The Anatomy of an NCAA Scandal
In NCAA Basketball | By Bryan Lienesch | On April 6 2013 01:24 AM
HOLIER THAN THOU: It was only after pressure from the state (seeing as Rutgers is no longer a private church-affiliated school) that guys like Tim Pernetti started getting the axe. Photo courtesy Elsa/Getty Images
In news that isn't really news, ...
Giving Thanks to this Year’s Sports Turkeys
In Lists | By Bryan Lienesch | On November 22 2012 12:31 AM
TURKEYSTRONG: Lance Armstrong and his fall from grace landed him here on the list of biggest turkeys of 2012. Photo courtesy Riccardo S. Savi/Getty Images
Happy Thanksgiving! It's beautiful how we can't let one holiday pass without intertwining it with ...
A Small Step Back to Normalcy
In NCAA Football | By Bryan Lienesch | On September 16 2012 01:08 AM
RESTORING THE ROAR: Bill O'Brien's first victory, even if it was expected, is a step in the right direction. Photo courtesy Rob Carr/Getty Images
If you felt a giant gust blow through yesterday evening, it wasn't the onset of another ...
College Football Week 2: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
In NCAA Football | By Nathan | On September 9 2012 05:59 PM
ULM QB Kolton Browning scrambles for the winning score in OT against #8 Arkansas. Photo by AP
The Good
Louisiana-Monroe: With all respect to the other upsets, ULM's OT thriller against #8 Arkansas takes the biggest one of the weekend title. ...
College Football Week 1: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
In NCAA Football | By Nathan | On September 2 2012 02:28 PM
Le'Veon Bell was flying all over the field against Boise State. Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
The college football season has started, so it's time for the return of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly weekly review series. Plus ...
2012 College Football: Big Ten Preview
In NCAA Football | By Nathan | On August 22 2012 09:02 AM
With divisions like Leaders and Legends, you'd expect the B1G to be a force, but that hasn't really been the case. Plus those are lame names anyways. Calling them Lancaster and York and the B1G Title game the War for ...
Crime and Punishment: Penn State’s Sanctions are What We Needed
In NCAA Football | By Bryan Lienesch | On July 24 2012 02:10 AM
COWARDLY LION: Joe Paterno didn't want to risk his football program to bring a sex offender to justice. Now he has 112 fewer victories to his name. Photo courtesy Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Congratulations, Penn State. Heavy "unprecedented" sanctions aside, you've ...
Penn State Football Hammered by NCAA, Avoids Death
In NCAA Football | By Rob | On July 23 2012 06:46 AM
For the systematic failures displayed over the past 14 years, the NCAA has levied severe punishment against the Penn State University Football Program, though the penalties do not include the "Death Penalty" (a one-year suspension of football-related activities).
Imposed in a ...
The Truth Will Not Set You Freeh
In NCAA Football | By Bryan Lienesch | On July 13 2012 01:30 AM
PRIDE OF THE LIONS: No matter how much it hurts to acknowledge, the Joe Paterno we thought we knew and the one that really was does not appear to be one in the same. Photo courtesy Getty Images
"Now, we ...
Joe Paterno’s Legacy
In NCAA Football | By Nathan | On January 22 2012 06:43 PM
One of the titans of college football, Joe Paterno, has passed away due to lung cancer at the age of 85. It is something that impossible mere months ago, as JoePa was breaking the record for most career coaching wins ...