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Auburn Athletics Convinced The School To Preserve Its Athlete Major
Every university has one: the athlete major, which for various reasons—usually close ties among instructors, tutors, and the athletics department, and occasionally a reputation for easy or downright nonexistent coursework—is disproportionately packed with athletes. At Auburn, it’s public administrat...

49ers LB Ahmad Brooks Charged With Sexual Battery, Ray McDonald Indicted For Rape
Santa Clara County prosecutors announced today that they had charged 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks with sexual battery, while a grand jury handed down a rape indictment against former 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald....

Report: I.K. Enemkpali Got Catfished By A Guy Under A Blanket Hiding In The Dark
I.K. Enemkpali, better known as the guy who broke Geno Smith’s jaw, is in the news again, this time for something much, much crazier. According to Outside the Lines, Enemkpali missed his 2011 season opener while attending Louisiana Tech because “he injured his hand when punching a man he thought was...

Asshole College Football Coach Comes Up With New Way To Screw Over His Players
Earlier this year, NCAA member institutions voted to redefine athletic scholarships so that they covered not only the cost of tuition, room and board, books, and fees, but also incidental expenses. Essentially, it gives players a bit of pocket money, which is really the least the NCAA could do consi...

Deadspin 25: Can Someone Get LSU A Decent Quarterback? Please?
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

A Good Way To Troll Your Fantasy Opponents
Matthew Berry shares a delightful little piece of fantasy-league gamesmanship: a photoshopped fake ESPN.com/Rotowire update on Dez Bryant claiming the WR is out for the season with a torn ACL. (He’s not. Don’t panic.)...

Doug Martin Is Still Not Really Down With That Whole "Muscle Hamster" Thing
Poor Doug Martin finds himself in the unenviable position of owning a very unique nickname that everyone else seems to enjoy, but that he himself despises. Martin started his Stop Calling Me “Muscle Hamster” campaign years ago, and God bless him, he’s still going strong....

Martellus Bennett: "We Just Sucked. Everybody Sucked. Coaches, Players, Everybody."
Bears tight end Martellus Bennett has never had any compunction about publicly speaking his mind, and today’s beneficiary is Chicago magazine, which dropped a very entertaining profile of Bennett. In a wide-ranging interview conducted in May—when Bennett was holding out from OTA workouts in an attem...

Deadspin 25: TCU Is Angry, And It Won't Be Ignored
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...

Steve Sarkisian: It Was The Meds, Not The Booze
USC head coach Steve Sarkisian, who is in a bit of trouble after getting hammered drunk and talking some shit at a team event, spoke to reporters this morning and explained his public drunkenness. According to Sark, it wasn’t the booze that had him acting silly, it was the meds he was on....

Florida State RB Dalvin Cook Found Not Guilty Of Misdemeanor Battery
Florida State RB Dalvin Cook, who was accused of punching a woman at a Tallahassee bar in June, has been found not guilty of misdemeanor battery by a Florida jury. Cook is currently suspended from the 10th-ranked Seminoles, but presumably will be reinstated to the team. ...

Deadspin 25: Florida State Is Still Pretty Good, Unfortunately
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Deadspin 25: Auburn Will Go As Far As Its Defense Will Let It
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A Fan's Notes
Over at The Daily Beast, my pal Allen Barra writes about Frederick Exley and his muse, the late Frank Gifford: ...

Steve Sarkisian Apologizes For Getting Liquored Up And Talking Shit (UPDATE: There's Video)
At last night’s Salute To Troy, USC coach Steve Sarkisian reportedly got wasted and yelled a whole bunch of profanities before getting pulled off the stage by athletic director Pat Haden. He issued an apology this morning:...

Obituary: Please Donate To Tom Brady's Ballghazi Defense
Barbara “Gigi” Shippee of Rhode Island passed away at age 74 on Wednesday. In her obituary provided to the Providence Journal, she asked that friends and family help Tom Brady defeat the Ginger Hammer in court....

Deadspin 25: USC, Like Three Other Pac-12 Teams, Could Do It
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Texans Lineman Explains Why He Drank His Own Pee, Is Pretty Cool
Jim Mudd, a producer for a local Houston sports radio show, recently took a trip to Texans training camp seeking an answer to a burning question: Did Texans center Ben Jones once drink his own pee?...
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Former Boise State Head Coach: Art Briles Knew All About Sam Ukwuachu's Violent Past [UPDATE]
This morning, Baylor head coach Art Briles spoke to the media and flatly denied that he had any knowledge of defensive end and convicted rapist Sam Ukwuachu’s violent past. Just a few hours later, former Boise State head coach Chris Petersen called bullshit....

Deadspin 25: At Least Notre Dame Has A New Quarterback To Be Excited About
Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, ...