http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23825856/lane-kiffin-charlie-weis-jr-florida-atlantic-owls-experiment Jun 18, 2018 Andrea AdelsonESPN Staff Writer BOCA RATON, Fla. -- So he is young. Do you know how many times Charlie Weis Jr. has heard that? It's going on a decade now. Do you know who else heard constantly about being young? Lane Kiffin. It makes sense, then, that the man…
Texas school shooting suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis hid firearms under long coat
Kevin Johnson,Rick Jervis and Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY May 18, 2018 It’s not USA TODAY’s policy to identify minors charged with crimes. Due to the magnitude of this school shooting and the fact the suspect has been charged as an adult, USA TODAY has decided to identify him. SANTA FE, Texas —The 17-year-old suspect…
The crazy underworld of NFL undrafted free agency
es.pn/2ItMza1 May 11, 2018 Jordan RaananESPN Staff Writer The NFL draft stretched three days and took in excess of 13 real-time hours for all the selections to be made. When it all wrapped, there were a total of 256 players selected by the league’s 32 teams. Then the real chaos ensued. The draft quickly…
Man who was exonerated of murder after 16 years in prison will soon be a lawyer
Nancy CutlerUpdated 7:19 p.m. ET May 9, 2019 Rockland/Westchester Journal News https://www.lohud.com/videos/news/local/westchester/2019/05/09/jeffrey-deskovic-wrongly-convicted-law-school-graduate/1143445001/ Jeffrey Deskovic, 45, talks about his experience before taking the final test for his law degree at Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law in White Plains May 8, 2019. Tania Savayan, tsavayan@lohud.com WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – It seems both improbable and inevitable…
Google hopes AI can predict heart disease by looking at retinas
Edward C. Baig Updated 2:38 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2018 USA today Google’s algorithms are now able to predict heart disease and whether someone has high blood pressure. Researchers detailed this new Artificial Intelligence information on Monday. Buzz60 I can look into your eyes and see straight to your heart. It may sound like a sappy sentiment from…
Milan High junior aimed for, attained perfect ACT score
Lasherica Thornton, Jackson Sun Published 11:34 a.m. CT Jan. 22, 2019 | Updated 2:45 p.m. CT Jan. 23, 2019 William Carter (Photo: Photo courtesy of Sarah Carter) As a seventh-grader, William Carter scored 29 on the ACT, a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. As a sophomore, he got a 35,…
Remembering Rosenblatt
What started out as a quiet little ballpark on a hill was nurtured and grew into a cathedral that put college baseball - and Omaha - on the map. OMAHA, Neb. -- The south part of town was always separate. It was built on meatpacking plants and baseball, and, on a good day, the…
As births decline in young women, they keep rising in 40-somethings. Here’s why.
Kim Painter Updated 12:27 p.m. ET May 19, 2018 More and more women are having having childern later in life. This is one mom's story. USA TODAY The United States is in the midst of a baby bust as birthrates fall in every age group of women except for one: women in their 40s, according to government statistics…
Gay Division I football player won’t come out: ‘Not ashamed, just scared’
Erik Brady Updated 1:46 p.m. ET May 18, 2018 SportsPulse: Arian Foster wants you to know he's an artist who happened to play football. He also wants you to know the current state of the NFL doesn't allow players to share their emotions the way they should. Alone in the Game is a new documentary…
It’s not just Amazon, Northern Virginia also wants a bite of Apple
Jessica Guynn and Mike Snider, USA TODAY May 16, 2018 The high-tech corridor outside the nation's capitol isn't just a potential lure for Amazon. Apple may be in the mix. Northern Virginia is one of 20 finalists for Amazon's second headquarters, and the region has invited Apple to consider it for a 20,000-person campus the iPhone maker…
NBA draft lottery: Likely picks, odds and stakes for every team
es.pn/2jLiQLI May 15, 2018 Which team is likely to select Trae Young? Kevin Jairaj/USA TODAY Sports What's at stake for each team in Tuesday's NBA draft lottery (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/WatchESPN)? We break down the likely picks, odds and questions for the 15 franchises hoping on pingpong balls. Phoenix Suns | Likely spot: No. 1 No.…
Belichick and Saban: The Stories Behind Football’s Most Powerful Friendship
By JENNY VRENTAS January 18, 2018 QUICKLY A little more than 35 years ago, Bill Belichick was introduced to Nick Saban over dinner at the home of Belichick’s parents. How the two coaches—and their friendship—evolved as they conquered the highest levels of football They agreed to meet in West Point, N.Y., at a little hotel…
Texas Football…an uplifting storytelling
Inmate Football There was an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas . The game was between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School . Faith is a Christian school and Gainesville State School is located within a maximum security correction facility. Gainesville State School has 14 players. They play every…
Scientists teleport first object ever from Earth into space
Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Published 1:58 p.m. ET July 13, 2017 | Updated 3:13 p.m. ET July 13, 2017 Chinese scientists successfully teleported an object from the Earth's surface to an orbiting satellite for the first time ever. A photon — a tiny sub-atomic particle — was "transported" from the Gobi Desert to China's Micius satellite some…
