Over at my other sportswriting site, CollegeSpun, I wrote an article about the impact the dead girlfriend story had on how Manti Te'o was portrayed in the media and his campaign for the Heisman,...
I think this case is going to be interesting. Former UCLA player Reeves Nelson is suing Sports Illustrated for $10 million, citing defamation, false light and intentional infliction of emotional...
The NCAA handed out their sanctions to Ohio State today. The summary version: Nine scholarship reduction over 3 years One year bowl ban Five year show-cause penalty for Jim Tressel. The...
[The original title of this was going to be "Shit Tyrone Get It Together" but then Paragon asked me to main-page it, and SBN doesn't like the filth-flarn-filth in headlines...] I was working...
Interesting comments from Frank Beamer on the radio... On the NFL upholding the five-game suspension leveled to Terrelle Pryor at Ohio State: "I appreciate the NFL working with the colleges to …...
The CFB world won't let this go easily so here are a few more takes on this situation... Bruce Feldman's Suspension, ESPN, And An Order For Watermelons All Around - SBNation.comBruce Feldman's...
This is an odd one to me. But ESPN has suspended Bruce Feldman indefinitely for his involvement with Mike Leach's book Swing your Sword. Doria, Hoenig and Stiegman informed Feldman today that he...
For the life of me I cannot understand why Lonnie White decided to come clean about his taking money when he was a player from 1982-1986. Why Now? What purpose does this soul cleansing serve? And d...
Just some random thoughts thoughts on last nights game... First, this is from Bill Plaschke... Ending what might have been the most exciting college football season in history, Auburn finished...
At first glance, Lane Kiffin calls to mind a first-year head football coach: a near-500 record, an effort to make peace with athletic administrators and an emphasis on the future, you know, better...
The name, Tim Floyd, doesn't resonate the way it once did on Jefferson and Figueroa. Not that it ever resonated much to begin with, but at the very least, it did elicit some positive feelings....
I've been relatively hesitant to comment on the death of Notre Dame football videographer Declan Sullivan, who died last week when a hydraulic scissor lift collapsed near the school's practice...
Under new president C.L. Max Nikias, who will be inaugurated tomorrow, and new athletic director Pat Haden, USC is going through a culture change. That's not a new concept. From the closed...
I get it. I really do. Hype sells. It sells jerseys, newspaper clipping, and newly minted baseball cards. And because it sells so well, we now have a sports culture that thrives upon hype -...
Maybe it's time I stop trying to understand how athletes think. Before LeBron infamously declared that he was taking his "talents" to South Beach, I told anybody that would listen that there was no...
Joey Kaufman of Conquest Chronicles discusses the increase in maturity on behalf of the Trojans' new head coach - Lane Kiffin. This report comes live from Pac-10 Media Day at the Rose Bowl.
In many ways, Kevin O'Neill has always been on the hot seat at USC. When hired by Mike Garrett just over a year ago, it's safe to say that O'Neill was never thought of as the long term replacement...
Despite graduating from USC with a Ph.D in Chemistry during the late 50s and being a prominent figure in Los Angeles, Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss typically stays out of the limelight when it comes...
You have to laugh at South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier. As we all know Spurrier has a habit of opening his mouth and inserting a shoe store. One of his more famous gaffes was after he left the...
It's been speculated for some time now that Mike Garrett could be nearing the end of his 17-year run as head of the USC athletic department. But ever since the NCAA released a 67-page report in...
Lost in all the talk of the modern day death penalty handed down in the NCAA's report, is that there is no mention of Tim Floyd's alleged $1000 pay off to Rodney Guillory. You know, the pay off...
We have noted here in the past that 'SC's lack of PR on all of this could be a real problem for USC when the NCAA's announcement was made. Turns out not only were we right but we aren't the only...
Lots of chatter out there on what think USC should or plans to do once they have the appeal out of the way. Regardless of the outcome. Suing those who were at the root of this mess is not out...
There has been a lot of chatter on the boards about Taylor Mays not being picked by Pete Carroll let alone being picked at all in the first round of last nights opening act of the 2010 NFL Draft. F...
As many of you have already heard, Oregon's Mike Bellotti resigned from his post as athletic director to take on a job as a college football analyst with ESPN. And you can't really blame the guy....
