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Lawyer: Three Purdue Football Players Expelled After University's Sexual Assault Investigation
The lawyer representing the family of an alleged victim in the Purdue football sexual assault case has announced that three of the football players involved have been dismissed from the team and expelled....
Purdue's Caleb Swanigan Is Great, But Lamar Stevens Dunked All Over Him
Purdue escaped State College on Tuesday night largely unscathed, claiming a 74-70 overtime win against Penn State; star forward Caleb Swanigan wasn’t so lucky....
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Four Purdue Football Players Accused Of Sexual Assault [UPDATE]
Four Purdue football players have been accused of sexual assault by two female students and have been suspended from the team, lawyers for the two women announced today. ...
UALR Forces Overtime With Late Three-Pointer
Arkansas-Little Rock erased a late fourteen-point deficit in forcing overtime against fifth-seeded Purdue when Josh Hagins hit a three-pointer with five seconds remaining in regulation. Purdue, perhaps shocked by the play, then completely botched their buzzer-beater attempt—sending us to overtime....
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Cincy's Octavius Ellis Ejected For Forearm Shiver, Cries As He Leaves
Cincinnati is locked in a tight battle with Purdue for the right to play (presumably) Kentucky in the next round, but their task just got a lot harder after forward Octavius Ellis was given a flagrant two and ejected for the forearm shiver above. He seemed to regret his excessively violent boxing ou...
Purdue's Rapheal Davis Dives For Loose Ball, Takes Out Gregg Doyel
Purdue guard Rapheal Davis jumped into press row for a loose basketball during today's game against Penn State, and ended up knocking over a bunch of electronics and Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star. Everyone was fine, so if you want to guiltlessly enjoy Doyel falling on his ass, here you go....
Jon Octeus Dunks The Hell All Over Indiana
Senior Purdue guard Jon Octeus sparked a big Boilermakers run with this towering dunk over 6'7" Collin Hartman on a play that drew all the energy out of Assembly Hall—save for ESPN's ecstatic broadcasters....
Michigan State Suplexed Purdue's Akeem Hunt Right Onto His Head
Oh, man, that's an ugly botch. (Commentators noted it could have been called a personal foul.)...
Gay Former Football Player Says He Had Six Or Seven Gay-Ish Teammates
Philly Mag has an insightful look at the post-football life of Dorien Bryant, the first (almost) openly gay NFL player. The story is worth your time, if only because Bryant doesn't shy away from speaking his mind or gossiping....
Purdue Pride Proves There's No Such Thing As Purdue Shame
Boiler Up! And then never speak of this again....
Northwestern Has Fired Bill Carmody After 13 Years Of Decent-By-Northwestern-Standards Basketball
In 13 seasons as the head coach at Northwestern University, an alleged Big Ten basketball program, Bill Carmody’s signature moment might’ve been getting hired in the first place. And that, presumably, is why the school fired him today. Cracker-box facilities, lack of tradition, and academic pressure...
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves In 2012? (Besides USC, Iowa, And The Tom Selleck Impersonator At Boston College)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...
College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves Over The Holiday Weekend (Besides Indiana)?
Our weekly college football shame index. ...
Purdue Intramural Quarterback Throws 30-Yard Touchdown Pass ... Behind His Back
If you're going to attempt a pass like that, there's no better time to try than when you're quarterbacking a flag football game in college, when you can always count on the defense to just sort of stand around and watch. That said, I'll bet Curtis Painter couldn't make that throw....
Is This Petition The Beginning Of An Athlete Revolt Against The NCAA?
More than 300 football and men's basketball players from major, Division I NCAA programs have added their names to a petition drawn up and circulated by the National College Players Association (NCPA), which is headed by a former UCLA linebacker named Ramogi Hamu. The NCPA solicited player support f...
Semin Leads The Capitals To Sweet, Sweaty Extended-Time Victory
Your morning roundup for April 14, the day San Dimas High School football no longer rules in the eyes of the Chinese government....
Purdue Is Sorry They Blamed Cheap Purdue Donors For Matt Painter’s Possible Departure
A day after sending out a letter that more or less blamed its boosters for men's basketball coach Matt Painter's meeting with Missouri officials, the Purdue athletic department sent out a hasty (or, as tipster and proud Mackey Challenge donor BigTenObsession calls it, "weaksauce") apology to its mai...