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Houston Denies ESPN Report, <em></em>Wants Nothing To Do With Former Baylor Coach Art Briles
Less than a week after one of the Baylor officials directly involved in the sexual assault scandal landed a job, another seemed primed to possibly snag one of his own—until the school in question said “fuck that.”...
Report: Indiana To Fire Coach Kevin Wilson For Player Mistreatment
According the a report from the Indianapolis Star, Indiana will announce the dismissal of football head coach Kevin Wilson at a 6:00 p.m. press conference this evening. Both the Star and ESPN have reported that Wilson’s forthcoming termination is the result of off-the-field issues. Shortly after the...
Judge Awards Mike McQueary Additional $5 Million In Whistleblower Lawsuit
Penn State chose not to stand by whistleblower Mike McQueary when he brought forward allegations of child sex abuse and later served as a witness in the case against Jerry Sandusky and the university. Now, the school is paying the price. ...
Dabo Swinney Thinks Reporters Should Be Fired For Doing Their Jobs
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has a bone to pick with all those unethical reporters out there who don’t cover his team exactly the way he wants them to. ...
Colorado Player Arrested For Drug Possession After Allegedly Being Knocked Out By Teammate
In the hours following Colorado’s Pac-12 South title-clinching victory against Utah, two Buffalo players got a little out of hand. ...
Liberty Hires Ex-Baylor Athletic Director Ian McCaw
Liberty University announced Monday that Baylor’s former athletic director Ian McCaw has been hired as the school’s new AD. McCaw will assume the spot left open by Jeff Barber’s Nov. 17 resignation. McCaw is the first of the major three ex-Baylor officials publicly disgraced for their role in the sc...
Dabo Swinney Denies Allegations That His Players Used Racial Slurs
According to South Carolina players, rivalry week allegedly took an ugly, racist turn on Saturday; Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes otherwise....
Notre Dame To Appeal NCAA's Revocation Of 2012, 2013 Victories
College athletics’ governing body is once again looking to make a statement via punishment; this time, Notre Dame—namely its 2012 national championship runner-up campaign—rests in its sights....
Josh Jackson Dunks Hard, Destroys Fan's Concept Of Reality
Kansas predictably dismantled UAB last night, downing the Blazers 83-63 in the first round of an early-season tournament behind freshman star Josh Jackson’s first dominant performance of the young season. Jackson finished with 22 points, seven rebounds, and two souls: his, and UAB’s Tosin Mehinti....
Texas Players Give Charlie Strong Standing Ovation After Press Conference
Texas head coach Charlie Strong may not have the support of Longhorn boosters, but he’s got his players, and that’s going to make this break-up even messier....
A Very Timely And All-Encompassing Preview Of The 2016-17 College Basketball Season
Thanksgiving is three days away, so it’s probably (past) time to talk some college hoops. In the spirit of our NBA preview, here is our very timely and holistic 2016-17 NCAA basketball preview....
Vontaze Burfict Injures Bills Receiver, Flips Off Home Crowd
Vontaze Burfict is nothing if not consistent, and an asshole....
DeAndre Levy's Proudest Moment In College: Breaking "Dirtbag" Joe Paterno's Leg
DeAndre Levy is one interesting dude....
Report: NCAA To Skip Penn State-Level Sanctions Against Baylor
Baylor’s interim president, football coaches, fans, board of regents, and current players and students all have an opinion on who should be blamed for the school’s inability to report and address sexual assault. In surprising news, the NCAA does not seem to have an opinion....
Ezekiel Elliott Named In February Police Report Of Possible Battery
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was named in another police report, this time for possible battery, involving the same woman who called police in July. This report was from a call to police in South Florida back in February and, like the July case, resulted in no criminal charges being ...
If You're Losing By 96, Maybe Just Let Them Dunk
There is pride, and there is prideful foolishness. Asbury guard Alex Dennis’s decision to try and jump with Kentucky’s Mychal Mulder with 54.6 seconds remaining in a 96-point ballgame was an example of the latter. ...
Baby Iguana Vs. Sea Snakes Is The Wildest Sports Highlight Of The Day
Last night, BBC rolled out the first part of its six-episode series, Planet Earth II; host David Attenborough and the showrunners wasted no time showing us that nature is sports and being born as anything but a human is scary as hell. Also, snakes are still the devil (even with the 10-year interim b...
Baylor Players Deny Report Their Black Uniforms Are In Protest Of Art Briles's Firing
Individual Baylor football players have stood up for ex-Bears head coach Art Briles in the months since he was fired for his role in the school’s sexual assault scandal; now, according to ESPN’s Brett McMurphy, the entire team will join the ill-fated movement....
Department Of Education Fines Penn State $2.4 Million For Child Sex Abuse Scandal
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday the conclusion of its investigation into the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Upon review, the department found 11 instances in which the university violated the Clery Act. ...