Recruiting

This Terrelle Pryor Stuff Isn't Getting Out of Hand

Two sport wunderkid Terrelle Pryor occupies a favored spot in the masturbatoria of college football and basketball recruiters the nation round. Add to that list amateur toy makes, as Mondesi's House points to a story about some guy who fashioned an few action figures of the high school athlete out of a McFarlane Vince Young figure. Not what it elicits more: groans or "they all look like" jokes. More »

1:30 PM on Sat Mar 8 2008
By Christmas Ape
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Kevin Hart Was Scammed, Not Pranked

So, there's an update on the Kevin Hart story, and it turns out that the whole thing was more "con" than "prank." More »

2:20 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Leitch
18,308 views, 102 comments

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Kevin Hart Might Not Have Been Recruited At All

The young man in this photo is Kevin Hart. He's a two-star offensive lineman prospect out of Nevada, and he has been trying to decide which college to attend. After talking to their coach repeatedly, he finally settled on California. He called a big press conference to announce his decision: He's going to Berkeley. The gymnasium applauded. Local boy does good. Except: Someone was impersonating the California coach. Cal never had any interested in him at all. More »

10:40 AM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Leitch
38,674 views, 120 comments

Latest by n/a: He gets a 17 AWR rating on NCAA 2009. more »

college football

Not A Good Way To Be Added As A Friend

John Brantley is a top-rated high school quarterback who had initially planned on attending Texas before deciding instead to stay closer to home in Florida, reportedly because his girlfriend goes there. Because nothing in the world is more pure, charming and altruistic than collegiate athletic recruiting, the Texas fans are handling the news with grace and aplomb. More »

12:15 PM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Leitch
396 views, 29 comments

college basketball

Recruiting Makes College Sports Double Plus Unfun

As a fan of college athletics, we will confess to being depressed by the process of recruiting. Some fans are obsessed with it, subscribing to scouting services and reading tea leaves, analyzing every vocal inflection of a 17-year-old kid as if it's going to be an insight to their deeper mindset. (The mindset of a 17-year-old boy, obviously, being "boobies boobies boobies." That, or "could somebody please get this Foley douche away from me, please?") The whole thing is unseemly and sordid; we prefer to just watch our the kids who actually play for our Illini and don't ponder too much about how they got there, or who's coming next. More »

1:15 PM on Mon Oct 9 2006
By Leitch
293 views, 39 comments

Latest by Fornelli: That's what I get for regurgitating half-read week-old articles from the daily illini The Friday shout-outs are the only thing you need to read anyway. The comic strips were pretty good while I was down there too. more »

college basketball

The Value Of College Athletes

Ever wonder how much money an individual player was worth to a university? So did Robert Brown, a professor at Cal State-San Marcos who has spent 15 years studying the value of college athletes. He put together a formula to estimate how much members of last year's North Carolina and Illinois basketball teams meant to their schools. More »

5:57 PM on Sun Apr 2 2006
By mjdeadspin
299 views, 2 comments

recruiting

That Odd High School Football Game

This is perhaps the weirdest sporting event of the year, and that includes any 4 a.m. log-rolling competitions that you might catch on ESPN2. More »

3:29 PM on Sat Jan 7 2006
By mjdeadspin
304 views, 5 comments

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Rick Reilly Is Stealing My Material

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