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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. ...

Cincinnati says Tommy Tuberville telling a fan to “go to hell” and “get a job” was the result of the Bearcats coach being put in a “no-win situation.” That’s unfair; UC actually has four wins this season....

Tommy Tuberville Tells Fan To "Go To Hell" And "Get A Job"

Cincinnati head coach Tommy Tuberville was getting it from the fans after the Bearcats’ 20-3 loss to BYU at home tonight, and he gave it back to one of them—telling the man to “go to hell” and “get a job”:...

Oh, This Is Fantastic

Marshawn Lynch returned to Cal tonight, and he’s back on the cart to celebrate the tenth anniversary of that event:...

Tommy Armstrong Jr. Carted Off After Serious Injury [Updates]

Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. left tonight’s game against Ohio State on a stretcher after suffering a serious injury midway through the second quarter. Armstrong fell awkwardly on the sideline, tumbling into some Ohio State equipment and going limp....

Texas A&M's Playoff Hopes Sink With Upset To Mississippi State

A few days after Texas A&M was given the No. 4 spot in the year’s first College Football Playoff rankings—ahead of Washington, who is undefeated, and Louisville and Ohio State, who each matched A&M’s 7-1 record—they made sure they lost it, falling to unranked Mississippi State....

Grab 'Em By The Saban: Your Baton Rouge <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup

ESPN’s College GameDay went to LSU today. Here are some signs fans brought to the broadcast—with some help from SEC Nation....

Texas Tech Increases Lead On Texas With 100-Yard Fumble Return Touchdown

Texas running back D’Onta Foreman was a profile in courage as he dragged half a dozen Texas Tech defenders to the goal line. Then, tragically, he fumbled—and the Red Raiders’ Douglas Coleman picked up the ball for a 100-yard fumble return touchdown, turning the Longhorns’ go-ahead score into a TTU l...

Baylor's Sexual Assault Scandal: Still No Report, Still Few Answers

Baylor’s board of regents is sharing details of the university’s sexual assault scandal with select media outlets after months of staying publicly silent. A group of regents spoke anonymously with the Wall Street Journal last week, and two days ago an interview with four regents—Ron Murff, James Gra...

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....

Alabama Students Charged With Breaking Into LSU's Stadium, Trying To Deface Midfield Logo, Failing

ESPN’s Marty Smith reports LSU police charged two Alabama students with criminal trespass after a 3 a.m. call reported suspects could be found at midfield of Tiger Stadium. Smith published photos of an apparently very-weakly-attempted defacing of the midfield logo, something easily patched-up by the...

Harvard Cancels Men's Soccer Season After More Sexual "Scouting Reports" Discovered

Harvard athletic director Robert L. Scalise says the Crimson men’s soccer season is over after the university discovered more evidence the team continued its tradition of producing “vulgar and explicit” reports on female soccer players’ appearance and sexual appeal through the current season....

Here's The List of Defense Lawyers Penn State Handed Out To Its Football Players

College football fans know that when a player gets in trouble, it won’t be too long before that player retains legal counsel—and usually very good counsel. At Florida, it’s Huntley Johnson. At Florida State, it’s Tim Jansen. At Tennessee, players got a list of six defense lawyers with ties to the at...

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. ...

Oregon Linebacker Arrested After Allegedly Punching A Woman

Oregon Ducks linebacker Eddie Heard was arrested on Wednesday and charged with fourth-degree assault and harassment after allegedly punching a woman outside of a bar in Eugene, Oregon on Oct. 30, according to The Oregonian. The team announced this morning that Heard has been suspended....

Former Baylor AD Reportedly Asked For Immunity For Football Players Under Investigation

Since turning down a $1.5 million settlement from Baylor, Patty Crawford has been on quite the media tour. She rejected the money because it would have prevented her from speaking publicly about what happened at Baylor over the past two years, and since she left the school less than a month ago, she...

Ben Simmons: "The NCAA Is Really Fucked Up"

Philadelphia 76ers forward Ben Simmons has joined the symphony of current and former college athletes who are dissatisfied with the NCAA’s mission to separate athletes from the wealth they help create....

New Report Details How Baylor Suppressed Reports Of Sexual Assault<em></em>

A report tonight from Showtime’s 60 Minutes Sports revealed a series of new details about Baylor’s failures to handle reports of sexual assault, especially (although not exclusively) those involving football players. The package, reported by Armen Keteyian, details how Waco police kept details of re...

Oklahoma RB Joe Mixon Suspended For Being A Dick To Parking Lot Attendant [Update]

Oklahoma’s star running back Joe Mixon was suspended for the team’s upcoming game against Iowa State for the always-nebulous crime of “violating team rules.” According to his lawyer, who spoke to The Oklahoman, Mixon received a parking ticket this morning, then “tore the ticket up in front of the pa...

Washington Got Hosed

Rampant anti-wolf mascot bias, per usual....