Frank Deford > VIEWPOINT
by Frank Deford
Courtesy of Sports Illustrated www.si.com
How much longer will we put young men in jeopardy to play football?
Linebacker Junior Seau's death reopens discussion about the dangers of concussions and their long-term effects.
Tom DiPace/APEven
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DID SEAU’S LOVE FOR THE GAME KILL HIM?
BY ALEX MARVEZ
COURTESY OF FOX SPORTS
Alex Marvez is a Senior NFL Writer for FOXSports.com. He has covered the NFL for the past 17 seasons as a beat writer and is the former president of the Pro Football Writers of America. He also is a frequent host o
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Andy Staples >>> INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Courtesy of www.SI.com
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- BCS executive director Bill Hancock, who has served since 2009 as the public face of the most hated entity in sports, finally got to say something Wednesday that made college football fans cheer from se
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News Outlets Bury Syracuse Accuser's Retraction
BY JEFF NEUMAN - Check out www.realclearsports.com for the best sports columns daily
You might have missed the news as it crawled across the bottom of the screen Friday or appeared in the Briefs portion of the Saturday sports pages.
The Syracu
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FOX Sports Exclusive
Ozzie is wrong, First Amendment isn't
by Jen Floyd Engel
Jen Floyd Engel covered local sports for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram since 1997 and became a columnist in 2003. Sports opinions? She’s never short of them. And love her or hate her, she’ll be just another one o
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Dan Le Batard
NFL’s Roger Goodell cares more for cash than safety
By Dan Le Batard The Miami Herald
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is framed by New Orleans Saints hats during an interview before the grand opening of the NFL Shop at Draft store, Monday, April 2, 2012 in New York. Goodell s
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Long, maddening fall for former No. 1 Matt Bush
By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports
Matt Bush was viciously drunk. He had removed his belt, swung it at a passing car and crashed his vehicle when trying to flee the scene. A fleet of police arrived to arrest him. Hog-tied on the ground, Bush kicked, s
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Op-Ed Columnist
Standing Up to the N.C.A.A.
By JOE NOCERA
Joe writes for the New York Times
Over the past few months, I have used this column to explore the various injustices perpetrated by the N.C.A.A. I have written about the way it terrorizes the parents of athletes it is investigating
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A Bitter Lesson in Basketball and Terrorism
By STEPHEN MOORE
Article courtesy of the Wall Street Journal
"That was the most bitter and painful experience of my life," observes Tom McMillen. "What happened in Munich was the most controversial and tragic sports competition in modern times."
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T.J. SIMERS
Spare the anger over a bounty system in the NFL
Football fans love the hard hits, and to pretend to be upset over the Saints' supposed payments for taking players out is ridiculous.
Please, enough with the moral outrage.
News flash: NFL players were paid to knock pla
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Peter King>INSIDE THE NFL
Read more from Peter and other top sports writers at www.si.com
Saints looking at severe punishment for bounty system
The National Football League on Friday found the New Orleans Saints guilty of a wide-ranging system of bounty payments to between 22 and 27 de
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Braun faces 'challenge' to clean stain from name; it shouldn't be that way
By Scott Miller | CBSSports.com Senior Baseball Columnist
PHOENIX -- Ryan Braun beat the rap, was cleared of charges, was told unequivocally by those responsible for upholding baseball law that he is not guilty.
But
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The NCAA Lashing Back at Critics is Cruel and Counterproductive
College Athletics, Media Gossip/Musings by Ty Duffy
Article courtesy of www.bigleadsports.com
Earlier we looked at the NCAA’s flaming response to Joe Nocera’s opining/reporting. The Chronicle of Education highlights how this
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Knicks guard creating an international Lin-sation
By Mike Lopresti, USA TODAY
Jeremy Lin, global phenomenon, spent Sunday afternoon at Hamilton College in central New York state, watching brother Joseph score four points in his final home game, one (suddenly very, very familiar) face amo
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FOX Sports Exclusive
South Central losing a football icon
by Jason Whitlock
Jason Whitlock writes about the sports world from every angle, including those other writers can't imagine or muster courage to address. His columns are humorous, thought-provoking, agenda-free, honest and unpredicta
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