Jerry Sandusky, accused of a multitude of child sex crimes, may visit with some though not of all of his grandchildren prior to his trial. Released on bail weeks ago, Sandusky remains at his residence in Pennsylvania. The ruling requires that a parent be in attendance at all times but Sandusky is free to speak [...]
TweetNevin Shapiro, from the confines of his prison cell, is promising the death penalty for Miami Hurricanes football. It was Shapiro’s collaboration with Yahoo! Sports that produced one of the most extensive and widespread investigations into an illegal football booster. Currently serving twenty years as part of his involvement in a Ponzi scheme, Shapiro has [...]
TweetMitch Mustain’s college football production never seemed to equal the number of stories written about him. So why not give baseball a try? Mustain, the former Arkansas and Southern Cal quarterback, signed a minor league deal with the Chicago White Sox after impressing them with his velocity. Blessed with a pseudo-cannon attached to the right [...]
TweetTexas A&M knew the transition to the Southeastern Conference would have a few bumps but football scheduling in 2012 has provided the kind of turbulence that drops the air masks. Rather than opening September 1st in College Station against McNeese State, Texas A&M will travel to Shreveport to face Louisiana Tech on August 30th. A [...]
TweetWest Virginia remained defiant, called the Big East’s bluff and will compete in the Big 12 for the 2012-2013 calendar year. Brett McMurphy of CBS Sports and breaker of nearly every piece of conference realignment news on the East Coast reports that a settlement is near. West Virginia plans to compensate the Big East in [...]
TweetTodd Graham, perpetual job-hopper, paid Pitt seven figures to bolt for Arizona State after just one season. According to Paul Ziese of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the current Sun Devils head coach ponied up $1 million in order to break his contract with the Panthers. Graham is no stranger to short stays. He spent a year [...]
TweetSick of being left out of the national conscience in December, Jim Delany and the Big Ten are ready to embrace the idea as nauseating to the Midwest as oversigning. A NCAA football playoff. Aware of the realization that the BCS format will change in the 2014 season, the Big Ten chief submitted the first [...]
TweetIn the final regular season meeting scheduled between the two rivals, Texas held off Texas A&M 70-68 in College Station. J’Covan Brown notched 20 points and 7 assists to lead the Longhorns in a sweep of the Aggies in their Big 12 swan song. Football rabid states rarely check in on the hardwood unless the [...]
TweetPerhaps fearful that the stability of the Big 12 might woo him away, the Pac 12 extended commissioner Larry Scott’s contract to 2016. And while tongue remains planted firmly in cheek, Scott’s conversations with the Big 12 probably would have gone something like this: Chuck Neinas: Larry, the Big 12 board members would like you [...]
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