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Chappin to leave Rose Bowl for job with College Football Playoff
Gina Chappin, who has run media operations for the Rose Bowl game since 2007, on Monday was named senior director of communications and brand management for the new College Football Playoff. Chappin will remain with the Rose Bowl through next season...Tags: Football, College Football, Rose Bowl Game, Dwayne Johnson, Sports
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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: Marketing, Forrester Research Incorporated, AMC (tv network), Television Industry, Mad Men (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: San Diego Chargers, Punishment, Fines, Manti Te'o, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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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: Southeastern Conference, Football, Politics, Lobbying, College Football
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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: Football, Cowboys Stadium, Pacific-12 Conference, College Football, Rose Bowl Game
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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: Football, Cowboys Stadium, College Football, Rose Bowl Game, 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: Sun Belt Conference, National Football League, LSU Tigers, Big East Conference, Fiesta Bowl
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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: Football, Politics, NASCAR, Elections, Sports
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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: Football, ESPN (tv network), Rose Bowl Game, Sports
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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: Soccer, Tracy McGrady, Television Industry, Philadelphia Eagles, College Sports
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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: Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs, Andre Johnson, Oakland Raiders, M.D. Jennings
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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: UCLA Bruins, Mountain West Conference, Minnesota Golden Gophers, College Sports, Tony Snell
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