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Wildcats Fan Accused Of Illegally Hacking Restaurant's Cable Package In Order To Watch Arizona Basketball While Dining Out
Towards the upper end of a sliding scale measuring sports fanaticism—past painting your chest with your team’s logo on the day of the big game; in the range of meticulously pre-arranging the particulars of your burial, to serve as a final and eternal tribute to your team—there’s committing felony id...
CBS Sports Columnist Questions Society And Invokes Tebow After Bryce Love Skips Media Day For Class
Stanford running back and last season’s Heisman runner-up Bryce Love didn’t make it to Pac-12 Media Day this week. The returning senior had a perfectly valid reason why he, as a “student-athlete,” couldn’t attend....
Florida Football Players Allegedly Confronted Gambler With Frying Pan
Several University of Florida football players were involved in a bizarre confrontation with a supposed local gambler. According to a Gainesville Police report obtained by First Coast News, tight end C’yontai Lewis, wide receiver Kadarius Toney, defensive tackle Kyree Campbell, wide receiver Tyrie C...
Report: Celtics Assistant Coach Jerome Allen Allegedly Bribed By Accused Medicare Fraudster While At Penn
A Miami Beach business executive charged with running a billion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme allegedly bribed then-Quakers head coach and current Celtics assistant Jerome Allen to get his son admitted to the University of Pennsylvania, according to a new indictment reported by the Miami Herald:...
Urban Meyer Was Aware Of Ohio State Coach's 2009 Domestic Violence Arrest
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer told reporters that he was aware of former receiver coach Zach Smith’s 2009 domestic violence arrest while Smith was working for Meyer as a grad assistant at Florida....
Michigan State Reinstates Linebacker Who Called His Teammate The N-Word<em></em>
Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio confirmed during today’s Big Ten Media Day that linebacker Jon Reschke, who left the program in February 2017, has been reinstated. Reschke, a starter in his 2015 sophomore year who missed most of 2016 due to an injury, apologized at the time of his depart...
Report: Ohio State WR Coach Zach Smith's Ex-Wife Files Domestic Violence Protection Order
The ex-wife of current Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith has filed a domestic violence civil protection order against him following Smith’s arrest for criminal trespassing, according to a report from Brett McMurphy. The filing of the protection order also illuminates past details of Smith’...
Time To Vote In The Only College Football Poll That Believed In Central Florida—The Deadspin 25 Is Back
Polls! You can’t trust ‘em! Don’t believe me? Get a load of this shit, from Big Poll, no less:...
Former Ohio State Wrestlers Sue University For Not Stopping Team Doctor's Sexual Abuse
Four former Ohio State wrestlers sued the university on Monday, claiming the school failed to respond to complaints of sexual harassment and abuse for decades....
Josh Rosen Has A Plan To Fix The NCAA
Former UCLA standout and current Arizona Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen is part of a group that has announced its plan to offer an alternative to the NCAA’s current system of unpaid athlete labor. In its place, the group calls for the creation of a clearinghouse to play middleman, and for athletes...
Former Louisville Players Sue "Morally Bankrupt" NCAA Over Escort Scandal Punishment
Louisville’s statement following the NCAA’s decision, in February, to go forward with vacating the Cardinals’ 2013 national title over the Andre McGee escort scandal said the university would “close this chapter and move forward with a stronger commitment to excellence on and off the court.” It beho...
A College Basketball Insider Is Uniting Mid-Majors To Bust The Big Guys' NCAA Tourney "Cartel"
A mid-major lifer is calling out the NCAA tournament for the cartel system it is. And college basketball’s mid-major conferences aren’t silently nodding their heads anymore....
Steve Sarkisian Lost His Wrongful Termination Suit Against USC
Current Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator and former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian has lost his $30 million lawsuit against his old employer, which he filed in December 2015 after USC fired him for the public problems caused by his alcoholism. While coaching at USC, Sarkisian got drunk and yel...
Ex-Ohio State Wrestlers: Entire Program Was Toxic While Jim Jordan Was There<em></em>
More former Ohio State wrestlers and coaches are speaking out about the culture of the team when they were on it with Rep. Jim Jordan, an assistant coach there from 1986 to 1994. On Thursday, a fifth ex-wrestler, former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Coleman, told the Wall Street Journal that there w...
Report: Maryland Hit With Two Subpoenas Over FBI Investigation Into College Basketball
Maryland has responded to a pair of subpoenas issued by a New York grand jury in relation to the FBI’s ongoing investigation of college basketball recruiting. The Terrapins announced the information to the Associated Press and Yahoo Sports, among other media outlets, on Friday, offering the followin...
Of Course Donald Trump Is Defending Jim Jordan Amid The Ohio State Sex Abuse Scandal
Earlier today, a fourth former Ohio State wrestler said that Rep. Jim Jordan knew about sexual abuse being done by a team doctor during the 1990s, when Jordan was an assistant coach with the team. Hours later, President Donald Trump—who himself once bragged on tape that he could grab women by the p...
Powerful Congressman Jim Jordan Accused Of Knowing About Sexual Abuse As Ohio State Wrestling Coach
In April, Ohio State University announced that they were conducting an investigation into allegations that former Ohio State wrestling team doctor Richard Strauss had sexually abused male OSU athletes over his 20-year run with the team. Several former wrestlers accused Strauss of molesting them and ...
Dayton Moore Is Being An Idiot
The tell is how little Dayton Moore is trying. The Royals’ general manager could point to the statistics that show Luke Heimlich is highly unlikely to reoffend. He could go into detail about how sex-offender registries and similar banishments don’t work, especially for juvenile offenders. He could e...
Oregon State Parlays Dropped Pop Fly Into Two-Out Ninth Inning Comeback In College World Series
Arkansas was just a lazy pop fly away from winning the College World Series. With Oregon State down 3-2 and facing their final out in the ninth inning of Game 2 on Wednesday night, a foul ball from Cadyn Grenier seemingly gifted them the end of the game. Then, three different Razorback fielders just...
Court Docs: Ex-Baylor A.D. Says Everyone Was In On The Sexual-Assault Coverup
Before addressing the latest revelation of horrifying details about the years Baylor spent covering up sexual assault, it is worth first noting the source. Former athletic director Ian McCaw was one of the first people to leave when the story became national news, and then landed at Liberty Universi...