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C-USA for FAU?; Freeze first Belt coach to move up
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsOK, so UCF is joining the Big East, thus C-USA, which also lost SMU and Houston, needs members and would like a presence in Florida, so FAU and FIU are likely targets, right? Well, not so fast. It appears......Tags: Houston Cougars, Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, Western Athletic Conference, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
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What an NCAA appearance can mean....
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsOK, the long slog covering spring training is coming to a close. After today, just two more dates with the Marlins, which means I can get back to FAU. But before that, I have Fish/Cards today, and this evening, clear......Tags: Akron Zips, Ohio Bobcats, Spring Training, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Miami Marlins
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Edgy Tim's blog | Prospective athletes "constantly" monitored on social media
Might as well add social media studies to college curriculums. After all, some schools are watching a prospective athlete's every move on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It's no urban legend that athletes have lost scholarship offers and...
Tags: Big Ten Conference, Social Media, Awards and Prizes, Twitter, Inc., Big East Conference
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College football could use a big dose of March Madness
Hopefully, the powers that be are watching. They saw the adulation and euphoria on the faces of the players from the likes of Harvard, Oregon, California and Ole Miss. They saw the look of disappointment on the faces of the fans who spent countless...
Tags: Sports, Mountain West Conference, Southeastern Conference, Big Ten Conference, Ole Miss Rebels
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Digest: Loyola gets Kent State next in CollegeInsider
Colleges Loyola gets Kent State next in CollegeInsider Fresh off its first postseason victory in school Division I history, the Loyola men's basketball team will host Kent State on Sunday in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com tournament at...Tags: Basketball, Sports, Soccer, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball
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VCU-Akron NCAA pairing matches coaching brothers Smart, Dambrot
RICHMOND — As Akron prepared for the Mid-American Conference tournament, VCU coach Shaka Smart sent the Zips a 45-second motivational video. "It was all about how much I believed in their team and how good they could be," Smart said Tuesday....Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Akron Zips, Basketball, Virginia Commonwealth Rams, Sports
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Virginia has only itself to blame for not making NCAA field
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Middle Tennessee State has one top-100 victory. Virginia boasts eight. The Blue Raiders defeated two teams that made the NCAA tournament. The Cavaliers bested four. Yet when the NCAA unveiled its 68-team bracket Sunday, Middle...Tags: West Coast Conference, Virginia Cavaliers, NIT Season Tip-Off, Saint Louis Billikens, Mountain West Conference
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Sports on TV
Saturday's TV and radio MEN'S TV HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || Conf. USA, Final: S'rn Miss vs.Mem || 13, 911:30 a.m. || || Am. East, Final: Albany@Vermont || ESPN211:30 a.m. || || SEC, Semi: Fla. vs. Ala. || 2, 71 || || ACC, Semi:...Tags: Big 12 Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Pacific-12 Conference, Akron Zips, Virginia Commonwealth Rams
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Edgy's football blog | Being wrong is all right
I was thinking about a blog Mike Helfgot wrote a while back about how ranking players is an inexact science. He used rankings from Rivals.com, my employer, to make the point that some players are missed, some are ranked too high and others are under the...
Tags: National Football League, Atlanta Falcons, Sports, Football, Central Michigan Chippewas
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Chryst is Harbaugh's right-hand man
NEW ORLEANS — When Jim Harbaugh felt Chicago's walls closing in on him during his final, fateful season as a Bears quarterback in 1993, he often sought refuge at old Halas Hall in the basement office of Geep Chryst. Chryst, the Bears' director...Tags: Sports, Football, San Francisco 49ers, Ron Rivera, College Football
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It's fitting that softball greats Mike and Jack Ohl will go into ASA Hall of Fame together
Mike Ohl said that without his father's influence, he would have never been involved with fastpitch softball and never become the person he is today. That's why Ohl, a 48-year-old Allentown native, couldn't be happier than to share one of the biggest...Tags: Pate, Softball, Sports, Father's Day, College Sports
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Edgy Tim on football | Game of ball and strike could have lasting implications for some recruits
I can't help but wonder about the short- and long-term impact the Chicago Public Schools teachers' strike will have on football prospects. I realize football isn't a big deal in the overall picture, but it's big for some student-athletes, both in...
Tags: Purdue Boilermakers, Chicago Public Library, Chicago Teachers Strike, Sports, Football
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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