Nike honors Joe Paterno’s 400th win with gift to Penn State libraries

Nike, Inc., is giving $400,000 to Penn State’s libraries in honor of Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno’s milestone 400th win.
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Source: Iowa Hawkeyes players can’t return until blood tests normal

The 13 Iowa football players who were hospitalized last week with a muscle disorder will not be allowed to return to workouts until blood tests show they have recovered adequately to resume training, a family source said.
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Seth Davis: A season of mediocrity, UNC on rise, Kemba in slump, more thoughts

Here’s a fun little parlor game: If the 2010-11 college basketball season were a movie, what would you call it? Open Season? Upset in the Air? Lack of True Grit? The Kids Are Not All Right? The Mid-major Strikes Back? The Hurt Locker Room? How about … Gone With the Wins?
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Joe Lemire: Inside the prank-filled, thoroughly-researched world of at-bat music

Before the start of the 2009 season, Torii Hunter was consumed with an arduous chore: finding the perfect song to introduce him for his at bats at Angel Stadium.
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Steve Davis: 10 MLS figures to keep an eye on

Preseason started early this year around MLS, a reflection of season openers moving forward about two weeks. So most teams are into their preseason routines now, with trips ahead to Florida, Arizona or other places where the weather is more suited to soccer and less to Winter X Games.
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Stewart Mandel: Texas building stellar recruiting class despite subpar season

At Texas, Signing Day is akin to Groundhog Day. Every year, the Longhorns spend most of the prior 12 months ranked No. 1 by the various recruiting services. Every year, somebody else (Alabama and/or Florida State this time around) passes them in the home stretch due to more recent commitments. And every year, the ‘Horns [...]

Bruce Jenkins: Djokovic brilliant in Aussie Open win, while Murray disappears

The story should not be told with regret. It should be all about the flair and resolve of a champion, rising to the occasion as never before, and Novak Djokovic certainly came through mightily in that regard. It seems more likely, though, that the story of the Australian Open final was the curious disappearance of [...]

Tim Layden: Rodgers got advice from Young about following legend

GREEN BAY — Back in the spring and summer of 2008, Aaron Rodgers was still an unproven curiosity. He had been drafted 24th overall out of Cal by the Packers three years earlier (after an long, embarrassing wait in the Draft Green Room, video of which Rodgers has never watched, because, in his words, “I [...]

Andy Glockner: Mid-majors smiling after nationwide weekend of carnage

Five years ago, Doug Elgin and Tom Yeager were the talk of college basketball.
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Adrian Dater: Forsberg comeback about no regrets

DENVER — It’s either hockey’s most beautiful, ongoing relationship or, as some people are starting to wonder, its most dysfunctional and dually enabled.
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Steven Marrocco: What’s next for Strikeforce standout Nick Diaz?

You can hit Nick Diaz, and you can hit him again and again, but he won’t stop coming.
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Column: No secrets leak from AppleSecret’s out: Bill can keep a secret

Column: No secrets leak from AppleSecret’s out: Bill can keep a secret By Kevin Haskin , Topeka Capital-Journal Updated Jan 30, 2011 8:05 PM ET Musings at the mid-week: n Credit goes to Bill Snyder for thwarting us again with his unannounced change at quarterback.

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Urban Meyer joining ESPN as college football analyst

Former Florida coach Urban Meyer is joining ESPN as a college football analyst.
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Roush drivers, computers finally on same page

After struggling to get out of their own way each week during the first half of the year, Roush Fenway Racing cars suddenly were a threat to win at every race in the late summer and fall. Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards each won twice, with Edwards taking the final two races of the season.
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights opts to let QB Tom Savage look into transfer

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said that he has informed quarterback Tom Savage he can have contact with Florida and Miami about a possible transfer.
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