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Road Well Traveled
Fair or not, in the landscape of collegiate athletics, with the Power Five, mid-majors and all others, a program is judged on whether play continues after the regular season ends. Postseason conference tournaments, bowl
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Ho-Hum Transfer
When Cameron Smith was recruited and signed out of Delray Beach, Fla., more than a year and a half ago, there was no doubt he was considered the heir apparent at quarterback for the
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NFL Showtime
In this day and age of social media’s gauntlet of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and You Tube, not to mention the 24-hour news cycle of TV networks, print media, blogs, Yahoo, TMZ and everybody’s DotComs,
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Wishing You Were Fishing?
A heavy gully washer rain had just occurred, and fishermen everywhere were ready and waiting to wet a line. Spring fishing is hard to beat, and a real good way to catch a lunker
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Gilbert’s Game Plan
McNeese’s first-year head football coach has been on the job a mere four months, and he has been quite busy. But Sterlin Gilbert still finishes every other sentence with “there’s still a lot of
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Hail Mary Rule Change
By Rick Sarro The New Orleans Saints and its legion of Who Dat fans were hoping for vindication or even an admission of guilt; they were hoping for — no, demanding, — a rule
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Wiretaps And Basketball
FBI wiretaps, federal investigators, subpoenas, guilty verdicts and plea bargains. Mix all that with college basketball recruiting and you have a colossal problem that could take down big-name coaches and programs and further scar
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New Season With Familiar Faces
By Rick Sarro It’s very rare for a college baseball team to have two or three players back for a fourth season. The usual culprits come into play: graduation cycles, being a junior college
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The No-Call Fallout
You’re not expecting a Super Bowl story out of me, are you? No, I didn’t partake in the Boycott Bowl or shun Super Bowl LIII. I watched the Patriots’ defensive gem of a 13-3
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Heartbreak Again
The many intriguing story lines for Super Bowl LIII will surely outnumber the number of streets named Peach this or that in the city of Atlanta. Two first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterbacks, Drew Brees
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