Down they go: Gators, Trojans, contenders and Top 25 unbeatens falling victim to upsets
What a tough day to be a highly ranked team.
Sports
Oct 27, 2012
Unbeaten Irish: No. 1 Notre Dame beats USC 22-13 to earn spot in BCS championship game
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - For four straight plays in the waning minutes, Notre Dame'sdefencewas backed up to its 1 with its perfect season in peril.
Sports
Nov 24, 2012
Can Notre Dame-Alabama challenge Texas-USC as highest-rated BCS title game?
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Two undefeated teams, three Heisman Trophy finalists, five lead changes and 19 seconds left when the winning touchdown was scored.
Entertainment
Jan 4, 2013
Manti Te’o tells ESPN he was never involved in creating girlfriend hoax
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o insisted he had no role in the bizarre hoax involving his "dead" girlfriend and told ESPN on Friday night that he was duped by a person who has since apologized to him.
Sports
Jan 18, 2013
Te’o tries to move on with interview, but more questions may be asked of the Notre Dame star
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Manti Te'o tried to put one of the strangest sports stories in memory behind him, insisting he was the target of an elaborate online hoax in which he fell for a fake woman created by pranksters, then admitting his own lies made the bizarre ordeal worse.
World
Jan 19, 2013
ND’s Te’o tells Couric he briefly lied about girlfriend after learning she didn’t exist
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax.
World
Jan 23, 2013
ND’s Te’o tells Couric he briefly lied about girlfriend after learning she didn’t exist
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax.
Sports
Jan 23, 2013
Man admits masterminding Manti Te’o hoax, says he was in love with football player
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo fell in love with Manti Te'o and said all his energy went into pretending to be the woman the Notre Dame linebacker came to know as Lennay Kekua.
World
Jan 31, 2013
Cuthbert among Canadians on Maxim’s Hot 100
Canadian stars Elisha Cuthbert and Rachel McAdams are among the women adding heat to Maxim's Hot 100 list for 2013.
Entertainment
May 13, 2013
Online news site Gawker breaks Rob Ford drug allegations story
The popular news website Gawker went public with a story Thursday evening alleging its editor had seen a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
Canada
May 17, 2013
‘Selfie’, ‘yooper’, among words added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary
‘Hashtag’, ‘selfie’ and ‘tweep’ were among 150 new words added to the 2014 edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
World
May 19, 2014
Monday’s Sports In Brief
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World
Feb 18, 2013
Te’o says he’s over hoax embarrassment, ready to focus on football
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Manti Te'o wants everyone to know he's over the embarrassment of an online hoax, and he's ready to focus on football.</span>
Feb 23, 2013
Man admits masterminding Manti Te’o hoax, says he was in love with football player
Ronaiah Tuiasosopo fell in love with Manti Te'o and said all his energy went into pretending to be the woman the Notre Dame linebacker came to know as Lennay Kekua.
Sports
Jan 31, 2013
Man who masterminded Te’o fake girlfriend says hoax came from being molested
The man who says he tricked Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o into falling for a fake woman he had created online says the hoax had "everything to do" with escaping from real life because he had been molested as a child.
Sports
Feb 1, 2013
Te’o hoax: ND prez tells trustees school did its best in ‘extraordinary circumstances’
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Top administrators at Notre Dame decided within hours of hearing about the Manti Te'o dead girlfriend hoax that it did not involve a crime and within two days had concluded there was no NCAA violation, according to a letter sent by the university president to board of trustee members on Friday.
Sports
Jan 25, 2013
Manti Te’o tells Couric he briefly lied about girlfriend after learning she didn’t exist
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has told Katie Couric that he briefly lied about his online girlfriend after discovering she didn't exist, while maintaining that he had no part in creating the hoax.</span>
Jan 23, 2013
Woman whose photo was used in Te’o hoax: Tuiasosopo apologized, confessed
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The woman whose photo was used as the "face" of the Twitter account of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's supposed girlfriend says the man allegedly behind the hoax confessed and apologized to her.
Sports
Jan 22, 2013
Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o to be interviewed by Katie Couric; will air on Thursday
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o will be interviewed by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax.
Entertainment
Jan 20, 2013
Relative of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo says alleged Te’o prankster considering telling his story
LANCASTER, Calif. - The person cast as the mastermind of the hoax involving Notre Dame's Manti Te'o may tell his side of the story, a family member said Sunday.
Sports
Jan 20, 2013