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18 holes with … Tim Beckman
Tim Beckman faced a dilemma on the 14th hole at Olympia Fields' North Course: lay up or try to fly it 160 yards from the right rough to clear the scrub area. "You know me," the Illinois football coach said. "I'm not going to play it dang short." At...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Iowa Hawkeyes, The Players Championship, Big Ten Conference, PGA Tour
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SEC football needs to shed FCS cupcakes, schedule tougher nonconference games
The Southeastern Conference needs to go on a diet. Forget the cabbage. Put away the watermelon. Leave the grapefruit for the health nuts. What the SEC needs to avoid is the cupcakes. Not the sugary sweet ones that you find next to the deli at the...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Google Inc., South Carolina Gamecocks, Football, College Baseball
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Half-Baked Jake Rocks The Vote, Hall And Heisman
The Hartford CourantHalf-baked Jake is back in all his half-bakedness … News: The steroid-dripping Baseball Hall of Fame ballots are distributed. Views: After leaving the box unchecked twice, I'm voting for Killingworth's Jeff Bagwell. My fuller view of one of the...Tags: Charlie Manuel, Boston Red Sox, Collin Klein, David Ross, Football
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Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games
ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...
Tags: Iowa Hawkeyes, Politics, Football, ESPNU (tv network), Auburn Tigers
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Tucker known for getting most out of available talent
MOBILE, Ala. — "Relentless equals high velocity, nonstop." That coaching slogan sure sounds like it could have come out of the Rod Marinelli book of wisdom. But it didn't. It is the motto of the new Bears defensive coordinator, not the old....Tags: Jacksonville Jaguars, Football, Rod Marinelli, Chicago Bears, National Football League
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Stanford-Wisconsin not exactly a matchup made in Rose Bowl heaven
The Rose Bowl pregame weather has been about as crummy as the seven combined losses for Stanford and Wisconsin. It's never good to make Dick Butkus, who made the game-clinching interception for Illinois in the 1964 game, slog through drenching rain...
Tags: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Pacific-12 Conference, Greco Roman, Big Ten Conference, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Stanford marches, or plods, past Wisconsin to end Rose Bowl drought
Some people probably think quarterback Jim Plunkett led Stanford to its last Rose Bowl victory. It's understandable if memories are foggy, because it's been that long. It was actually Don Bunce, backed by the "Thunderchickens" defense, back in 1972....
Tags: Andrew Luck, Sports, Football, College Football, Wisconsin Badgers
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Wisconsin hits frustration trifecta in Rose Bowl
The Wisconsin Badgers slinked out of Pasadena again Tuesday, defeated for the third straight year in the Rose Bowl. The good news was, by now, they certainly know the backroads out of town. There was distinction in their 20-14 loss, but not the sort for...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference, Football, USC Trojans, Oregon Ducks
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So Wisconsin's Curt Phillips doesn't throw much — he can manage
Curt Phillips was asked Thursday, by the only reporter interviewing him, how far he could walk outside his downtown hotel without being recognized. "The whole way," Phillips joked. San Diego? San Francisco? Las Vegas? "Wherever you want me to...
Tags: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Maryland Terrapins, Big Ten Conference, Football, Michigan Wolverines
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Coaching at Rose Bowl never gets old for Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez
Barry Alvarez had trouble adjusting his chair at Saturday's Rose Bowl media day but eventually settled in without even spilling his coffee. Alvarez said no other adjustments would be necessary. "This has been easy," he said. "Just give me a whistle. I...Tags: Washington Huskies, World War II (1939-1945), Sports, Football, Mike Taylor
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Bowl games 2012-13 TV schedule
Channel Guide MagazineCollege football bowl games 2012-13 TV schedule begins with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl Dec. 15 and ends with the BCS National Championship Jan. 7. The Gildan New Mexico Bowl between Nevada and Arizona Dec. 15 at 1pm ET on ESPN won’t be the most... -
Did the Big Ten really fear Penn State might leave?
Nittany LinesThis likely will draw sharp reactions from Penn State fans who remain less than thrilled with the Big Ten. Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said Friday that the Big Ten added Maryland and Rutgers, in part, to ensure that Penn......
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