Inside Nashville’s bid to land 2019 NFL draft: Make it a party
Cameron Wolfe ESPN Staff Writer May 18, 2018 NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- You could call the Tennessee Titans' April 4 uniform unveilinga test -- the team, along with the city of Nashville, was curious just how interested the public would be in seeing new uniforms revealed outside on a 40-degree Wednesday night in the middle…
Crisis of Confidence Threatens Confidence
by Karin Fischer / May 15, 2011 / Chronicle of Higher Education The American higher-education system has long been seen as a leader in the world, but confidence in its future and its enduring value may be beginning to crack along economic lines, according to two major surveys of the American public and…
Vanderbilt linebacker Chris Marve tries to tackle career in law
By Jim Wyatt | The Tennessean March 3, 2012 "Chris Marve is bypassing the NFL to pursue his dream of becoming an attorney or judge. Already accepted by one law school, he's working at Nashville's Neal & Harwell law firm while awaiting other offers. - GEORGE WALKER IV / THE TENNESSEAN Chris Marve has spent…
Reality shows dismal 4-year graduation rates
By Richard Morgan / Commercial Appeal / Feb. 28, 2011 When colleges report graduation rates, the industry standard is to presume a six-year timeline. But using the six-year metric, four-year colleges dodge an uncomfortable fact: the dismal rates of four-year graduation. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Education,…
Report: Kansas hires senior citizens
Updated Feb 8, 2011 2:00 AM ET / Fox Sports.com The University of Kansas has hired a brigade of senior citizens hell-bent on making sure the students on its basketball team go to class -- and stay there, The Wall Street Journal reported in its Tuesday edition. "They're sneaky sometimes -- they'll get you," said…
One mother of a recruiting battle:
Collins' mom got the recruiting world buzzing about her son, just not the way he wanted. by: Brady Content / ESPN The Magazine / Jan. 25, 2012 LANDON COLLINS, the nation's top-ranked high school safety, rides shotgun in an old Jeep Cherokee headed toward his mother's house in Harvey, La. Collins is not…
Report Commissioned by For-Profits Accuses the GAO of Sloppy Investigating
Washington By Kelly Field / Chronicle of Higher Ed / Jan 13, 2011 A consulting firm hired by a coalition of for-profit colleges to review the tapes from an undercover government investigation of such colleges has concluded that the government's report contained "flagrant errors" and "misrepresentations." The company, Norton/Norris Inc., a "mystery shopper" for…
Detailed claims in Houston Nutt’s lawsuit make case Ole Miss definitely owes an apology
Dan Wolken Updated 7:00 p.m. ET Oct. 12, 2017 - USA Today On Jan. 29, 2016, as Ole Miss coaches were preparing for a crucial recruiting weekend just ahead of National Signing Day, Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports broke the story that the NCAA had delivered a Notice of Allegations to the school, alleging…
Nothing personal, strictly business
Jeff Tarpley / AggieYell.com /Sept. 1, 2011 Envy, pride, jealousy, resentment, little brother syndrome?Those are all words and terms used in the past few weeks to describe Texas A&M's desire to leave the Big 12 and become a member of the Southeastern Conference. Those words convey the sense that the decision is an emotional…
Former HS dropout now excelling at WVU
Updated Aug 11, 2011 6:04 PM ET / Foxsports.com / Thayer Evans Bruce Irvin once didn't care about school. In high school, he didn't do his class assignments or study for tests. Instead, he was focused on making money in the streets and hanging out with friends. By his sophomore year at Stockbridge (Ga.) High…
Suing Over Jobs – Class Action Against Law Schools for Fraud on Employment Numbers
by: Scott Jaschik / Inside Highered.com / August 11, 2011 All three law schools deny the charges. And Cooley has already filed a defamation suit against the lawyers suing it. But the litigation comes amid a broader debate over whether the American Bar Association and others are doing enough to promote the release of…
OSU vs NCAA Case Summary
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Jimmy Butler finds a new home, hope
Homeless as a teen, Jimmy Butler lives out his hoop dreams with a new family June 18, 2011 / by: Chad Ford / ESPN.com Jimmy Butler In His Own Words "I don't like the look of you. You gotta go." Those were the last words Jimmy Butler says he remembers his mother saying to…
Towson U. Rights an Old Wrong
Amazing how closed minded we, as people, truly are. Written - May 24, 2010, 02:00 PM ET Onstage in cap and gown last week at Towson University's commencement was Susan Fedder Garten, a woman who was denied the right to walk in the 1951 procession at Towson State Teachers College because she was visibly pregnant.…
‘Major, major game-changer’: Ebola spreads to big Congo city
apnews.com/44d070c3770949499e7a0a1ff2115396 By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and CARLEY PETESCH May 18, 2018 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a crossroads city of more than 1 million people in a troubling turn that marks the first time the vast, impoverished country has encountered the lethal virus in an urban area. “This is a major,…
College Teams, Relying on Deception, Undermine Gender Equity
By KATIE THOMAS Published: April 25, 2011 Ever since Congress passed the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX, universities have opened their gyms and athletic fields to millions of women who previously did not have chances to play. But as women have surged into a majority on campus in recent years, many…
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