New York Times:
Josh Pastner’s program has lost four starters to graduation and two more to the N.B.A. And the No. 1-rated recruiting class went elsewhere.
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New York Times:
The McCourty twins, Devin and Jason, have always played football together, but not this year. Jason has moved on to the Tennessee Titans.
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:
Some more links as the weekend begins... Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that the Marlins, Royals, Tigers and Reds are currently baseball's most active sellers.The Astros signed minor league free agent Jose Valdez, according to (Read More)
New York Times:
The Michigan Wolverines, who play rival Ohio State on Saturday, are 1-6 in the Big Ten and could have their first two consecutive losing seasons since 1963. (Read More)
Officialsportsbetting.com:
Bob Knight is returning to Indiana after all. The former Hoosiers coach will speak at a Dec. 17 fundraiser in Indianapolis to benefit the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. The event comes less than six weeks after Knight misse (Read More)
New York Times:
The Orange showed off its potential Thursday night, upending No. 13 California at the Garden in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic.
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Jay Johnstone was a career .303 left-handed hitter during his 5 seasons in Philadelphia. In total, he played 20 years in the majors for the Phillies, Dodgers, Yankees, Angels, Cubs, White Sox, Padres and Athletics batting .26 (Read More)
New York Times:
Uga VII, the white English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia’s football team for almost two seasons, died of heart-related causes, the dog’s owner said.
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New York Times:
By 95-73, the Orange routed the Bears, who with four seniors starters were a preseason choice to win the Pac-10 championship.
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New York Times:
One of the most public and controversial cases of sex verification in sports has apparently been resolved, but the results may never be made known to the public.
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CNN:
The widely anticipated results of gender tests conducted on South African runner Caster Semenya will not be made public, the country's sports ministry announced Thursday. Regardless of the outcome of the results, Semenya will (Read More)
Reuters: Sports News:
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 meters world title, the country's sports ministry said Thursday. (Read More)
New York Times:
The International Association of Athletics Federations has agreed that South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800 metres world title.
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New York Times:
Toby Gerhart, a senior tailback who is also a professional baseball prospect, has stiff-armed convention, critics and convenience while insinuating himself into the Heisman conversation.
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New York Times:
The University of Memphis refused on Wednesday to release the N.C.A.A.’s response to its appeal of a ruling that vacated the 2007-8 men’s basketball season.
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New York Times:
Students ejected from Minnesota home games for alcohol-related disturbances must meet with a counselor and submit to game-day breath analysis.
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:
Billy Beane indicated that the A's will not pursue free agents with whatever money they have available, and instead will look to the trade market to fill any openings, according to MLB.com's Mychael Urban."We're going to look (Read More)
Submitted by terripatraw
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I found this October 30, 2009 ESPN article about a student-athlete lying to the NCAA most interesting.Here are some important comments in the article from Stacey Osburn of the NCAA:"Our members have clearly spoken on the impo (Read More)
Submitted by terripatraw
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A year and four months ago we submitted our petition summon a grand jury on public corruption at the University of Nevada, Reno, to the District Court. NRS 6.130 says that this shall be decided by a District Court judge in f (Read More)