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Chip Kelly is gone, but Oregon will still pay for violations committed during his tenure. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Oregon and the NCAA agree that the school committed “major” violations within its recruiting practices, which have been the subject of an ongoing NCAA investigation. In a draft of the summary disposition report [...]
(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 [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI) — Or, In Which We Should Have Known Better Than To Try And Go Out Of Town Today: Johnny Manziel thwarts Alabama once again, gentle readers. Young Master Football’s Heisman Trophy victory means the Tide will be unable to complete the celebrated Switzer Sweep of winning the BCS championship, Fulmer Cup and [...]
(Nike co-founder Phil Knight called the findings of the Freeh Report unjustified and unsubstantiated. Don Ryan/AP) BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) — Nike co-founder Phil Knight has issued a statement blasting the Freeh report’s characterization of Penn State coach Joe Paterno in the child sex abuse scandal involving assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Following the release last year [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett said Tuesday he plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. The Republican governor scheduled a Wednesday news conference on the Penn State campus in State College to announce [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Athletic Director Dave Hart has no doubt that Derek Dooley improved the Volunteers’ football program after inheriting a tough situation three years ago. But that improvement didn’t show up in Tennessee’s record, so Dooley no longer is the Vols’ coach. Dooley was fired Sunday after posting Tennessee’s longest run of [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA passed a package of sweeping changes Tuesday intended to crack down hard on rule-breaking schools and coaches. Under the new legislation, approved by the 13-member board of directors, programs that commit the most egregious infractions could face postseason bans of two to four years and fines stretching into the millions, [...]
(PhatzRadio / AP) — Thursday was a particularly difficult day for the Mathieu family. First Marie Mathieu, the maternal grandmother of former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu, suffered two strokes. As the family rushed to a New Orleans hospital to support her, they received some more disheartening news: Tyrann had been arrested for marijuana possession along [...]
(PhatzRadio / SI) — Joe Paterno had to be prodded by his family to read the grand jury report regarding Jerry Sandusky and did not understand some of its graphic terminology, according to a new book. The book, “Paterno” by Joe Posnanski, was purchased Friday by The Associated Press in advance of its release next [...]
(PhatzRadio / AP) — Penn State trustees took no formal vote but the vast majority of members voiced support Sunday for the university president’s acceptance of tough penalties imposed by the NCAA over the university’s handling of its child molestation scandal. Board chairwoman Karen Peetz told fellow trustees during a Sunday evening conference call that [...]
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