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Give me a C-H-E-A-T! Cal State Long Beach cheerleading squad cheated, forfeits national title

April 21, 2011
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Give me a C-H-E-A-T! Cal State Long Beach cheerleading squad cheated, forfeits national title

The sport, depending on who you ask, of cheerleading took another hit this week thanks to Cal State Long Beach. The 49ers cheerleading squad voluntarily forfeited its national title after it was discovered that a non-student male competed on the team. During the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Collegiate Championships earlier this month in Daytona Beach, Florida, Cal State Long Beach dominated the floor and won the NCA Small Coed Division I Collegiate Championship title. However, the 49ers’ dazzling display...

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Eric Weddle files a Bayer of a lawsuit

April 20, 2011
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Eric Weddle files a Bayer of a lawsuit

On April 19, 2011, former University of Utah football standout Eric Weddle filed a $5 million dollar lawsuit against drug maker Bayer AG and magazine publisher Athlon Sports. In his 15 page complaint, Weddle alleged that the two defendants improperly used an unauthorized image of him in connection with a national Alka-Seltzer/Athlon Sports marketing campaign. Part of this national marketing campaign was to place Weddle promotional display boxes of Bayer’s Alka-Seltzer antacid boxes throughout the United States at various...

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Hoopster Cliff Tucker hits the gridiron

April 14, 2011
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Hoopster Cliff Tucker hits the gridiron

After four seasons on the Maryland basketball team, 6’6 senior guard Cliff Tucker officially traded-in his high-tops for football cleats. Much to the delight of QB Danny O’Brien, Cliff Tucker will be showcased as the Terrapins’ new deep threat playing wide receiver. Tucker, who hails from El Paso, Texas, is no stranger to football as he was a well known star amassing 939 receiving yards and 19 TDs during his senior year for Chapin High School. Several Big 12...

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“It’s Time” for ASU

April 13, 2011
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“It’s Time” for ASU

The Arizona State Sun Devils spent over a year in production and design to rebrand ASU athletics. The Sun Devils in a partnership with Nike unveiled all their hard work yesterday to show the collegiate world their new uniforms and designs under the “It’s Time” campaign. Presumably, “It’s Time” refers to ASU’s time to actually start winning and becoming relevant in Pac-10 lore. From a football perspective, ASU has not won a national championship, has no Heisman winner, and...

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Georgia players robbed during Faculty Appreciation Day

April 12, 2011
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Georgia players robbed during Faculty Appreciation Day

For once, the microscope is not on the Georgia football team but rather the faculty and guests. According to UGA police, seven football players were subjected to theft during the school’s Football Faculty Appreciation Day. Jamal Allen, Kenarious Gate, Abry Jones, Jordan Love, Rhett McGowan, Alex Ogletree and Shawn Williams all fell victim. Over $1,300 worth of electronic devices were stolen out of their lockers to include iPhones and iPods. Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall is home to the football players...

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NewNew goes from QB to MC

April 8, 2011
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NewNew goes from QB to MC

When Penn State’s back-up QB Kevin “NewNew” Newsome isn’t running plays or watching film, he is in the lab sampling some music. Listen to NewNew’s fresh tracks here featured on Fresh2DeathDaily.com.

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Miami returns to its Golden ways

April 8, 2011
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Miami returns to its Golden ways

Al Golden took the job in Miami to return the program back to its winning ways. Well, he took a significant step forward by reinstating linebacker Ramon Buchanan. The stud linebacker was arrested three weeks ago for a pair of felonies to include resisting a police officer with violence and battery on a police officer, firefighter or emergency medical care provider. In addition to the felony charges, he was also cited for misdemeanor trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without...

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Closed-Captioning Coming to a Stadium Near You

April 4, 2011
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Closed-Captioning Coming to a Stadium Near You

Stadium operators at FedEx Field, home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, will have to provide hearing impaired fans with equal access to the stadium’s public address system through closed-captioning according to the 4th Circuit. The issue on appeal dealt with whether or not the stadium had to provide song lyrics for the hearing impaired on the jumbotron. The reason being, the hearing impaired were not fully enjoying the game as all the other fans without being afforded the opportunity to...

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