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UAB Running Back Greg Bryant, Shot On A Florida Interstate, Is In Critical Condition [UPDATE]
Greg Bryant, a 21-year-old running back at UAB, remains in critical condition after someone shot him early this morning in Palm Beach County, Florida. The graduate of American Heritage High School in nearby Delray Beach and a passenger, Maurice Grover, were found at 4:45 a.m. Saturday in the southbo...

NBC: As Many As Six Penn State Coaches Witnessed Jerry Sandusky Molesting Children
As many as six Joe Paterno assistants personally witnessed Jerry Sandusky abusing children, NBC News revealed today. That report comes on the heels of testimony given in Penn State’s lawsuit against its insurer revealed this week, alleging Paterno knew of Sandusky molesting children as early as 1976...

Court Opinion Reveals Joe Paterno Reportedly Knew Of Jerry Sandusky Molesting Children As Early As 1976
Philadelphia County judge Gary Glazer’s opinion today in a lawsuit between Penn State and its insurance company revealed that witnesses testified Joe Paterno knew about Jerry Sandusky’s abuse of children as early as 1976. Other witnesses in the case report members of the coaching staff observed “ina...

Connor Cook's Dad Seems To Be A Big Shithead
Connor Cook, long projected to be picked in the early rounds of the NFL Draft, ended up slipping to the Raiders in the fourth round. A report about why he fell despite his obvious talent pointed to attitude problems and a bad rap from his teammates. According to the Detroit News, there wasn’t one in...

ESPN Nimrod Brays Like A Donkey About Recruits Who Don't Want To Play For Dickheads
Today’s episode of Outside The Lines took on the recent kerfuffle at Texas A&M, which saw Texas A&M wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead chasing away recruits by acting like a baby on Twitter. ESPN recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill was brought on the show to give his takes on the situation, and he wa...

Texas A&M Assistant's Twitter Rant About Losing One Recruit Chased Away Another (UPDATED)
One of the grossest things in all of sports is big-time college football recruiting: educational institutions groveling and begging high schoolers to attend, adults directing slush funds towards 17-year-olds, college graduates harassing kids on social media to consider their alma mater. And last nig...

ESPN's Todd McShay Believes Laremy Tunsil Telling The Truth Is A Sign Of Immaturity
Perhaps the most unbelievable part of Laremy Tunsil’s unbelievable night was when he did an otherwise simple thing: he told the truth. After first demurring, he admitted the screenshots of texts that popped up on his Instagram account were real, and agreed that they showed exchanges between him and ...

Someone's Been Trying To Sell That Laremy Tunsil Gas Mask Smoking Video For Weeks
Laremy Tunsil’s draft-day drop—thanks to a bizarre series of events, including his Twitter account being hacked and posting video of him smoking weed out of a gas-mask bong—cost him millions in salary. About $7 million, if you assume Tunsil would have gone to the Ravens at No. 6, where the first OT ...

Here's Laremy Tunsil Admitting He Took Money At Ole Miss Before Getting Abruptly Hustled Off Stage
After Laremy Tunsil fell to #13 in the draft, texts purporting to show conversation with Ole Miss staffers about them paying his rent popped up on his Instagram. The posts were deleted, along with Tunsil’s account, and given when they were posted, it’s highly unlikely that he posted them himself....

Syracuse Football Players Stabbed; Former Player Arrested
Police charged former Syracuse defensive back Naesean Howard with two counts of assault after stabbings landed two current Orange players in the hospital....

Baylor Player Dismissed For "Team Rule Violation" Was Subject Of Rape Investigation
When former tight end Tre’Von Armstead was dismissed from Baylor’s football team last year, the team said it was because he violated team rules. A report today by Paula Lavigne for ESPN’s Outside the Lines shows that the dismissal happened a week after Baylor began an investigation for possible sexu...
![Former Baylor Defensive End Shawn Oakman Arrested On Sexual Assault Charge [Updated]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/re5mq7icafhrciaxwsww.jpg)
Former Baylor Defensive End Shawn Oakman Arrested On Sexual Assault Charge [Updated]
According to the Waco Tribune-Herald, former Baylor football player Shawn Oakman has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a fellow student on April 3, 2016....

Entitled Asshole Gets Undeserved Raise
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, whose team lost 45-40 to Alabama in this year’s national championship game, just got a raise. His new contract will pay him more than $30 million over the next six years. ...

"Kirby's Law" Will Make It Harder To Report On Georgia Athletics
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law yesterday legislation that will give state university athletic departments an unprecedented right to delay responding to open records requests. This is good news for that state’s biggest programs—new UGA football coach Kirby Smart personally lobbied lawma...

Cardale Jones Calls Out "Insane And Unfair" NCAA; Darren Rovell Rushes To Defend It
Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones, who is currently preparing for the NFL draft, took some parting shots at the NCAA today. His criticisms have gotten much more pointed since “we ain’t come to play SCHOOL,” but the spirit is the same:...

Records: Baylor's Shawn Oakman Under Investigation For Sexual Assault Accusation (Updated)
Another former Baylor football player, recent defensive standout Shawn Oakman, is under investigation for a reported sexual assault over the weekend. The story was broken by the Waco Tribune-Herald, which did not identify the player “because he had not been arrested.” However, it did extensively quo...

Troy Smith Tells Cop He Graduated "With A Degree In Bachelors" During Traffic Stop
Troy Smith, the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner and former communications major at Ohio State, was arrested overnight Sunday on suspicion of being intoxicated behind the wheel and on certainty of being a consummate fuckup during a traffic stop....

Spring Breaking Iowa State Football Players Save Woman From Drowning
Finally, something good comes from college students on spring break....