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Arian Foster Says He Took Money At Tennessee

Texans running back Arian Foster admits (maybe "admits" isn't the right word, because public opinion is swinging away from shaming the athletes, toward shaming the system that facilitates and encourages it) that he took money while he was a student at UT. ...

All The Quoted Players Who Are Backing Away From <em>SI's</em> OK State Story

Sports Illustrated is now more than halfway through its big dumb investigation into the Oklahoma State football program. Since the magazine began rolling out its five-part series, many of the former OK State players who were quoted by co-writer Thayer Evans have claimed that they were misquoted in t...

Report: NFL Agents Funneled Money To College Players

A big Yahoo report dropped today, presumably to ride/torpedo the momentum of SI's flawed Oklahoma State exposé. It claims that NFL agents and financial advisers funneled tens of thousands of dollars to five college players, including Alabama tackle D.J. Fluker....

Oklahoma State? Pffft. Here's What A Real Sports Scandal Looks Like

If you're a scandal-porn aficionado as I am, you are bound to be left wanting by Sports Illustrated's beyond-exhaustive expose of Oklahoma State football. It's a story that promises, in bold type, lots of shit that I like in a scandal: MONEY (follow the money!), DRUGS (I like drugs!), and SEX (the c...

The Most Important Part of <em>SI's</em> Oklahoma State Shamestravaganza

Beneath all of the handwringing and pearl clutching that is laced throughout Sports Illustrated's story on Oklahoma State's pay-for-play schemes is this, the final paragraph:...

A Fan Fell To His Death At The 49ers Game

The frightening trend of fans falling to their deaths at sporting events continues. According to police, a fan fell from an elevated walkway and died at Candlestick Park shortly after the Packers-49ers game kicked off on Sunday. ...

Tommy Morrison's Immediate Cause Of Death: Cardiac Arrest

According to the death certificate of Tommy Morrison, the 44-year-old boxer who tested positive for HIV in 1996 died of cardiac arrest on Sunday....

Maryland Won't Hand Out Game Balls Because Of NCAA Regulations

Linebacker Marcus Whitfield had a hell of an opener for the Terps, racking up five tackles and one-and-a-half sacks. He was awarded the game ball, but won't get to see it for a while—the school is putting it in storage to avoid running afoul of NCAA regulations....

Bounce, Rock, Skate

Records for sale on the street....

Tommy Morrison, dead at 44: The former heavyweight boxer who played a role in Rocky V died. He tested positive for HIV in 1996. The cause of death has not been released. [AP]...

A&M Website Tries To Sell Manziel Photos While Announcing Suspension

Consider this screenshot—which was snapped by CBS Sports' Will Brinson from the Texas A&M website shortly after Johnny Manziel was suspended for 30 minutes for possibly profiting from the use of his own name—your latest reminder that the NCAA is a joke....

Johnny Manziel Suspended For 30 Minutes [Update]

As first reported by TexAgs' Billy Liucci, and confirmed by ESPN, Johnny Manziel will be suspended for the first half of Saturday's season opener against Rice....

[UPDATE] Siragusa Forced To Sell Restaurant License After Drunk Patrons Die

UPDATE: In the official press release regarding the matter, Siragusa is not listed as an owner of this specific Tiffany's. The owners are Bruno D'Uva Sr., Bruno D'Uva Jr., and Lisa Barna....

Dean Meminger, dead at 65: Meminger's Game 7 performance in the 1973 Eastern Conference Finals got the Knicks into the Finals, where they beat the Lakers in five games. [NYT]...

Jonathan Chait is an otherwise excellent journalist who will sometimes mount a terrible, sentimental defense of the NCAA, seemingly as a sort of party trick, like a guy opening beer bottles with his teeth. Stop that shit, writes Scott Lemieux. [TAP]...

A&M Chancellor Blasts Darren Rovell, Declares Johnny Manziel Innocent

Big-time college football! Where a university system chancellor can be indistinguishable from a Paul Finebaum caller. Administrator John Sharp sent out a bizarre screed that decried the biased and untrustworthy media, and declared Johnny Manziel innocent of all the allegations against him, before ad...

NCAA responds to backlash: Former Marine Steven Rhodes will not have to redshirt this year and retains four years of eligibility. ...

Former Marine Can't Play Football This Year Because Of NCAA Oversight

The NCAA has ruled that Steven Rhodes—a 24-year-old former Marine, now a walk-on freshman at Middle Tennessee State splitting time at tight end and defensive end—must redshirt his freshman year because he played intramural football at his military base. Hooray, NCAA!...

DeAntre Turman, a high school football player from Georgia, collapsed during a scrimmage Friday night and died. He was 16 years old. The cause of death is still unknown....

NBA Efficiency Rating Inventor Kills Self, Explains Via Website

Martin Manley, the former Kansas City Star contributor whose insight into sports made him a key component of that paper's sports section, committed suicide yesterday—and left a sprawling website to explain why....