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A wire-to-wire (foul-fest, timeout-filled, commercial-break heavy) battle ended in Jim Boeheim making a number of ve…
The release of the Mike Rice video will result in million-dollar payouts for everyone except Eric Murdock, who allegedly threatened to release the Mike Rice video in order to obtain a million-dollar payout. Murdock is being investigated by the FBI. [Star-Ledger/NYT] Read more
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Down 12 with 13:15 remaining, Louisville clawed back with defense that changed the game's atmosphere from…
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The full video interview from Stephen Jackson's Forbes smackdown is online. There aren't a whole lot of people in the world that could make bragging about making $10 million seem appropriate, much less charming, but Port Arthur's own pulls it off. [NBA.com] Read more
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Northern Kentucky University Athletic Director Dismissed For Affairs With Four Staffers, One Student
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Yet another great thing about amateur athletics: University administrators using historic equal opportunity legislation to justify diverting money to sports that make money. [Baltimore Sun] Read more
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Eric Murdock's wrongful termination suit against Rutgers, filed yesterday, alleges his firing came as a "direct…
A particularly grateful hat-tip to Drew C., who let us embed his color-coded map of the places Wichita State, Syracuse, Louisville and Michigan's players went to high school. Syracuse (green) recruited up and down the East Coast very industriously, while Wichita State, as you might expect, got guys from all over the… Read more
Wichita State: What is it? A university named after a city with a population of less than 400,000—and which isn't…
Major League Baseball, an organization with massive revenues and a squadron of high-priced lawyers, filed against…
Chris Davis: four games, 9/15 on 18 plate appearances, four homers, .600 batting average, 1.600 slugging percentage, and 16 RBI, breaking the old record of 12 through the season's first four games. Now where can I get me some of that sweet, sweet monkey dust? Read more
Amar'e Stoudemire, himself synonymous with scratched retinas, torn-up knees and uninsurable contracts, was…