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Former BYU Coach LaVell Edwards Is Dead At 86
Former BYU coach LaVell Edwards died Thursday at the age of 86 after suffering complications following a broken hip, according to the Provo Daily Herald, which spoke with Edwards’s wife, Patti....
Mell Lazarus And <i>Momma</i> Got The Last Laugh
For nearly 35 years, Mell Lazarus knew exactly how the end would go for Momma. In 1982, when the cartoonist began dating Sally Mitchell, who would become his second wife, he confided to her that he had already decided what the final installment of his comic strip would be, and he told her the idea....
Craig Sager Has Died
TNT basketball sideline reporter Craig Sager has died. He was 65....
Today In College Football Programs Setting Money On Fire: Clemson Has A Giant Slide
If you think college football players should be paid real money for their labor, then I’ve got one question for you, tough guy: Where’s the money to pay them with going to come from, huh?...
Twins Prospect Yorman Landa Dies In Car Accident
Minnesota Twins minor leaguer Yorman Landa died in a car accident last night in his native Venezuela. He was 22....
Former Heisman Winner Rashaan Salaam Dead At 42
Rashaan Salaam, winner of the 1994 Heisman Trophy and former Chicago Bears running back, was found dead outside a Boulder, Colo. park Monday night. He was 42....
Former NFL Player Joe McKnight Shot To Death In Louisiana
Former NFL player Joe McKnight has been shot and killed in Terrytown, La., today in an “apparent road rage” incident, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. He was 28....
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....
Ways To Die That Are More Awful Than Dissolving In A Scalding Acid Bath, Ranked
A tourist who fancied a bath in one of Yellowstone National Park’s many geothermal pools slipped while attempting to gauge the temperature of the broth, fell into what turned out to be a deadly near-boiling acid bath, and dissolved. That is about the most metal thing I can imagine, but also he is ex...
Oklahoma's Charles Walker Leaves The Team To Prepare For The NFL
Oklahoma defensive lineman Charles Walker has parted ways with the program, to the disappointment of his coach but undoubtedly to the elation of his family. For the best young players, college football is and should be the means to an end: getting paid....
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....
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....
Broncos Fan Dies After Falling Over Railing After Last Night's Game
A 36-year-old Broncos fan fell from a “severe height” while leaving last night’s win over the Texans, and the Denver Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced him dead this afternoon. Jason Coy fell last night at 9:45 p.m. local time, and an emergency crew responded to a 911 call shortly after. Coy was t...
NCAA Rejects UNC's Stick-To-Sports Response, Moves Forward With Investigation
The NCAA issued yet another response in its convoluted back-and-forth with the University of North Carolina over the institution’s response to UNC’s sham Afro-American Studies department, which funneled athletes through paper classes....
Report: Tyson Gay's 15-Year-Old Daughter Shot And Killed
Trinity Gay, high school track athlete and daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay, was reportedly shot and killed early this morning in Lexington, Ky. She was 15....
Nigel Hayes Is The Latest High-Profile Athlete To Call The NCAA On Its Bullshit
Junior Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes has become a college basketball favorite for his endearing fascination with stenography and cute hot mic quotes. But on his first media day this year, he took a different approach: forcefully criticizing the NCAA for refusing to pay athletes for their labor. ...
NLRB Ruling Frees College Athlete Twitter, Opens New Avenue To End Amateurism
For today, a recent memo sent out by the National Labor Relations Board means Twitter users will be treated to the unfiltered thoughts of private school college athletes; for the future, it means those athletes might actually get their just due....
The Big Ten Got Exactly What It Wanted In Rutgers
Over the past two weeks, Rutgers has been outscored by Ohio State and Michigan by a combined 136-0, dropping to 2-4 overall and 0-3 in the Big Ten while sparking yet another round of people asking just why in the hell the Scarlet Knights are a part of the conference. This is to serve as a reminder t...
Letters From Death Row: James Broadnax, Texas Inmate 999549
We occasionally publish letters from death row inmates. Today we hear from James Broadnax, who was sentenced to death after being convicted for a 2008 robbery and murder in Texas....