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Big money to be made for USC figures

LOS ANGELES-Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions.

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Big Ten may shake up its bowl lineup

Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston.
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Coach O'Brien defends Penn State's medical treatment in response to SI story

Bill O'Brien was angry. His voice rose often Wednesday on a conference call with reporters. Some folks swore they could feel the spittle through the phone.
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Penn State defends medical changes after report

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.
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Column: Notre Dame not chicken, just greedy

Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair.
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CU's Webb, Lewis charged with assault in brawl

Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former Buffaloes offensive lineman Alexander Lewis were both charged with second-degree assault on Wednesday after prosecutors alleged they knocked a man unconscious in a weekend brawl.
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TCU suspends DE Fields for 1st 2 games of season

TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."
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Hawaii refracts on team names; 'Rainbow' back

Hawaii's athletic department is scrapping a plan to drop the word "Rainbow" from its men's teams' nicknames.
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Big Ten athletic directors eye stronger football schedules

Cupcakes are out. Compelling matchups are in.
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Michigan State strips high school star's scholarship after explicit rap video

Jay Harris, one of the Philadelphia area's top football recruits, was stripped of his scholarship by Michigan State earlier this month after he posted a series of profanity-laced rap videos on YouTube, a source said Tuesday.
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Mark Story: Andrew Wiggins faces a lot of scrutiny next year

Also discussed in notes column: Future of UK-WKU football series, how UK benefits from Kentucky-Louisville football rivalry and Kentucky Speedway, which has a race (sort of) coming up among area police chiefs.