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Sports in 2012: here are some Monitor highlights
It’s impossible to list all the records set in 2012, but here’s a short rundown of some heralded highlights, plus 20 of our favorites, including some you might have missed.
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Larry Bird: 10 quotes on his birthday
On his 56th birthday, here are 10 quotes from the basketball player.
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NFL 2012: a banner year for rookie quarterbacks
Encouraged by the success of Carolina’s Cam Newton and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton last season, five teams hand the offensive controls to five players fresh out of the college ranks.
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Penn State football: A dozen questions as the post-Paterno era begins
This year will be the most closely watched football season in the history of Penn State. The post-Paterno era comes with many questions. Here are 12.
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Olympic moms: 13 mothers compete for Team USA
The “Celebrating Moms” series of commercials by Proctor & Gamble during Olympic coverage is a tear-jerking ode to sacrifices mothers make to support their kids’ athletic careers. But what about athletes who are mothers, themselves?
Elite athlete moms have the same run-of-the-mill work/life balance as the rest of us. But these 13 Olympic moms do put parenting – both its challenges and rewards – in a new perspective.
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Horizons
March Madness online: A technophile's guide to watching NCAA basketballMarch Madness apps abound. We sort through some of the best.
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Jim Tressel fiasco: Selling NCAA memorabilia? Wait.
Jim Tressel and six Ohio State players were tripped up by the NCAA's time-sensitive memorabilia rules. It's only illegal to sell it if players are still in school.
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Jim Tressel suspended after Ohio State football memorabilia sales
Jim Tressel has been suspended from Ohio State after the university learned that Tressel, the football team's head coach, had withheld information about players violating NCAA rules and continuing to let them play. Jim Tressel issued an apology.
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The land the Super Bowl forgot: Is L.A. in line for a $1 billion stadium?
One company has vowed to build a $1 billion stadium to help L.A. entice the Super Bowl, the Final Four, and an NFL team. But there are skeptics as well as cheerleaders.
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Death to the BCS
Three sportswriters call for sacking the Bowl Championship Series and replacing it with a true playoff.
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In Pictures: NFL draft 2011 prospects
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Will Stanford end UConn’s women’s basketball winning streak? Hmmmm.
UConn's women's basketball team has broken the NCAA winning streak record, even beating out UCLA's men's team, but Stanford may give them a run for their money tonight.
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UConn women's basketball team tops UCLA men's record
The UConn women's basketball team have topped the UCLA men's basketball team's 88-game winning steak by winning 89 straight games.
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Chapter & Verse
12 surprising things I learned from “The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History”As a sports chronicle, “The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History” is not your father’s Oldsmobile.
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Cam Newton, despite dad's dealings, cleared by NCAA to play in SEC championship game Saturday
Cam Newton has been declared eligible to play in the SEC title game this weekend in Atlanta. The NCAA ruled on Newton's status after declaring his father did shop the junior college quarterback to another school.
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In Pictures: Heisman hopefuls
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The Sports Economist
Big sporting events hurt productivity? No!We don't live to work. Play is important.
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In Pictures: Football fanatics
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Growthology
Football economics: It's time to dis-incentivize sports injuriesIn the wake of paralyzing injury to a Rutgers student, and mounting evidence of permanent brain damage in many others, it's time for new approach to sports injuries: all-fault insurance.
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Vox News
Obama on 'MythBusters': Will he get to blow something up?With President Obama on Mythbusters in December, the show will revisit a popular myth about the 'Archimedes death ray.'
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Classic review: The Only Game in Town
A sparkling, eclectic collection of sports profiles from the pages of the New Yorker.
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Chapter & Verse
Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns,” on "the biggest underreported story of the 20th century"Why did 6 million US blacks leave their homes? Author Isabel Wilkerson talks about "the Great Migration" and how it reshaped the US.
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The Sports Economist
NCAA contract negotiations: a rough-and-tumble sport of its ownInk and dollars flow as leagues shift, new coaches get hired, coaches sue for not being hired... An update on new contracts in NCAA sports.
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The Sports Economist
Ethical and legal implications of NCAA rule-breakingSome states have codified sports-league rules such that violating the league rules now has criminal penalties. Should more states and more sports follow this trend?
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Reggie Bush injury Monday night could keep him on sidelines for six weeks
Reggie Bush of the Saints broke his leg in New Orleans' victory over the 49ers Monday night. The Saints will miss the pass catching, running and punt return abilities of Reggie Bush for the next six weeks.
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Reggie Bush says he's giving back his Heisman Trophy
Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy as college football's best player in 2005. Now, following NCAA sanctions leveled against the USC football program, Reggie Bush is forfeiting the Heisman Trophy.
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Reggie Bush to be stripped of 2005 Heisman Trophy, says report
Reggie Bush will have his Heisman Trophy taken back, according to a Yahoo Sports report Tuesday. Reggie Bush helped lead USC to a pair of national championship games. Reggie Bush is currently a member of the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.
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Horizons
Madden 11 review roundupMadden 11 review scores suggest this year's football title is good – yet still not perfect.
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Cheerleading doesn't count as a real sport, judge rules
Universities cannot use competitive cheerleading in their efforts to achieve gender balance in athletics and comply with Title IX, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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