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Huguely Trial Day 5: Videotaped Statement Played In Court

((HT: Newsplex.com))The first week of the George Huguely murder trial ended with the video tape testimony of Huguely to local police on the morning of his arrest during questioning by Charlottesville, Virginia police.Police went on to describe the scene to jurors and the condition of Love's body when police and responders found her... Jessica Jaglois was in front of the courtroom...
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OSG Prem: Liverpool-ManU Has More Suarez Shenanigans

((HT: PremierLeague/SkySports))Remember when Liverpool's Luis Suarez was banned for 8 matches after a supposed racial slur directed at the Reds' Patrice Evra...???This was Suarez' first match back, and guess what happened in the handshake line...??? Wayne Rooney scored twice to give ManU the 2-1 win over Liverpool, and here's the coach's reactions...((HT: SkySports...
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Really? Jacksonville hoops team scores 211 in a game

((ht: jacksonville.com))Forgive us for missing this one...but we didn't know such a team even existed (sorry Jacksonville friends).Apparently, this past weekend (Feb.4th to be exact). The Jacksonville Giants broke their own ABA scoring record by dropping 211 points in a game.Yes, that's right, the Giants beat the dreaded Columbus Riverballers 211-84. That includes a half-time score...
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Chad Ochocinco to bring back his inner Johnson

((ht: aol.sportingnews.com))Yeah, the headline drew you in...didn't it...It appears Internet favorite but not necessarily Tom Brady's favorite wide receiver is changing his name...again.And according to the folks at the Sporting News, its so he can get married.If you remember the back story, then Chad Johnson changed his name to Ochocinco to note his jersey number (85), back...
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Reports: West Virginia, Big East and Big 12 agree to allow move

It appears the legal action between the Big East Conference and West Virginia over the Mountaineers move to the Big East is over.According to multiple reports, West Virginia is agreeing to pay the Big East $11 million to leave this summer. In addition, the Big East will get another $9 million from the Big 12 to facilitate the move, with the money coming from Missouri and Texas A...
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Tennessee State Ends Murray State's Undefeated Season

The mid-major darling this college basketball season is Murray State. The Racers had run off 23 straight wins to open the 2011-12 season and ranked in the Top 10. Murray State is #9 in this weeks Associated Press poll.Thursday night the Racers looked to keep the undefeated run alive taking on Tennessee State on Murray State's home court.TSU was up for the challenge and shocked...
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OSG Buzzer Beater: Expect A Miracle And ORU Got One, Pearson's Jumper Wins It For Golden Eagles

Oral Roberts University faced Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) Thursday night at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the game was a Summit League classic.In the overtime period, Roderick Pearson running jumper falls as the buzzer sounds and ORU defeated IUPUI 76-74Here's the highlights and post game sound of the game. "Big" Al Jerkins...
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OSG Buzzer Beater: Liberty's Burrus Long 3 Wins A Thriller For Flames

Liberty and Charleston Southern met Thursday night in a Big South game. The final three minutes had 5 lead changes so a buzzer beater seemed likely and it was.With 1.6 seconds left and down 74-72 Liberty had to go the length of the floor to win or tie. The David Minaya, who led the Flames in scoring with 20 points, threw the long pass to Antwan Burris who from 40 feet nailed the...
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Huguely Trial Day 4: Prosecutors Building Timeline

((HT: Newsplex.com))Thursday is day 4 in the George Huguely murder trial in Charlottesville, Virginia.Prosecutors in the case are in the process of calling over two-dozen witnesses to the stand to establish the timeline in the murder of Huguley's ex-girlfriend and UVA lacrosse player Yeardley Love.Day 3 saw Love's mother, sister, and roommate to the stand to establish what the scene...
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OSG Buzzer Beater: Austin Rivers sinks Carolina

Another Duke vs. North Carolina game. Another opportunity for breathless hyperbole from Dickie V. Another "Classic Rivalry" game.And though they may not be the very best teams in the land, Wednesday night, they easily had the best game.Carolina led for most of the game and late in the 2nd half was still up by 10-points, at home. And then something strange happened.Duke...
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Yes, Will Ferrell introduced the Chicago Bulls last night

He was there, supposedly, to introduce the Chicago Bulls. And the game was promoted as 80's night.Last nights Chicago Bulls at New Orleans Hornets game featured a "Guest" P.A announcer....comedian Will Ferrell.Ferrell known for some great comedy movies and some "duds"...stepped out to center court and let the crowd in New Orleans know who was playing.In the...
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It's Official: Memphis to the Big East

And we would make the snarky comment that the Big East is saddled with the Tigers god-awful football team...except they are going to the Big East, a conference not known for its depth of quality football.There is an official announcement scheduled for Noon on Wednesday on campus for what the Tigers website says is: "A huge announcement on the Future of Memphis athletics."...
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Pawnshop publicity stunt mocks Wes Welker's drops

((ht: necn.com))Arguably when a company wants to do a "Publicity Stunt", they do it with the intent of driving people to their business.In this case, we're pretty sure that isn't going to happen.A Denver based internet pawn shop company thought they were being funny Tuesday by placing some 900 lbs of Butterfinger candy bars in Boston's Copley Square.The reason...
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Are The Fighting Sioux Becoming The Fighting Sioux...??? 2/8 Update

UPDATE 2/8/12--It appears the University of North Dakota is planning on challenging the NCAA. They decided Wednesday morning that they are going to keep the "Fighting Sioux" nickname in part because of the 17,000 plus signatures gathered to repeal a law passed in November that required the school to change their name and make the NCAA happy.An explanation from Inforum.com...
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DEVELOPING: Memphis To Big East...???

