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A Russian journalist sees American football for the first time Washington Post (blog) When 27-year-old Ivan Yurchenko left his offices at Komsomolskaya Pravda, a Moscow tabloid, to take a month-long internship at the Seattle Times, he probably expected many moments of culture clash. But a big one came this weekend when his Seattle ... See all stories on this topic » How the AP analyzed football players' weight gain Yahoo! Sports For a sport with rabid fans, historic rivalries and trivia buffs, college football does not have a single, official repository of historic rosters. Each school prints its own rosters and is responsible for its archives. To analyze changes in weight ... See all stories on this topic » Oregon, NCAA reach impasse in football investigation Yahoo! Sports The University of Oregon's attempt to resolve an NCAA investigation through summary disposition has failed, two sources with knowledge of the Ducks' discussions told Yahoo! Sports. The NCAA is investigating the relationship between Chip Kelly's staff ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Sports Steve Addazio adds new BC coordinators Boston Globe A little less than two weeks into his tenure as Boston College's footballcoach, Steve Addazio named his top two assistants: Ryan Day as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and former Connecticut assistant Don Brown will lead the Eagles' defense. See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe Saints visit paralyzed Tulane football player USA TODAY "Anyone who's ever played football, I guess you put yourself at that risk, and yet for it to happen to a guy like that who's such a well-loved guy on his team — I mean, everyone who I've talked to, coaches, players, couldn't say enough great things ... See all stories on this topic » 5 most followed college football coaches on Twitter | Other Sports | Detroit ... Detroit Free Press A look at which major-college football coaches have the most followers on Twitter as of Wednesday, according to USA Today: 1) Les Miles. @LSUCoachMiles has 89,032 followers. The LSU coach has tweeted 503 times but only four times since Oct. 27. See all stories on this topic » Steroids loom in major-college football NBCNews.com WASHINGTON (AP) - With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight - 30 pounds or more in a single year, sometimes - without drawing much attention from their schools or ... See all stories on this topic » Stanford football coach David Shaw agrees to what school calls a 'long-term ... San Jose Mercury News STANFORD -- Stanford coach David Shaw has agreed to what the school called a "long-term" contract extension. The length of the deal was not disclosed, nor was Shaw's compensation. "Everyone understands his value and leadership," athletic director ... See all stories on this topic » Football: Jim Kunau is hired as new coach at Anaheim Canyon Los Angeles Times Jim Kunau, who built the Orange Lutheran football program into a Southern Section power, has been hired as the new coach at Anaheim Canyon. He had 13 league championships in 19 years at Orange Lutheran until being replaced after the 2011 season. See all stories on this topic » Metro + state: Unsigned Senior Football Camp designed for unsigned high ... Detroit Free Press For a second consecutive year, Mill Coleman, a former two-time Free Press Dream Team member, is teaming up with Midwest Elite's George Yarberry to put on the Unsigned Senior Football Camp followed by a recruiting fair. The event is scheduled for ... See all stories on this topic » Ex-OSU star Clarett talks drugs, jail, football - ESPN.com Former Ohio State player Maurice Clarett describes his troubled journey back tofootball. espn.go.com/.../maurice-clarett-formerly-ohio-state-buckeyes-t... "Take That Nigger Off The TV, We Wanna Watch Football!": Idiots ... NBC pre-empted the first quarter of tonight's 49ers-Patriots game to show President Obama's speech at the Newtown memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook ... deadspin.com/.../take-that-nigger-off-the-tv-we-wanna-watch-... Oregon, NCAA reach impasse in football investigation - Yahoo! Sports From Yahoo! Sports: The NCAA's committee on infractions didn't accept Oregon's written findings as part of its probe into the relationship between the school's ... sports.yahoo.com/.../ncaaf--oregon--ncaa-reach-impasse-in-fo... Big East contacts Fresno State and UNLV about joining in football ... Big East commissioner Mike Aresco scrambling to keep viable football league alive. www.cbssports.com/.../big-east-contacts-fresno-state-and-unlv-... Steroids loom in major-college football - Washington Times With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, collegefootball players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more in a single ... www.washingtontimes.com/.../steroids-loom-major-college-fo...