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Time to blame the NCAA for college sports’ scandals

BRAD CLARK
(Clark started and writes for NFLsFuture.com)
The story of Jim Tressel’s demise will be forever linked to the grotesque sham known as the NCAA.   In an effort to not come off as a Jim Tressel-apologist, I will simply state that Jim Tressel deserved the punishment for an age old practice.

In a day and age, when [...]

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Hypocritical nature of sports intriguing

LeBron James hatefest becoming more amusing by the day.  We reflect.
SCOTT JACOBS
On November 23, 2009 Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated wrote a very intriguing column entitled “The Discount Dynasty.”
Tucked away peacefully on the backpage of SI’s College Football Preview, Ballard proposed an idea so crazy, it seemed unfeasible:  LeBron James taking the minimum, donating it [...]

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JSB Exclusive: Our interview with SI’s Seth Davis

Seth Davis took some time at of his busy schedule to discuss some hot button college basketball issues with us– including why the NCAA should not expand their tournament field, and why Brandon Jennings is the exception and not the rule
SCOTT JACOBS
Thanks to Coke Zero and their new basketball contest Fannovation (we’ll get back to [...]

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Welcome to the dance Cornell (You’re the first ones in)

 … But don’t expect to be one of the last ones standing
SCOTT JACOBS
Cornell rolled to an Ivy League championship last year.
This year wasn’t nearly as easy.  To claim their fourth NCAA Tournament berth the Big Red just needed a loss from second place Princeton, which fell earlier in the day to Columbia.  Cornell (20-9, [...]

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