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English Football Association charges Chelsea captain John Terry with
racially ...
Washington Post
LONDON — Chelsea captain John Terry was charged by the English Football
Association on Friday with racially abusing an opponent, two weeks after he
was cleared by a court of the same offense. The FA said it considered the
evidence from the trial before ...
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Football will $urvive at Happy Valley
Philadelphia Inquirer
FOR THOSE WHO believe the NCAA's slap on the hand of Penn State has solved
the college-football overreach problem, well, really, it is but a minuscule
shaving of the glaze on the tip of the iceberg. Lamentations and rending of
garments went up when the ...
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Penn State Football: Where Do They Go from Here?
Bleacher Report
According to the Fujita Scale, which is used to rate the intensity of a
tornado by examining the damage it has caused after it has passed, the
storm of unprecedented sanctions levied by NCAA president Mark Emmert on
Monday could quite possibly be rated ...
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NCAA crackdown shouldn't stop at Penn State: BCS uses students like
gladiators
Christian Science Monitor
The Penn State scandal isn't the only injustice to plague college football.
In fact, that damaging lack of transparency is endemic. The NCAA should
continue to clean house by taking control of the Bowl Championship Series,
which, driven by greed, uses ...
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France Football Federation hand Nasri three-match ban
Yahoo! Sports
Samir Nasri has been hit with a three-match ban by the French Football
Federation (FFF) for his controversial behavior during the national team's
Euro 2012 campaign. The Manchester City attacking midfielder's teammate
Jeremy Menez has been suspended ...
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It made sense to take away more dollars
Boston.com
No one argues that Penn State should have been penalized. No one argues the
punishment should have been severe. But in almost every case involving
violations by NCAA schools there are what former Big East commissioner Mike
Tranghese calls ...
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Capello blasts Football Association over Terry decision
Yahoo! Sports
Former England boss Fabio Capello has slammed the Football Association for
the way they stripped John Terry of the Three Lions' captaincy. The Italian
manager resigned in February after Terry had the armband taken away by FA
chairman David Bernstein ...
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Bill O'Brien hoping NCAA will reduce sanctions on Penn State
USA TODAY (blog)
CHICAGO - Penn State Coach Bill O'Brien remains hopeful that, if the NCAA
opts to revisit the Penn State case at any point, the association could
reduce the unprecedented penalties that were handed down earlier this week
if Penn State's football program ...
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Penn State Football: Could NCAA Sanctions Actually Be Reduced If They
Comply?
Bleacher Report
That would have banned football from the Penn State program, and likely
would have been worse than the penalties the program ultimately received.
So in a way, the NCAA has already reduced the sanctions. The alternative
was really far worse. Penn State ...
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Mixed results for Olympic football
ESPN
The opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympics may be taking place Friday
evening, but the men's soccer tournament commenced Thursday, with all 16
sides playing on the same day. The eight matches were of varying quality,
but the main theme was how ...
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