Posts tagged ‘U College’

Mon, 07 May 2012 04:07:44 GMT

Tom Oates: Creating college football playoff is easy as 1-2-3 - La Crosse Tribune


Tom Oates: Creating college football playoff is easy as 1-2-3
La Crosse Tribune
Remove them from the playoff equation before the process even begins. The bowl system has served college football well. It was once the game's greatest promotional tool and it lined the pockets of conferences, schools and, yes, administrators.

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Thu, 03 May 2012 20:58:06 GMT

Long Kiss Goodbye: Fear Of A Black Planet Killed A Black Radio Station - The Urban Daily


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Long Kiss Goodbye: Fear Of A Black Planet Killed A Black Radio Station
The Urban Daily
This time, WBLS's on-air promo assault against Kiss took on explicit racial tones, labeling Kiss “the plantation station”: the white-owned station usurping the territory of the legacy Black-owned outlet. Even the folks at WBLS knew it was bull.

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Sun, 20 May 2012 00:12:48 GMT

Jays could have done Wright thing - Toronto Sun


Jays could have done Wright thing
Toronto Sun
ESPN.com's Keith Law has written about Mets GM Steve Phillips making the offer and Law worked for the Jays during that time frame. Mets fans (perhaps you have seen one or two around town) believe in Wright, who is hitting .409 with an on-base mark of ...

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Tue, 08 May 2012 15:23:47 GMT

Running the tables - ESPN


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Running the tables
ESPN
By Brett Forrest | ESPN The Magazine Adam Ferguson/VII for ESPN The Magazine Boxer Manny Pacquiao once backed Orcollo, who began 2012 as the world's top-ranked pool player. This story appears in the May 14 Money Issue of ESPN The Magazine.

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Mon, 07 May 2012 15:44:55 GMT

Buzz Bissinger: College Football Is An Exploitive Waste of Money And Must Be ... - Gothamist


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Buzz Bissinger: College Football Is An Exploitive Waste of Money And Must Be ...
Gothamist
Do you feel that all of college football should be banned or is it just the BCS? I think all of college football should be banned. I have a feeling these programs don't make any money and no one is really, on any level, presenting a good argument to me ...

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Sun, 06 May 2012 19:57:45 GMT

PFT: Luck pleased with improvement at camp - NBCSports.com


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PFT: Luck pleased with improvement at camp
NBCSports.com
Whatever he gets, he may not get to keep. Even though he worked for ESPN in 2008, that number seems high. Anderson spent eight years in the NFL. His best season came in 1998, with 1846 yards rushing. He led the Falcons to a Super Bowl berth.

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Sun, 06 May 2012 17:28:17 GMT

PFT: Can Griffin-Cousins be like Elway-Kubiak? - NBCSports.com


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PFT: Can Griffin-Cousins be like Elway-Kubiak?
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Getting a degree” is part of the con of college football, especially as it relates to guys who go on to earn a crapload of money playing in the NFL. Roethlisberger makes more in one game than many teachers make in a decade.

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Sat, 12 May 2012 00:18:15 GMT

College Basketball Capsules: Judge tosses defamation suit v. Syracuse, Boeheim - Brownsville Herald


College Basketball Capsules: Judge tosses defamation suit v. Syracuse, Boeheim
Brownsville Herald
Boeheim told ESPN that Davis was telling "a bunch of a thousand lies" and called him an opportunist looking to cash in on the publicity surrounding the Penn State sex-abuse scandal. Supreme Court Justice Brian DeJoseph, a graduate of Syracuse ...

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Sun, 06 May 2012 14:16:57 GMT

On concussions, players and fans can't have it both ways - NBCSports.com


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On concussions, players and fans can't have it both ways
NBCSports.com
We remain a nation of risk-takers; in many ways, taking risks helped make our country what it is. And we routinely take far greater risks for far less money than NFL players receive. Hell, we even spend good money to take risks, whether it's jumping ...

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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:24:43 GMT

TMQ's annual mock draft mockery - ESPN


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TMQ's annual mock draft mockery
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By Gregg Easterbrook | ESPN.com Deep down inside, the secret of NFL draft mania is that we love busts. JaMarcus Russell, Tim Couch, Brian Bosworth, Akili Smith -- guys who are taken at the top of the draft and then go bust have clandestine appeal.

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Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:57:22 GMT

Field of brief dreams - ESPN


Field of brief dreams
ESPN
Four years later, some team in pinstripes swaggered into town on June 30, 1928. The box score of that 11-4 Yankees victory lists guys named Ruth and Gehrig … and the immortal John Shea. A southpaw like "Lefty," Shea would also share Jamerson's career ...

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Tue, 08 May 2012 02:01:23 GMT

Seattle Mariners MLB news, including Seattle Mariners trades, roster, rumors ... - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)


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Seattle Mariners MLB news, including Seattle Mariners trades, roster, rumors ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The M's take on Verlander on Tuesday. With Fister back in town, I thought this would be an apt time to roll out a gallery I've been working on. Back in April, I saw an interesting piece by ESPN's David Schoenfield, who noticed that the Mariners had ...

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Tue, 01 May 2012 15:16:00 -0700
Fri, 11 May 2012 17:24:44 -0700

College Basketball Capsules: Judge tosses defamation suit v. Syracuse, Boeheim

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought against Syracuse University and men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim by two men who said the Hall of Fame coach slandered them when he said their accusations of sexual abuse against former associate head coach Bernie Fine were driven by greed. Read more

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:19:54 -0700

New dress code a coverup in chess - Tue, 08 May 2012 PST

As many of you surely know by now, the European Chess Union has established dress-code rules for chess players. (Okay, some of you don’t know – you don’t follow chess and you don’t think it’s a sport. Well, friends, at a minimum, it’s “mental sport.” And as far as I’m concerned, Bobby Fischer was every bit the athlete that Michael Jordan was; both were hyper-competitive and ruthless in their ... Read more

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:44:42 -0700

John Rogers' Ariel Funds First Quarter Letter 'Good Sports'

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Mon, 07 May 2012 10:04:01 -0700

Buzz Bissinger: College Football Is An Exploitive Waste of Money And Must Be Banned

So you're in New York [tomorrow] for a debate about banning college football. Do you feel that all of college football should be banned or is it just the BCS? I think all of college football should be banned. I have a feeling these programs don't make any money and no one is really, on any level, presenting a good argument to me as to why they should exist in an academic setting. [ more › ] Read more

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:22:31 -0700

Door-to-Door: Kansas

In this week's Six, Marty Smith finds a man who takes his NASCAR love deeper than most. Want more? How about Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s media love and the passing of Levon Helm. Read more