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Tom Izzo has long since established his reputation for honesty. It's part of why he's so widely respected: With minimal diplomatic exception, he'll tell reporters, fans, staff members and players pretty much what he thinks, whether positive or negati...

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany says recent troubles for the athletic programs at Rutgers will not interfere with its entry into conference.

In case you were busy trying to remember Della Reese's name (it's Della Reese), here's what you missed in sports last weekend. Despite an off night from LeBron James, his Miami Heat got their 18th consecutive win, 105-91, over the Indiana Pacers...

Happy media days eve. Bill O'Brien's resolve will be tested at Penn State. USC coach Lane Kiffin offered to give advice to O'Brien (for the low, low price of Silas Redd). Businesses are reconsidering their marketing ties with Penn State. Casey ...

On Tuesday, the second annual Michigan and Michigan State AD Challenge took place at the U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor. Though MSU athletic director Mark Hollis and the Spartans beat Dave Brandon and the U-M staff in the tournament, it was a special d...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- After the way Taylor Martinez introduced himself to the college football world in 2010, footwork would seem like the last thing he'd need to significantly upgrade. The Nebraska quarterback has little trouble moving forward or side...

In honor of the weather, these links were cooked under record-high temperatures. Wisconsin's quarterback competition this spring begins with the team's top two pass-catchers sidelined. Badgers coach Bret Bielema is geared up for spring ball. Mi...

Madness and "Mad Men." Should be a great weekend. There are a lot of questions for Minnesota as the Gophers begin spring practice Thursday. Linebacker Mike Rallis says competing for a Big Ten title is possible this year. Wisconsin spring practi...

If I made a list of Big Ten coaches most likely to jump in freezing water outside a casino in Iowa in late January, Kirk Ferentz wouldn't be near the top. Ferentz and Johnny Knoxville don't have much in common. But the Iowa head coach on Saturd...

One of the reasons Joe Paterno resisted retirement for so long was because he didn't want to end up like Bear Bryant, who died just a few weeks after hanging up his houndstooth hat at Alabama. But a fate that's possibly worse than death has accomp...

The NCAA dropped the hammer Friday on Ohio State wide receiver DeVier Posey. Is the Ohio State program next? We'll soon find out if Friday's NCAA ruling on Posey foreshadows what will come from the infractions committee when it renders a more i...

Penn State coach Joe Paterno is back where he belongs -- on the sideline -- for the first time this season. The 84-year-old, who suffered shoulder and pelvis injuries last month during a Penn State practice, will coach his first game from the side...

• Heat F Chris Bosh weighs in on the NBA lockout, the intense media coverage and scrutiny of Miami, Shaquille O'Neal and more. Bosh • Nebraska coach Bo Pelini discusses Taylor Martinez, his program's move to the Big Ten, the Cornhuskers...

The Big 12 won't be changing its name once it officially begins play with 10 members. It won't change the logo, either. But at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas on July 25-26, it will debut its new "branding initiative," which will project a message ...

The stories keep trickling out of Columbus about Terrelle Pryor and other Ohio State Buckeyes potentially receiving improper benefits. The latest is a report by Tom Farrey and Justine Gubar of ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that says Pryor and other p...

Penn State's 2011 men's basketball coaching search was an easy target for sarcasm. It offered up the perfect amount of low-hanging fruit sarcastic jerks like myself so love to pick: Ed DeChellis leaving for Navy (what?), a string of so-so candidates ...