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Q&A: Jim Boeheim Bio Author Talks About The Life, Legacy, Controversy Surrounding The Syracuse Coach

Posted December 18, 2011, 10:36 am by BigLeadSports (No Comments)

Last month, Color Him Orange: The Jim Boeheim Story (Triumph Books) by veteran writer Scott Pitoniak hit book shelves. Author Scott Pitoniak about Boeheim, the book and the controversy that could damage Boeheim’s legacy.

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Book Review: John U. Bacon’s “Three and Out”

Posted December 18, 2011, 9:30 am by Ty Duffy (6 Comments)

We often fantasize about being a fly on the wall, present for some seminal moment. In Three and Out, John U. Bacon is that fly for one of college football’s most puzzling plots: why Rich Rodriguez collapsed at Michigan.

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Q&A: Sportswriter George Vecsey Takes A Swing At Paterno, The NBA, Stan Musial

Posted November 9, 2011, 2:25 pm by Barry Janoff (1 Comment)

George Vecsey has been called a dean of American sports writers, a term he himself rejects. The native of New York was a sportswriter for Newsday (1960-69) before joining The New York Times, for which he has also covered such topics as politics and religion. Vecsey has authored or collaborated on more than a dozen [...]

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The Roundup: Jeff Pearlman Defends His Walter Payton Book, a “Moves Like Jagr” Parody & Who is Getting Rick Neuheisel’s Job?

Posted October 21, 2011, 8:18 am by Jason McIntyre (145 Comments)

Videos! Skateboarding, the end of Qaddafi’s life, and Juron Criner’s sick TD catch.

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Roundup: The 76ers Have Been Sold, Jordan Jefferson Got the Rest of His Shoes Back & a College QB Said, “This is what I’m getting paid for”

Posted October 18, 2011, 8:38 am by Jason McIntyre (258 Comments)

There were some complaints about Gretchen Mol, so I had to step my game up and bring back everyone’s favorite female Entourage character.

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Q&A: NHL Great Stan Mikita Talks ‘Hawks, Hull, Gretzky, Olympics

Posted October 12, 2011, 1:00 pm by BigLeadSports (3 Comments)

Stan Mikita set the standard during an NHL career that lasted from 1958-1980, all with the Chicago Blackhawks. He was a two-time league MVP, four-time scoring leader and a member of the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup championship team in 1960-61.

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Roundup: Vanderbilt Football Coach Recruiting by Helicopter, Yankees’ Season Hinges on AJ Burnett & It’s Good to Be Michael Lewis

Posted October 4, 2011, 8:11 am by Jason McIntyre (160 Comments)

Today’s a huge day for NBA fans. No, that’s not included in the roundup, but rather it’s just a heads up.

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