((HT: CBSSports/WMC-TV/WREG-TV/MyFoxMemphis))It looks like outgoing Memphis AD RC Johnson may get his wish- sorta...And he's been wanted to not have the door hit him on the way out...Remember this...???Fans Fed Up with Tiger Football: MyFoxMEMPHIS.comMemphis has been aware of the discussions of the Big East to expand as far back as November of 2010, and has been somewhat non-committal...
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Huguely Trial Day 2: Jury Selection

((HT: WHSV-TV Harrisburg, VA))The murder trial of George Huguely is underway in Charlottesville. He is charged with the murder of his former girlfriend, UVA lacrosse player Yeardley Love.The jury pool is currently at 150 to start and the idea is to get 12 plus a satisfactory number of alternate jurors from a final number of 27.Here's the morning update from CBS19's Carter Johnson...
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UGA Players race to see who is fastest

We wonder what Georgia head coach Mark Richt thinks about this...On one hand its great to see the camaraderie and team building by having prized soon-to-be freshman recruit Keith Marshall race against your fastest player, Malcolm Mitchell with teammates Chris Conley and star QB Aaron Murray there to document it.On the other hand...it would be really hard to explain what happened...
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Contador Banned For 2 Years

And he also had his 2000 Tour de France title stripped from his dossier for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Contador blamed contaminated steak for his clenbuterol finding, and to avoid a doping ban, he needed to prove how the anabolic drug entered his body and convince the panel that it wasn't his fault that it got there."The Panel found that there were no established...
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Super Bowl 46: Hits and misses on the Broadcast

It will go down as a "Great Game" because of the finish, not because of the way most of the game was played. Though the now ever-present "Hype Machine" will help that too.Sure, by now, most of the free-civilized world knows the Giants held off the Patriots and won the Galactic Championship 21-17. And for the most part, for those of us at home it was a decent broadcast.Before we start...
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Tom Brady's wife blames receivers for loss

((ht: theinsider.com))Yeah, I know, we're crediting a stupid Hollywood gossip show for a video on a Sports website, but it is pretty good video.In it, Mrs. Tom Brady, supermodel Giselle Bundchen is heading towards her husband in the Super Bowl losing New England Patriots locker room. On her way there, she gets heckled by some New York Giant fans who essentially say "Eli...
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Team Gleason And Indianapolis

((HT: NBC Sports/NFL))Full disclosure...The HQ supports Team Gleason and an ALS Chapter here at home base since we're very close to someone who suffers from Lou Gehrig's Disease...Peter King does a great job on catching up with Steve and his wife Michel as they battle the disease form two fronts- their very private front and the public front we all see with Steve as his fight is...
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OSG Prem: ManU Down 3, Ties At Chelsea

((HT: FoxSoccer))The HQ tried to explain the Premier League to TBH- even as she knows that it is the new toy in the toy box.The matchup between Chelsea and Manchester United is like Alabama playing Florida if they had their best teams and they never graduated them.The game played earlier Sunday was distinctly two halves- and CBSSports writer Bryan D. Fischer had the line of the day...
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Cold Blooded: Pats Cut Tiquan Underwood

It's fairly normal for any Shield team to cut someone the week of a game, and maybe even the day before...But the day before the Roman Numeral Classic...???Yup...The Pats cut WR Tiquan Underwood in favor of activating a fellow Rutgers grad- DL Alex Silvestro- off the practice squad. It was a move that was strictly bid-ness as the team needed more D-lineman and special teams help...
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Kevin Love stomps on Luis Scola

Or more specifically, Luis Scola's face.Last night during the Houston Rockets/Minnesota Timberwolves game in Minnesota, there was a somewhat ugly incident.Timberwolves forward and star player Kevin Love gets tangled up with Rockets forward Luis Scola. You can see on the wide shot, Love appears to hip toss Scola to the ground...which is bad.It gets worse as Love steps over Scola...
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OSG Buzzer Beater: UNI's Anthony James Shoots Down #13 Creighton At The Buzzer

A great Missouri Valley Conference game Saturday in Cedar Falls, Iowa. #13 Creighton got all it could handle at UNI's McLeod Center and then some as the Panthers Anthony James nailed a 3 point shot at the buzzer for a 65-62 win.Here's the game winner. (Thanks unipanthers.com)James led Northern Iowa in scoring with 16 points, 14 coming in the second half.National player of...
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