting with the NHLPA, Gary Bettman was confronted by a hockey fan named Barry Murphy, who told the commissioner that, as a fan, he felt disrespected and neglected. "What are...
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