• Big Ten football drama widens with Penn State cancellation confusion

    Big Ten football drama widens with Penn State cancellation confusion

    Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour didn’t question the Big Ten’s decision to cancel fall football, but she did potentially create a stir by questioning whether there was an official vote to do so. “It is unclear to me whether or not there was a vote,” she told reporters Monday during a conference call. “No …
  • College football’s day of reckoning stings like no other

    College football’s day of reckoning stings like no other

    This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …
  • Giants’ pick Cam Brown already has Cowboys hatred in his blood

    Giants’ pick Cam Brown already has Cowboys hatred in his blood

    Cam Brown was ahead of his time. The new Giants draft pick won’t have to get used to not liking the Cowboys, as his Twitter account shows he is already well-versed in his hatred toward Big Blue’s NFC East rival. “Cowboys are forever some ass,” Brown tweeted on Nov. 28, 2013. The tweet lines up …
  • Tragedy-stricken Yetur Gross-Matos intrigued by Giants NFL Draft scenario

    Tragedy-stricken Yetur Gross-Matos intrigued by Giants NFL Draft scenario

    During the pre-draft process, a common question from NFL teams to prospects is to describe the toughest thing they have ever gone through. For Penn State defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos that answer is not hard to figure out. Gross-Matos has been shaped by two tragedies early in his life. His father died when he drowned …