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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Long before Barack Obama was reelected President of the United States, he was busy winning on the hardwood. His brother-in-law, Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson, says he was the makeshift coach for Obama's pick-up team during a game earlier on Tuesday, a game won by a team that included ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Tom Brady isn't quite as tight-lipped as his head coach, but he doesn't often open up to the media on non-football issues. Coming out of the bye week, though, Brady took an opportunity Monday night to discuss some of the crucial topics affecting America today.
Tom Brady joined Jim Gray on ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2012
With the presidential election looming, Barack Obama has plenty on his plate, but that doesn't mean he's forgetting about sports. He says he still watches ESPN's SportsCenter every morning when he wakes up, and if he's elected for four more years, there's no doubt he'll hear more about things like ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2012
Lance Armstrong won't be contesting the charges leveled against him by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, but that doesn't necessarily mean the evidence against him won't come out. USADA head Travis Tygart says his agency will be presenting a reasoned decision to the World Anti-Doping Agency in the coming weeks.
Tygart ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
It's not Justin Gatlin's proclamation that seems so preposterous here. The American sprinter is right, technically, when he says Usain Bolt is beatable in the 100 meters. Bolt, who won the gold medal in the event on Sunday, has been beaten before by Yohan Blake, his teammate, who took the ...
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Friday, August 3rd, 2012
President Barack Obama has never been short of opinions when it comes to the world of sports. With the Olympics in session, baseball season in full stride, and football just around the corner, this time is no different.
Obama says he disagrees with LeBron James and Kobe Bryant that they could ...
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Jerry Sandusky's lawyers asked to resign from his case shortly before his case went to trial, but the Judge John Cleland turned down their proposal. That may very likely become a key part of the team's argument going forward now as Sandusky will seek to appeal his convictions.
Karl Rominger, who ...
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Roger Clemens was acquitted on all charges during his highly publicized perjury trial on Monday. Whether or not that will clear him in the court of public opinion will remain to be seen, but it doesn't seem likely and Kirk Radomski's continued adamant insistence that Clemens is guilty won't help ...
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Thursday, April 12th, 2012
The Miami Marlins did their best to do some damage control this week. Following comments by manager Ozzie Guillen that discussed his admiration for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, the Marlins suspended Guillen for five games, a penalty that has been widely debated since it was issued Tuesday.
Now the question becomes ...
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Monday, November 14th, 2011
Leave it to legendary college basketball coach Bob Knight to have a strong opinion on things. This time, he's mostly coming down on NCAA policies, conference realignment and college athletes being paid an additional stipend on top of their scholarships.
Knight is happy that the NCAA is enacting policies that force ...
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