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Tubby Smith Fired and What It Means for Jerry Kill

The Minnesota Golden Gophers athletic department fired men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith on Monday, following his team’s NCAA tournament Round of 32 loss to the Florida Gators. Smith leaves…Read More

Johnny Manziel Tweets Marshall Henderson “Keep Hoopin’”

  Texas A&M Aggies quarterback and 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel tweets Marshall Henderson some advice on Saturday: .@nativeflash22 Keep hoopin and don’t listen all the…Read More

NCAA Tournament Teams Without Football Programs

Much of what makes the NCAA tournament great, particularly its raucous opening weekend, are the teams who exist beyond the spotlight getting a shot at recognizable powerhouses. Football fans checking…Read More

Former Penn State QB Paul Jones Celebrates Robert Morris NIT Upset of Kentucky

So the moniker “March Madness” is reserved for the NCAA tournament, but the first upset of this postseason occurred in the NIT — and it was truly mad. The Northeast Conference’s…Read More

UNC Football: Tar Heels Reportedly Offered To Join Big Ten, Virginia Might Be Next

The Big Ten has undergone quite the expansion in the past few months, and have now added North Carolina to the list of schools it wants to bring aboard. According to Jeff Ermann of 247Sports.com’s…Read More

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Nerlens Noel, Marcus Lattimore & Jadeveon Clowney: The Pro Age Limit Debate

Kentucky basketball center Nerlens Noel suffered an injury on Tuesday night, revealed to be an ACL tear…Read More

ACC Week: One Big Question for Virginia Tech, Can Logan Thomas Lead Hokies to Promised Land?

Since joining the ACC in the 2004 season, Virginia Tech has been the conference’s standard bearer.…Read More

A Simple Solution for the College Football Playoff Problem

All indications point to a four-team playoff coming to college football. So how does a format with four…Read More

Money, Drugs and Abuse of Power: An NCAA Story

No, this is not a pitch for a salacious premium cable program, though it very well could be. A more…Read More

Craig James Returns To Help Fill Out Your Bracket

Hoo, boy! It’s springtime once again in the greatest country on Earth, the Republic of Texas the…Read More

Kvetch Like A Champion: Selection Sunday, GOP Primaries And BCS

Selection Sunday is that one day a year when, for a fleeting moment, the Bowl Championship Series doesn’t…Read More

CAA Lands on NBC Sports and How FBS Restructuring Impacts FCS

The recent success of the Colonial Athletic Association is well known among Championship Subdivision…Read More

Denard Robinson at the Michigan Basketball Game

Yet another reason college football > professional: a star quarterback bouncing around alongside other…Read More

Bowl Year’s Day Live Blog

NOTE: time stamps are PST. New Year’s Day Observed brings with it the full slate of Jan. 1 bowl…Read More

Joe Paterno Retirement Latest in Long Line of Unfitting Coaching Exits

Joe Paterno’s announcement he would step down after nearly five decades as Penn State’s head…Read More

Links at Lunch: On Losing, Winning, and Perspective

Oregon’s 56-31 undressing of Arizona Saturday night in Tucson was a huge sigh of relief for the…Read More