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Meet the Nevada Preps Boys Athlete of the Year

The three-time All-Southern Nevada first-team selection has committed to play college football at Hawaii. He enrolled early to join the Rainbow Warriors for spring practice in his home state.

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Tom Brady’s appeal hearing over Deflategate suspension begins

Tom Brady’s appeal of his four-game National Football League suspension for participating in a scheme to deflate footballs during last season’s playoffs began on Tuesday at NFL headquarters on swanky Park Avenue.

 
Twitter attacks British journalist over deflated footballs

Here’s a story, of a man named (Tom) Bradby, who was busy with a life of his own. Till the one day when Bradby met this fellow (named Tom Brady), and he knew it was much more than a hunch, that this group (on social media) would somehow form a feeding frenzy. That’s the way Bradby became the equivalent of Twitter brunch.

 
Ex-NFL player Darren Sharper sentenced to 9 years in prison

Former National Football League star Darren Sharper pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges filed in Arizona on Monday and was sentenced to nine years in prison shortly before facing more sex crime charges in a Los Angeles courtroom. He is expected to enter a plea Tuesday to similar charges in Las Vegas.

 
Housekeepers say they found guns at Hernandez’s home

Housekeepers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez testified on Monday that they found several guns around his home in the weeks before the alleged murder of a man Hernandez is charged with killing.

 
49ers say Michigan did reach out to Harbaugh

General manager Trent Baalke confirmed Monday that he was contacted by the University of Michigan to request an interview with San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: NFL Week 8

Matt Youmans and the Golden Nugget sports book’s Aaron Kessler and Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend by offering 12 plays.

 
Football coach fired over watermelon, ape-like celebrations rehired

A South Carolina high school football coach has been reinstated after his firing over postgame celebrations that officials said had racial overtones, with players smashing watermelons and making ape-like sounds.

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