Adding a championship game offers few guarantees for Big 12
There is money to be made in a Big 12 title game -- roughly $30 million -- but that's the only benefit the conference can bank on from its most recent decision to add a championship game in 2017.A title game doesn't guarantee a spot in the College Football Playoff (See: Pac-12 2015).A title game doesn't mean it won't eliminate a team from the top four (See: Iowa 2015).It means the Big 12's best team now has one more chance to impress the selection committee against a ranked opponent on the fina..>> view originalGiants' Hunter Pence set for hamstring surgery
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Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. Kevin Love and Klay Thompson are on opposite sides of the NBA Finals for the second season in a row, but the pair were once teammates on the same Little League squad. The Lake Oswego Lakers of 2001 had both future All-Stars on their roster, and while we cannot attest to the team’s prowess on the diamond, it almost certainly would have blown all the competition away on the basketball court. • Watch: NBA..>> view originalSharks C Logan Couture: 'Everyone cheats on faceoffs'
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WACO, Texas -- New Baylor coach Jim Grobe is retaining all of Art Briles' assistant coaches and hopes to keep all of his recruits, too.Grobe had to address those two issues frequently during his introductory news conference Friday at BU's McLane Stadium. The interim head coach was hired Monday and said that keeping Briles' staff intact was his best way to try to maintain some consistency as the program recovers from the sexual assault crisis that cost Briles his job."Our goal right now is to ste..>> view originalThe importance of Muhammad Ali
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., as Muhammad Ali was once known, was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on Jan. 17, 1942. Louisville was a city with segregated public facilities, noted for the Kentucky Derby, mint juleps and other reminders of Southern aristocracy.>> view originalBlue Jays-Red Sox Preview
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Like Carlos Beltran's lunging swing, the Yankees as playoff contenders may be a reach, so they need to start thinking about the future. (Duane Burleson/Getty Images). Mark Feinsand. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Saturday, June 4, 2016, 2:13 AM.>> view original
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