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Chip Kelly will lend creativity to a stale NFL
Chip Kelly's about-face decision to accept the Philadelphia Eagles job immediately makes the National Football League more interesting and college football less interesting. This is different from Nick Saban leaving Alabama for the pros, where he...Tags: Oregon Ducks, NFC East, Rose Bowl Game, LaMichael James, College Football
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In keeping Carmody, NU did wrong thing for right reason
Every revolution starts with a single shot. Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips fired one Thursday without realizing it. Phillips did more than recommit to coach Bill Carmody for a 13th season. He renewed Northwestern's vow to interpret...
Tags: Bill Carmody, Northwestern Wildcats, Big Ten Conference, College Sports, College Football
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Orlando should be hosting Super Bowl at the new ESPN Disney Dome
The announcement came this past week that Orlando will bring the ArenaBowl to the Amway Center later this year, and that is certainly good news and positive exposure for our city. But we could be and should be so much more. With all due respect to the...
Tags: Super Bowl, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, Teresa Jacobs, College Football
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There's one sure Super Bowl bet: Spectacle will give way to sadness
Bums me out that San Francisco stands poised to be a world champion in yet another sport. I was up there recently and it seemed to be mostly falling down. There are no right angles in that decaying city, and termites eat better than the tourists....
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Manti Te'o, Alex Smith, Colin Kaepernick, Ray Lewis
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Hurdles remain for college football playoff
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Bowl Championship Series officials trimmed the fat Thursday. Off the table are playoff proposals that were absurd (the Rose Bowl as part of three semifinal games), would have harmed the regular season (eight- and 16-teamers) or...
Tags: Southeastern Conference, Super Bowl, Oregon Ducks, LSU Tigers, Rose Bowl Game
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'Avatar' star Sam Worthington coming to Chicago, 'Shameless' ratings up, Wu-Tang members dine at Joe's
“Avatar” and “Clash of the Titans” star Sam Worthington will visit Chicago on Wednesday to promote his upcoming heist thriller “Man on a Ledge.” The 35-year-old actor will meet with media to discuss “Man on a...Tags: Theft, Fred Armisen, Theo Epstein, New York Yankees, American Idol (tv program)
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Football recruiting | Ole Miss offers Garrett; Weishar enjoys Michigan visit
Plainfield South junior outside linebacker Clifton Garrett made an unofficial visit to Ole Miss over the weekend. The Rebels are looking to add another prospect from Illinois after landing Crete-Monee's Anthony Standifer (2012) and Laquon Treadwell...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Wisconsin Badgers, College Sports, Big Ten Conference, College Football
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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: Southeastern Conference, LSU Tigers, Sun Belt Conference, Rose Bowl Game, Big Ten Conference
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SEC swipes at Big Ten undermine spirit of compromise
Their teams have won six straight national championships. So Southeastern Conference football coaches and presidents have earned the right to be a little chirpy. But some of the blather coming from last week's SEC meetings in Destin, Fla., stunk worse...
Tags: Auburn Tigers, Southeastern Conference, LSU Tigers, Wisconsin Badgers, College Sports
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College Hockey Star Was Born On Backyard Pond
The Hartford CourantEric Hartzell had a 4 1/2-acre pond in his backyard growing up in Minnesota. His dad, Kevin, would wake up on frigid Saturday mornings, look out the window and there was Eric, skating around by himself, not as a goalie, just skating and skating,...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Program, Hockey (music group), National Hockey League, Ice Hockey
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Manti Te'o hoax never should have gotten this far
This country's most inspirational sportsman is exposed as a cheat. Two of the greatest players in baseball history are denied entry into the Hall of Fame because they are cheats. The NFL spends the first three weeks of the season using fake referees. A...
Tags: Leukemia, Periodicals, Heisman Trophy, CBS Corp., Manti Te'o
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A Depressing Loss To The Usually Hapless Bulls
The Hartford CourantTwo years ago, with Dave Teggart holding his hands aloft in the grandest of poses, this had been the scene of the greatest moment in the history of UConn football. Randy Edsall led his program to the threshold of a BCS bowl and Teggart punched the ticket...Tags: Pittsburgh Panthers, South Florida Bulls, Connecticut Huskies, College Sports, Louisville Cardinals
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