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A look at 10 guys who were supposed to be sick this year but so far have just been disgusting…

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Police said defensive lineman Taylor Bradford, 21, apparently was shot around 9:45 p.m. (10:45 ET) Sunday and drove a short distance in his car before crashing. Bradford was taken to Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Campus police said the preliminary investigation indicated that Bradford was targeted and not the victim of a random act of violence. An incident from the night before may have caused this act.

The University of Memphis is closed today because of the act of violence.

A committee overseeing the University of Central Florida’s new on-campus stadium will be tackling concerns about a lack of water fountains at the facility after more than a dozen people suffered from heat exhaustion at the school’s first game Saturday.

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An Ohio State University football player was arrested Monday night on the city’s north side. Freshman backup quarterback Antonio Henton (pictured, right) was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. at Sixth Avenue and High Street and charged with soliciting, 10TV News reported.

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It is something you never think about. You buy a large fry or some cracker jacks at a ball game; then you throw them away. Do you ever pay attention to what you are throwing your trash items into? Stadiums need thousands of garbage cans in many different varieties to suit the needs of large crowds. Bathroom receptacles, ash tray trash receptacles and other types of luxurious garbage cans may be use throughout a stadium. It is possible that an store like Garbage Can Depot could supply an entire stadium with all they need. Not only do stadiums need garbage receptacles, they also need recycling receptacles. Did you know for every $1,000 of fast food sales, 200 pounds of trash is created. Imagine how much a crowd of 100,000 would spend at a baseball game. And this is not including beer.

Cincinnati Elder ended the nation’s longest football winning streak with a 41-34 overtime victory over the North Carolina high school Saturday night in the Kirk Herbstreit Challenge.

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Dennis Dixon and Oregon cruised 39-7 on Saturday. Dixon accounted for 368 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.

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The majority of us has seen our favorite baseball team eliminated from contention by now, and we find it time to turn our attention to the sport where the players are supposed to be unnaturally strong and huge. But where to watch? What city in our fine country provides the most variety for football fans?

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Want your girlfriend/wife to stop nagging you while you’re watching football? This girl (football fan) shows you how to show her the light….

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New England’s Ellis Hobbs set an NFL record by taking the second-half kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown Sunday against the New York Jets.The play also tied the record for the longest in NFL history, matching the 108-yard missed field goal returns by Chicago’s Devin Hester last season.

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JaMarcus Russell and the Oakland Raiders agreed in principle Monday night to a six-year contract that will guarantee the quarterback more than $30 million in the richest contract ever for a rookie.

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Come on, the year is 2007 and you need to just give it up. People are complaining about Madden 2008 being to violent for kids to play. Apparently, when you pull a Reggie Bush and Sheldon Brown type of hit, the words “Big Hit” are displayed on the screen. Apparently, those words are unacceptable to 12 year old children. There is no reason this game should be posted on a brain injury blog. Who comes up with that stuff anyway.

Some express the following: “If the NFL is serious in their concern over concussions, they ought to rethink the image they are creating in the minds of young fans when they allow these video games to be produced under their license. The NFL should learn that the best cure for brain injuries is prevention! ”

I say shut up and be glad you kid is not playing “Tour of Duty”, “Man Hunt 2″, or other horrific video game out on the market. THIS IS JUST FOOTBALL!

Some say it is a bad case of lazy eye. “I don’t know the clinical term for it, but he’s got what is commonly referred to as a “lazy eye.” It’s not as uncommon as it seems. I’ve worked with a few people who have it both worse and not as bad as Stuart Scott. ”

Others say it was penalty flag through the face mask.

They are all wrong. Stuart Scott was asked what happened during an interview.

Q. Back in the spring, you sustained a severe eye injury while filming a story about football minicamps with the Jets. Tell us what happened.

I had gotten in shape and (Jets coach) Herman Edwards gave me permission to go to minicamp with them. I was doing a feature for ESPN on what it’s like to be in minicamp. But I was serious about it.

The day I was there, there were eight wideouts and the wide receiver coach said I was rated number six. I didn’t have any delusions of grandeur. I was hoping I’d be good enough to be a scrub wide receiver or a practice wide receiver in the NFL. I found that out that day. I didn’t disappoint myself and I didn’t embarrass myself.

At end of practice all the wideouts went to the Jugs Machine, it’s a machine that shoots balls out. I had never done that before. I had been catching everything that day in practice from the quarterbacks. I was probably a little close and the thing was fast and the thing was faster than I thought it was.

Q. The ball, coming out of the machine, hit you square in the left eye. How bad was it?

It was serious. I had emergency surgery that night and was out of work for a couple months. It was tough. I had some eye surgery before so I knew how severe it was. It was probably more scary that day, not knowing. The next day came and I knew it would be a long recovery back. I still need some more surgery. The eye is not great now. But I had some time off.

Mike Flynt After is a grandfather and a card-carrying member of AARP. He’s eight years older than his coach and has two kids older than any of his teammates. And he’s Sul Ross State’s newest linebacker.

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“I’m sorry Mike but it honestly doesnt look like the NFL or the NAACP is going to bail you out if that’s what you are hoping.”

Even though Vick has pleaded guilty, he still is not admitting to killing dogs or gambling. So what is a guilty plea when you do not admit to being guitly? A Source told ESPN that Vick will only admit to funding these events completely. If it is proven otherwise that he did take part in the actual dog fighting, the plea bargain will not do anything for him. This could be the biggest fumbled of his career. He is clearly trying to play the system like placing a bet on a puppy. The easiest way out is to admit everything he has done and do the time.

As of right now Vick is looking to five years, but it seems he will go all in with only a pair of …?

You won’t believed it at 4.29 seconds however some have reported even faster speeds. One individual went on record as saying he witnessed 1 year pro Texan’s wide out Jerome Mathis run the 40 in 4.26 seconds, but it was not officially documented as it was hand timed. Anyone have anything that can beat that?

Worth noting, evidently this kid does it in a 4.44 … and he’s 13..

When Steve Spurrier arrived at South Carolina as head coach three seasons ago, he acted like a man humbled by his two-year failure to resuscitate the NFL’s Redskins. You’d thought an imposter had stolen his visor.

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I was listening to Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly on ESPN this afternoon talking about how evil and stupid Michael Vick is when I heard him actually say one of the words you aren
’t supposed to say on the radio. It’s one of the words that will get the offending station fined and even possibly, it’s broadcast license revoked by the FCC.

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I am a fan of the University of Georgia, meaning I am a supporter of head coach Mark Richt. He handles the media well, recruits hard, has never won less than eight games in a season, has won two SEC titles…but there’s always a little doubt in my mind.Georgia’s good, but what if it could be better with a different coach?

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Traditionally, college rivalries are what separate college football from other popular games. Everyone has their own personal favorite, and everyone insists that their rivalry is the greatest of all-time. Here are some hot videos of the biggest college football rivalries in history so you can all decide for yourself.

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