I liked the fake punt down 21-6 late in the second quarter from the 47-yard line of Texas Christian. I like trickery on Halloween Eve.
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Only the first 100 spectators attending Saturday’s “Rise ‘n’ Shine with the Lady Rebels” fanfest at Cox Pavilion were promised a free continental breakfast. But everyone went home with a powdered-sugar-and-milk mustache.
Off the field, Ben Roethlisberger has been a wreck, whether flying off a motorcycle or finding trouble with women from Lake Tahoe to Georgia. But he claims he’s a better man now.
Posting random thoughts on Facebook or Twitter can be risky business for college athletes. A dumb comment might result in a suspension. A comment by Southern California quarterback Matt Barkley triggered a mini media frenzy.
In the annals of great golf comebacks, it ranks with Paul Lawrie rallying from 10 shots back on the final day to win the 1999 British Open, though analysts with Scottish brogues might beg to differ.
Mike and Linda Babin named Shriners Hospitals as owner and beneficiary of a $1.8 million life insurance policy collectable upon their deaths for the care they provided to their son Michael, who was burned on more than 85 percent of his body.
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