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Big 12 stabilizes after yearlong conference realignment drama
The Big 12 Conference survived a tumultuous conference realignment situation in 2011. Barely. The conference, already unstable from Colorado and Nebraska’s June departures, was shaken again when the Southeastern Conference extended an official invitation for membership to Texas A&M in August.
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Column: Seau’s death shows real danger in NFL bounty programs
The NFL made big news Wednesday when it levied suspensions against four players who were involved in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty program which rewarded players for big hits that injured opponents.
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Oklahoma offensive lineman Austin Woods diagnosed with lymphoma
Oklahoma sophomore offensive lineman Austin Woods now has bigger things to worry about than blocking assignments and preseason workouts. Woods, a 2011 Academic All-Big 12 selection, is battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of lymph tissue.
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Notre Dame QB Rees, LB Calabrese arrested early Thursday morning
Irish junior quarterback Tommy Rees and senior linebacker Carlo Calabrese were arrested early Thursday morning by the South Bend Police Department, St. Joseph County police spokesperson Sgt. Bill Redman said.
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Four-team college football playoff system on the horizon
The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision is steadily progressing toward a four-team playoff system to crown a national champion.
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Maroon and White game displays Texas A&M’s strengths, weaknesses
The White team — offense — nipped the Maroon team — defense — 48-44 as head coach Kevin Sumlin’s Aggie football team trotted onto Kyle Field Saturday for the annual Maroon and White game that marks the end of the spring practice slate.
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LSU’s Claiborne, Brockers go in first 14 selections of NFL Draft
Leading up to the NFL Draft, most experts had former LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne landing in situations of relative familiarity. Would he continue to don the purple and gold as a Minnesota Viking? Or would he follow his defensive backs coach, Ron Cooper, to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
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Luck taken first overall in NFL draft
NEW YORK -- Andrew Luck is heading into his rookie season with big expectations to live up to. The Indianapolis Colts made Luck, a quarterback out of Stanford, the first overall selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, which began Thursday in Radio City Music Hall.
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Mariota stars in Oregon’s spring football game
In the biggest game of spring football season, Chip Kelly barely got to watch his own team. He was busy throughout the abbreviated scrimmage, roaming from sideline to sideline and being interviewed via headset by ESPN broadcasters up in the press box.