Media Picks TCU to Win the Big 12 in 2015 College Football Season | Bleacher ... - Bleacher Report Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports If the Big 12 ends up having just "One True Champion" in football this season, the smart money is on TCU being the team to come out on top in the eyes of the league's media members. The Horned Frogs were the overwhelming choice to claim their first outright Big 12 … [Read more...]
Why Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.’s career could fade from limelight (Yahoo Sports)
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Hunter-Reay limps into Iowa on cold streak (The Associated Press)
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Pint-per-stroke: could you handle the most devilish challenge in golf?
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Jason Day’s vertigo update: ‘I’m not thinking about falling over on my face again’
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Payday for Okposo?; Burke’s management future; goalies go 3-on-3 (Puck Headlines)
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StewPod #9: The secrets of ‘Major League,’ our favorite baseball movie
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Georgia WR Malcolm Mitchell wrote a children’s book
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Steve Gleason Act passes through House of Representatives
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Julius Erving says it should take ‘seven years’ for the 76ers to become ‘formidable’
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