May 20, 2013

Penn State Scandal: Penn State again seeks dismissal of McQueary suit

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Comments made by Penn State’s former president following the arrests of two top deputies were defended in a court filing Friday as the university again sought dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit tied to a child sex abuse scandal involving the football program. University attorney Nancy Conrad argued [...]

NFL: Saints hire Rob Ryan to be defensive coordinator

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Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan of the Dallas Cowboys looks on in the third quarter of their game against the Washington Redskins at FedExField on December 30, 2012 in Landover, Maryland. (December 29, 2012 – Source: Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints coach Sean Payton has chosen Rob Ryan as his new [...]

College Football: Questions and answers in complicated Te’o plot

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In a statement provided by Creative Artists Agency, Manti Te’o said he had developed an emotional relationship a woman he had met online and was “the victim of what was apparently someone’s sick joke.”(Photo: Matt Cashore, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights When did Te’o first learn of the hoax? Who is Lennay Kekua? Was Te’o [...]

College Football / Sugar Bowl: Louisville upsets Florida 33-23 in Sugar Bowl

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisville safety Calvin Pryor predicted the Cardinals would “shock the world” against Florida in the Sugar Bowl. Brave words that he and his teammates backed up from start to finish. Terell Floyd returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown on the first play, dual-threat quarterback Teddy Bridgewater directed a handful [...]

College Football Bowl Roundup: Baylor, San Jose St. and Cincinnati winners

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns, Nick Florence threw for two scores and ran for another, and Baylor overwhelmed UCLA 49-26 in the Holiday Bowl on Thursday night. Lache Seastrunk rushed 16 times for 138 yards and one score for Baylor, which outgained UCLA 494-362. The Bears came in leading the [...]

College Football Bowl Results: Central Michigan edges Western Kentucky 24-21

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DETROIT (AP) — Coaching Western Kentucky for one game before moving on to an uncertain future, Lance Guidry had to make a crucial decision with the game on the line. Fourth down, 51 seconds remaining. Kick a field goal and play for overtime, or go for the win? “That was all the players. We were [...]

NFL Goodell: Bounty players should be punished

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell listens to a question during a news conference after the NFL owners meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Irving, Texas.(Photo: LM Otero, Associated Press) IRVING, Texas (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he “fundamentally disagrees” with former league boss Paul Tagliabue’s decision not to discipline players in the New Orleans [...]

NFL: Lions coach defends Ndamukong Suh, rips Matt Schaub

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(Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack, AP) Story Highlights Lions DT Ndamukong Suh was fined $30,000 for kicking Texans QB Matt Schaub in the groin Suh said the kick was inadvertent, but he still refused to apologize Schaub said he believed the kick was on purpose and he’d never want Suh as a teammate (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

College Football: Alabama, Oregon could be nearing culture clash unlike any in BCS era

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — If a first-time college football viewer happened to be flipping between Saturday night’s Alabama-LSU and Oregon-USC games, he may have thought he was watching two entirely different sports. Down in Baton Rouge, the top-ranked Crimson Tide and No. 5 Tigers staged a thrilling, classic, low-scoring SEC showdown, this time with touchdowns [...]

Penn. State Scandal: Sandusky moved to prison housing death row inmates

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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in his child sex abuse case on October 9, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The 68-year-old Sandusky was sentenced to at least 30 years and not more that 60 years in prison for his conviction in June on 45 counts [...]