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Hugh Freeze Resigns After Reportedly Calling Escorts From Ole Miss Phone
After spending more than a year under investigation for NCAA violations, Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze has resigned....
How Did Things Get So Bad For Texas's Power Five Teams?
For the most part, the first couple Big 12 media day sessions wrapped up without any cause for concern—the coaches largely avoided mansplaining or rambling on about fake families, and the second-most contentious question of the day focused on whether Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury is no longe...
Hugh Freeze Didn't Have Much To Say About Houston Nutt's Lawsuit
Just 24 hours after a lawsuit filed by former Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt took over the college football news cycle, current Rebels coach Hugh Freeze faced reporters at SEC Media Days. ...
Houston Nutt Sues Ole Miss, Claiming School Lied To Reporters In Order To Smear Him
Former Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt filed a lawsuit against the school Wednesday, claiming it broke the terms of his 2011 severance agreement when football officials attempted to pin the majority of the Rebels’ recent NCAA violations on the 59-year-old CBS analyst....
Texas Commit Mohamed Bamba Cleared To Play By NCAA Despite Brother's Smear Campaign
Two weeks ago, Ibrahim Johnson, the older brother of five-star Texas basketball commit Mohamed Bamba, brashly played his hand, releasing a 22-minute rant that seemingly trashed Bamba’s reputation and jeopardized his college eligibility. While entertaining, the effort turned out to be as fruitless as...
Penn State Sues Former Defensive Coordinator For $891,856 Over Breach Of Contract<em></em>
Penn State is suing former defensive coordinator Bob Shoop for $891,856, claiming he breached his contract by not paying the school back after he resigned to take an SEC gig a year ago....
Ohio State Basketball Looks Dangerously Thin, And That's Just Fine
Barring a miracle, Chris Holtmann’s first year as the Ohio State men’s basketball coach is all but guaranteed to be a rough one....
Report: Then-Baylor Regent Calls Female Students "Perverted Little Tarts" For Drinking
The Waco Tribune-Herald has a report detailing the contents of emails included among documents filed in one of the six ongoing Title IX lawsuits against Baylor University. The emails are from then-University Regent Neal “Buddy” Jones, and they’re really, really ugly....
The NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship Is Becoming A TV-Friendly Event
The NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee just announced that it’s changing the format for the national championships to make it more hospitable for TV broadcast. Who knew that NCAA sports had anything to do with money?...
Texas Commit's Jaded Brother Sells Him Out To NCAA
Ibrahim Johnson, brother of five-star Texas commit Mohamed Bamba, posted a 22-minute Facebook Live video on Monday in which he repeated the phrase “long story short” at least a dozen times and claimed Bamba received, amongst other things, shoes, vacations, dental work, a television, a $200-per-week ...
Report: Michigan WR Grant Perry Cuts Plea Deal, Gets Sexual Assault Charges Dropped
Michigan receiver Grant Perry pleaded guilty to one count of resisting a police officer and one misdemeanor count of assault and battery Wednesday, according to the Lansing State Journal. ...
Police: Pellet-Gun-Wielding Vanderbilt Players Shot While Trying To Retrieve Stolen Cell Phone
Two Vanderbilt players were shot Monday night while attempting to help a teammate retrieve his cell phone, which had been stolen hours earlier. Both players are expected to recover from their injuries; the phone, as of now, remains stolen....
Utah, BYU To Resume Rivalry After Sucker Punch Forces First Break Since 1944
Only two things can stop the Utah-BYU college basketball rivalry: The most destructive war humanity’s ever witnessed, and a pasty guard sucker-punching another guard in garbage time. ...
Baylor Lawyers Reveal NCAA Investigation In Court Filing
The NCAA is currently conducting an investigation of Baylor in regards to its football program’s recent sexual assault scandal, according to a recent legal filing from university lawyers....
Every College Basketball Coach In The Midwest Is Trading Jobs
In news that hits hard in the Michigan basketball world but barely registers as a blip anywhere else, Wolverines assistant coach Billy Donlon (not Billy Donovan) has taken his talents to Northwestern, taking over a similar position with a longtime friend, head coach Chris Collins. Donlon’s departure...
Police: Mizzou Employee Causes $100,000 In Damages While Joyriding Through Basketball Arena
A 23-year-old (presumably former) University of Missouri employee drove his Volkswagen Passat through a gate outside Mizzou Arena early Sunday morning. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the driver then somehow managed to steer said car onto the basketball court inside the arena, causing roug...
Larry Nassar To Stand Trial For Sexual Assault Charges Brought By Six Gymnasts
A Michigan judge ruled Friday that Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor facing dozens of allegations of sexual assault from former patients spanning the past two decades, will stand trial for 12 counts of criminal sexual conduct....
Rick Pitino's Campaign Against NCAA Sanctions Is A Shameless, Repetitive Mess
Kentucky Sports Radio published a two-page letter sent to Louisville fans and donors from Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino Wednesday, in which the embattled coach (yet again) invoked 9/11, Bernie Madoff, and his infamous Italian restaurant sexcapade in an attempt to convince Louisville donors and fa...
Oregon's Kavell Bigby-Williams Played All Season Under Criminal Investigation For Sexual Assault
Former Oregon Ducks forward Kavell Bigby-Williams played the entirety of the 2016-17 season while under criminal investigation for sexual assault....
Report: Lane Kiffin Was Famously Chewed Out By Nick Saban For Calling His Players "Dumb"
Phil Savage may have been a lousy NFL general manager—the former Browns GM traded up for Brady Quinn and replied to a fan email with “Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you,”—but he does have some pretty good Lane Kiffin goss. ...