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New Shirts Mocking Manti Te’o Take Internet By Storm

Found January 18, 2013 on Hinton's Sports Highlights: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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By now, you’ve heard that Manti Te’o, Notre Dame’s defensive version of Tim Tebow, had a girlfriend who died only hours after his grandmother passed in September before one of the Irish’s biggest games, on the road against Michigan State.   By now, you’ve also heard that the whole thing was a hoax. It’s still … Continue reading »

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