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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....

The Madness of Pro Football

This one is a keeper. From Men's Journal in May, 2011—“The Ferocious Life and Tragic Death of a Super Bowl Star,” by Paul Solotaroff and Rick Telander:...

Our friends at Slate imagine a world in which the NCAA is allowed to run other American institutions. It will make you laugh. [Slate]...

Dez Bryant Says The NCAA's Johnny Manziel Problem Is Some Bullshit

It's important to remind ourselves, every now and again, just why the NCAA suspended Dez Bryant for an entire year, if only to remind ourselves what sort of operation we're dealing with. He met with Deion Sanders—not a violation!—and, confused and threatened by the interrogation from the NCAA's heav...

Here's The Race Result From "Death Of A Racehorse"

W.C. Heinz’s “Death of a Racehorse” owes none of its fame to nostalgia. Written in one hour, in one draft, on a manual typewriter, on deadline, the 1949 classic is hailed by many in the industry as quite possibly the perfect story. Jeff MacGregor called it “the Gettysburg Address sportswriting. A ru...

Worst Columnist In America Compares Johnny Manziel To Rosa Parks

You wanna see some shit?...

Hey, Look, The NCAA Is No Longer Selling Athletes' Merchandise At All

Jay Bilas can declare victory. NCAA don Mark Emmert just said "uncle":...