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Fox, Twitter team up to promote TV shows, sell ads
Fox and Twitter have entered into a partnership to promote the broadcaster's programs and help advertisers reach TV audiences as they discuss shows on the social network. Twitter Inc., which has established itself as the water cooler where America...
Tags: X Games, Mad Men (tv program), Marketing, Forrester Research Incorporated, The Voice (tv program)
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Manti Te'o puts girlfriend hoax in past at Chargers' rookie camp
Manti Te’o is moving past the controversy that once seemed to taint his draft stock and is now focusing on stopping the run or getting to the quarterback for the San Diego Chargers. Te’o, who signed a four-year deal with the Chargers on...
Tags: Manti Te'o, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Sports, Football, Mike McCoy
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Cowboys Stadium to play host to first championship game in new format
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will play host to the first championship game in the new College Football Playoff. "The stadium itself was the biggest determiner," Bowl Championship Series Executive Director Bill Hancock said after the...
Tags: College Football, Rose Bowl Game, Sports, Football, New Year's Day
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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: Southeastern Conference, College Football, Rose Bowl Game, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Sports
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'Cheater' infiltrates new College Football Playoff logo contest
The new College Football Playoff logo campaign hit a snag Wednesday when what was termed a "cheater" cast 50,251 votes for logo No. 4. Fans have until Monday to cast votes for the new logo at http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/. The contractor...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Sports, Football, NASCAR
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New name for college football playoff is: College Football Playoff
The new name for college football's new playoff was so inspirational and earth-shattering it could not be contained to its originally planned release date of Tuesday afternoon. Um, not exactly. It leaked out through ESPN, which owns the contract...
Tags: Rose Bowl Game, Sports, Football, ESPN (tv network)
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BCS leaders hone new college football playoff format
The last vestiges of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, conceived years ago on a cocktail napkin, will be phased out this week at a swank Pasadena hotel. College football power brokers are meeting in Southern California to tie up loose BCS ends...Tags: Politics, College Football, Southeastern Conference, Lobbying, Rose Bowl Game
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Oregon proposes probation over violations in football program
The University of Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed two-year probation with the loss of one scholarship in each of the next three years, according to documents released by...
Tags: Ottawa Senators, Chicago Bears, Oregon Ducks, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Women's National Basketball Association
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Sam Farmer's NFL mock draft: Where's USC quarterback Matt Barkley?
So Manti T'eo goes in the first round, but USC's Matt Barkley doesn't? With less than three weeks to go before the NFL draft, that's a distinct possibility. The Times projects four safeties, two guards and the controversial Notre Dame linebacker to go...
Tags: Cleveland Browns, Bill Belichick, Minnesota Vikings, Free Agency, Osi Umenyiora
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New college football playoff system gets a less-than-original name
The name for college football's new playoff system is … "College Football Playoff." "Brand X" and "Your Name Here" apparently were already taken. College football commissioners meeting in Pasadena this week were looking for simplicity in...
Tags: College Football, Rose Bowl Game, Sports, Football, Pacific-12 Conference
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UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach; he has big job ahead
Steve Alford, who spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, will take over the basketball program at UCLA less than two weeks after saying how happy he was to be signing a contract extension to remain coach of the Lobos. The hiring came at the end of a...
Tags: College Football, UCLA Bruins, Sports, New Mexico Lobos, University of California, Los Angeles
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Ohio State, Wichita State vie to be best in the . . . West?
Some West Regional final this turned out to be. The closest school left, Wichita State, is located 1,380 miles from epicenter court at Staples Center. Ohio State in the NCAA West makes as much sense as Dallas in the NFC East. That is not to say...
Tags: Wichita State Shockers, College Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, National Football Conference, National Invitation Tournament
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