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NFL draft was light on glamour, heavy on intrigue

By: The Associated Press 04/28/13 6:38 PM
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Minnesota went all in with three first-round picks. Super Bowl champion Baltimore went for replacements for Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. The New York Jets added to their quarterback uncertainty by taking Geno Smith in the second round. Teams loaded up on linemen, making the big and beefy guys this year's stars. Read More

Storylines are more than bountiful in this year's Super Bowl

By: Mychael Urban 01/27/13 8:07 AM
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It certainly doesn’t seem like the NFL left a single stone unturned in terms of providing a potentially classic Super Bowl this time. The Harbaugh angle, whether the Harbaugh boys — you just know they were Eddie Haskell types way back when — are playing along, is fascinating from multiple angles. Retiring, polarizing and proselytizing megastar future Hall of Famer? Ray Ray will do. Compelling quarterback matchup? Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco, absolutely yes. Read More

Voicemails reveal voice behind Manti Te’o's girlfriend hoax

By: Ralph D. Russo 01/24/13 7:55 PM
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The person Manti Te’o says was pretending to be his online girlfriend told the Notre Dame linebacker “I love you” in voicemails that were played during his interview with Katie Couric. Taped earlier this week and broadcast Thursday, the hour-long talk show featured three voicemails that Te’o claims were left for him last year. Te’o said they were from the person he believed to be Lennay Kekua, a woman he had fallen for online but never met face-to-face. Read More

Manti Te’o askes Katie Couric ‘What would you do?’

By: The Associated Press 01/23/13 5:49 PM
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Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o admitted to Katie Couric he answered questions about his “dead,” online girlfriend even after he received a call Dec. 6 from a woman posing as the fake person. Te’o also maintained he played no part in the hoax. Read More

Woman in Manti Te’o fake girlfriend photo speaks out

By: The Associated Press 01/22/13 7:33 PM
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The woman whose photo was used as the “face” of the Twitter account of Manti Te’o’s supposed girlfriend says the man allegedly behind the hoax confessed and apologized to her. Diane O’Meara told NBC’s “Today” show Tuesday that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo used pictures of her without her knowledge in creating a fake woman called Lennay Kekua. Te’o asserts he was tricked into an online romance with Kekua and, until last week, did not understand he was being hoaxed. Read More

Manit Te’o mentioned fake girlfriend twice recently

By: The Associated Press 01/17/13 10:06 PM
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Not once but twice after he supposedly discovered his online girlfriend of three years never even existed, Notre Dame All-America linebacker Manti Te’o perpetuated the heartbreaking story about her death. Read More
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