Posted on 05 September 2011.
MIAMI – Quarterback Jacory Harris and 11 other Miami players who accepted extra benefits from former booster Nevin Shapiro will be allowed by the NCAA to play again, the first sanctions in a scandal that continues to overshadow the Hurricanes. Of those, eight will miss at least one game, and all 12 must pay restitution. […]
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Posted on 05 September 2011.
JACKSONVILLE — Running back Fred Taylor is retiring from the NFL after 13 seasons and nearly 12,000 yards. Taylor will sign a one-day contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday so he can formally retire with the team that drafted him ninth overall in 1998. The ceremony surely will be an emotional one, with family […]
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Posted on 05 September 2011.
CHARLOTTE, NC — Cam Newton was treated like a starter during his preseason finale. He led one efficient drive, threw a touchdown pass and exited. Then, after the game, his coach made it official: Newton will start for the Carolina Panthers in their opener. Newton threw his first TD as a pro in Carolina’s 33-17 […]
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Posted on 05 September 2011.
SAN FRANCISCO – Frank Gore has long tried to pattern himself after Hall of Famer Barry Sanders, who played his entire 10-year career with the Detroit Lions. Gore has seen other great running backs move from team to team while evolving into NFL stars – and he never wanted to be one of them. Loyal […]
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Posted on 05 September 2011.
Tiger Woods said he was “honored” to be one of the two picks by U.S. captain Fred Couples for the 2011 Presidents Cup team. The biennial event against a squad of international players will be held at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia November 14-20. “They wanted me on the team, and I’m honored to […]
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Posted on 05 September 2011.
ATLANTA — Grammy-winning rapper T.I., who was moved to a halfway house this week after months in prison, is locked up again at a federal penitentiary, with his lawyer citing a flap over using a luxury bus to report to a halfway house. The Federal Bureau of Prisons website Friday shows the rapper at the […]
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Singer Rihanna isn’t too happy with a Beverly Hills home she purchased in 2009. Rihanna is suing over a hillside home that she claims has serious structural defects that rendered in uninhabitable. The pop singer on Wednesday sued Prudential California Realty and several companies that designed and inspected the home. The S&M singer’s lawsuit claims […]
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Posted on 05 September 2011.
Singer/actress Teyana Taylor was involved in a physical altercation with a movie director. Teyana and the director — Jean-Claude La Marre — were filming Gang of Roses 2 last weekend outside L.A. … when Teyana asked to be taken home because the pain was just too much to bear. According to 20-year-old Teyana, she asked […]
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Spike Lee signed on to be executive producer of the hip-hop horror film entitled, You’re Nobody Til Somebody Kills You. The title is adapted from the record by The Notorious B.I.G and the movie features Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh and Ed Lover in the cast. The story follows two New York City homicide […]
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