Topic: College Football
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NFL draft: 5 reasons it is must-see TV
All the hullabaloo surrounding the NFL draft can be a bit baffling to the uninitiated. Commissioner Roger Goodell just walks onstage, calls a name, and then shakes a hand. Hardly gripping stuff. But here are five reasons it is such a big draw:
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The Monitor's 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame picks
The Christian Science Monitor has taken a hard look at the 17 nominees for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and picked seven men who would get our vote.
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Walter Payton: 10 things I learned from his new biography
From the new biography 'Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton' by Jeff Pearlman, here are 10 memorable stories about the football star.
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BCS National Championship Game: It’s Alabama football quiz time!
Alabama and Louisiana State go at it tonight with everything on the line in the New Orleans Superdome. Each team has multiple national titles and a rich football tradition. LSU prevailed in a regular-season matchup, 9-6, in overtime in a score that reflects just how evenly matched these teams are. While waiting for the kickoff, test your knowledge of Alabama’s football tradition, then link to the corresponding LSU quiz(http://bit.ly/ytNweR) to test your grasp of the Bayou Bengals’ gridiron history.
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BCS National Championship Game: It's LSU football quiz time!
Alabama and Louisiana State go at it tonight with everything on the line in the New Orleans Superdome. Each team has multiple national titles and a rich football tradition. LSU prevailed in a regular-season matchup, 9-6, in overtime in a score that reflects just how evenly matched these teams are. While waiting for the kickoff, test your knowledge of LSU's football tradition, then link to the corresponding Alabama quiz(http://bit.ly/xjMktO) to test your grasp of the Crimson Tide's gridiron history.
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Miami Dolphins on ‘Hard Knocks’ is shrewd business
Miami Dolphins training camp will be featured in the documentary series 'Hard Knocks' for its upcoming season. While some teams declined offers to appear on the HBO show, 'Hard Knocks' is a good fit for for a Miami Dolphins team struggling with falling ticket sales and a decade of football irrelevance.
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Modern Parenthood
Tom Brady's dad has big concerns about safety of youth football
Tom Brady's dad says he would be hesitant to let his son play football if he were making the decision today. His concern: the long term physical impacts of the game, even starting at the youth football level.
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NFL draft: 5 reasons it is must-see TV
All the hullabaloo surrounding the NFL draft can be a bit baffling to the uninitiated. Commissioner Roger Goodell just walks onstage, calls a name, and then shakes a hand. Hardly gripping stuff. But here are five reasons it is such a big draw:
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NFL Draft 2012: Watch for quarterbacks in the early rounds
NFL Draft 2012: As in baseball, so in the NFL: You can never have enough good arms. After Andrew Luck, which quarterbacks will get picked early in the NFL draft?
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Cory Booker fire rescue 'very heroic' but very dangerous, fire officials say
Newark Mayor Cory Booker is being hailed as hero for running into a burning building to save a neighbor's daughter. But fire officials say that such actions often end badly.
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Bobby Petrino fired as Arkansas head coach (+video)
Bobby Petrino became head coach of the Arkansas football team five years ago. Now, the school is left to pick up the pieces after Bobby Petrino's multiple missteps.
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Brittney Griner and Baylor women perfect, beat Notre Dame for NCAA title
Brittney Griner has been the dominant player in women's college basketball the past three years. Brittney Griner and her Baylor teammates defeated the Fighting Irish Tuesday night to complete an undefeated season.
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NCAA Final Four: Basketball royalty, but how's their football lineage?
As a general rule, teams that achieve great success on the hardwood can't boast of the same on the gridiron.
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Scientists unravel mystery of humongous squid eyeballs
Living at extreme ocean depths, the colossal squid and its cousin, the giant squid, has unusually large eyes. A group of researchers say they now know what accounts for the animals' huge peepers.
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Why do colossal squids have such colossal eyeballs? (+video)
The colossal squid is thought to have the largest eyes of any animal. A new study suggests that the squids eyes evolved to help them avoid sperm whales.
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NFL bounty payments involved four teams, say media reports
NFL bounty payments were made by the Washington Redskins, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, and New Orleans Saints, according to news reports. Expect legal action, as well as fines, say analysts.
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Do ex-daughter-in-law's allegations change Jerry Sandusky case?
A judge ruled Monday that Jerry Sandusky can receive visits from most of his grandchildren. But a former daughter-in-law said Monday that Sandusky molested one of her children.
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Whitney Houston death: a moment of national mourning, shared on Twitter
Some 2.5 million tweets about the passing of Whitney Houston had filled the digisphere within an hour, making it the most-tweeted breaking-news event in Twitter's history.
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Jerry Sandusky case: Should court let suspected pedophile see grandkids?
Trial is set for May 14 for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach charged with sexual abuse of 10 boys. His bail conditions bar interaction with minors, but he wants the court to let him talk with and see his grandchildren.
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Peyton Manning on the road to recovery?
Peyton Manning has been spotted at Duke University in North Carolina, according to social media reports. The question remains: Can Peyton Manning throw the football?
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Vox News
Clint Eastwood isn't endorsing Obama? How that doesn't detract from the ad.
Hollywood endorsements don't always work, but they can matter, especially if the message is perceived as authentic and the celebrity is respected. Like Clint Eastwood.
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The Monitor's 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame picks
The Christian Science Monitor has taken a hard look at the 17 nominees for enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and picked seven men who would get our vote.
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Walter Payton: 10 things I learned from his new biography
From the new biography 'Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton' by Jeff Pearlman, here are 10 memorable stories about the football star.
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Joe Paterno: Nike's Phil Knight defends Penn State coach at memorial
Nike chairman Phil Knight got a standing ovation for his remarks at Joe Paterno's memorial service. A crowd of 12,000 attended the service at Penn State University.
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Joe Paterno remembered: 'The coach came by to see us?'
A meeting with legendary football coach Joe Paterno the day before a 1996 non-conference game provided a small picture into the man.
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Joe Paterno left a legacy of football records and scandal
Penn State's Joe Paterno, who died Sunday, won more football games than any other major college coach. But his reputation was tarred by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end.
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LSU vs. Alabama goes from hyped rematch to lopsided score
LSU vs. Alabama was the first shutout in the title game since the current bowl-game selection process was instituted in 1998. Alabama won Monday night 21-0.
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LSU crushed by Alabama 21-0 despite ranking
LSU, rated No. 1, loses to Alabama, ranked second, in BCS championship.
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BCS National Championship Game: LSU vs. Alabama in football rematch heaven (+video)
LSU and Alabama will play for all the marbles Monday night in New Orleans. Will the national title game resemble the regular season's first meeting?
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BCS National Championship Game: It’s Alabama football quiz time!
Alabama and Louisiana State go at it tonight with everything on the line in the New Orleans Superdome. Each team has multiple national titles and a rich football tradition. LSU prevailed in a regular-season matchup, 9-6, in overtime in a score that reflects just how evenly matched these teams are. While waiting for the kickoff, test your knowledge of Alabama’s football tradition, then link to the corresponding LSU quiz(http://bit.ly/ytNweR) to test your grasp of the Bayou Bengals’ gridiron history.
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