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The Battle Between Tom Jurich And Louisville Is Going To Get Nasty
In a scathing letter of termination, Louisville interim president Gregory Postel wrote that since-fired athletic director Tom Jurich’s “willful misconduct” was the reason Louisville gave him the boot last week, claiming that in addition to setting up the university’s Adidas deal in the shadows, Juri...
UNC Star Joel Berry II Loses Video Game, Punches Door, Breaks Hand
Anyone with a True Gamer’s Heart knows the soul-shattering frustration of getting owned. It is only through sheer force of luck that what happened to North Carolina guard Joel Berry II hasn’t happened to us all. Berry, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2017 Final Four, was apparently playing video ...
Check Out An Actually Interesting Debate On Amateurism In College Sports
If you’re tired of hearing college coaches and athletic directors stumbling over themselves to repeat the same tired, NCAA-issued lines about maintaining the “integrity” of college sports, you’re in luck. Starting at 7 p.m., the college sports model will be put under a microscope, as Deadspin friend...
Jim Boeheim Has Plenty Of Half-Thoughts On Why Colleges Players Shouldn't Get Paid
Jim Boeheim spoke with the press on Friday, per Syracuse.com, touching on Syracuse’s upcoming attempt to bounce back from a 19-15 NIT campaign, UNC’s last-minute dodging of NCAA penalties, and the fact that, actually, jersey sales aren’t really that high, so college athletes should probably be happy...
Miami's Jim Larranaga Admits He Was Mentioned In FBI's NCAA Investigation
Confirming what a great many expected, Miami head coach Jim Larranaga announced in a prepared statement Monday afternoon that he is “Coach-3" in the FBI’s investigation into the college basketball recruiting system....
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Leverage
Let it be known that if you’re going to commit a penalty that wipes off a turnover in the red zone, go all the way. ...
I Guess This Is What Counts As A Gameday Sign Now
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Please Enjoy This Gallery Of Football Coaches With Mike Gundy's Hair [Update: Here Are Some More]
Inspired by Tim Ryan, here’s a gallery of top college football coaches sporting Mike Gundy’s legendary mullet:...
Goodnight
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Clemson Players Cope With Syracuse Loss By Staging Locker-Room Boxing Match
Fresh off their upset loss to Syracuse, Clemson players appeared to take out the frustration of seeing their playoff dreams float over to N.C. State by trying and failing to beat the shit out of each other. ...
Tom Jurich Follows Rick Pitino Out The Door At Louisville<em></em>
Two days after the Louisville Athletic Association’s board canned men’s head basketball coach Rick Pitino, the university’s board of trustees voted Wednesday to fire athletic director Tom Jurich with cause....
Five-Star Recruit Emmitt Williams Arrested For Sexual Battery, False Imprisonment
According to arrest records from Orange County (Fla.), five-star basketball recruit Emmitt Williams was arrested early Wednesday morning in Orlando and charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of false imprisonment. Williams, 19, was booked by Orlando PD at around 12:40 this morning an...
The Mississippi State Fan Who Took His Revenge On Ole Miss And The Football Press
To most of the sports world, Steve Robertson’s role in the greatest spectacle in college football this year has been a small one. Robertson, a recruiting writer for the Mississippi State fan site Gene’s Page on Scout.com, is the guy who found The Call, a one-minute entry in the record of Ole Miss he...
Albright College Walks Back Protest Suspensions After Public Outcry
Albright College, a D-III school in Pennsylvania, announced on Monday that it offered reinstatement to the three football players it previously dismissed from the team for not participating in the school’s neutered version of the nationwide protests against police brutality. ...
Rick Pitino Files Federal Lawsuit Against Adidas For Emotional Distress
Rick Pitino was officially fired by Louisville and dropped by Adidas yesterday, and it took him exactly one day to file his first lawsuit. This afternoon, Pitino sued Adidas in United States District Court on grounds of intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming that Adidas’s alleged pay...
Houston Nutt Settles, Gets An Apology From Ole Miss
Although it’s already grown to feel like one of this nation’s landmark lawsuits, Houston Nutt’s battle with Ole Miss officially came to a close Monday evening, just three months after the ex-Rebels coach vengefully set his old program aflame....
Louisville Officially Fires Rick Pitino, Who Is Fighting Back
Making official what it set forth to do three weeks ago, the Louisville Athletic Association’s board voted unanimously on Monday to fire men’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino. Again, just to avoid any confusion, Pitino is not being fired for the other recruiting scandal, in which Louisville hired ...
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Oklahoma tight end Mark Andrews (81) takes a touchdown pass to the end zone during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. Oklahoma won 29-24....