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College Football

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2012

    Paterno Speaks To Washington Post About Sandusky Scandal

    ​Joe Paterno spoke out about the child sexual abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky that cost him his job as head coach of the Penn State University football team in an exclusive interview with the Washington Post. "In hindsight, I wish I had done more," he told the Pos ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 4, 2012

    Hombre Blanco Edition

    ​Joe Paterno spoke out about the child sexual abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky that cost him his job as head coach of the Penn State University football team in an exclusive interview with the Washington Post. "In hindsight, I wish I had done more," he told the Pos ... More >>

  • News

    December 14, 2011

    Bowling for Chumps

    How insiders use the college bowl system to loot American universities

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Heisman Goes to a Player in a Second-Rate Conference Who Played a Cheesecloth Schedule

    ​Do you remember Troy Smith, Chris Weinke, Ty Detmer, or Andre Ware? Do you switch on the TV when Matt Leinart's team is playing -- do you remember what team he plays for? Does your heart beat faster when you think of the pro careers of Danny Wuerffel, Ron Dane, Eric Crouch, Jason White, Gino ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2011

    DEA Money Laundering; German Evacuation From WWII Bombs; Socrates Dies

    via Wikipedia​A New York Times report says the Drug Enforcement Administration has laundered money for drug cartels in an effort to "identify how criminal organizations move their money, where they keep their assets and, most important, who their leaders are." This controversial tactic was ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Columbia Marching Band Banned From Game For Being Slightly Irreverent

    ​Columbia's marching band was banned (and subsequently un-banned) from performing at Saturday's football game against Brown for pointing out the simple fact that Columbia hasn't won a game all season. After every game, the band plays the school fight song "Roar, Lions, Roar." But after the tea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Jerry Sandusky's Book, Touched, Is Still on Amazon

    ​Unless you've been living under a rock without WiFi for the past 48 hours, even the sports unconscious will have heard the names "Joe Paterno" and "Jerry Sandusky." Last night's firing of Penn State head coach Paterno and school president Graham Spanier by the board of trustees over how the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Jerry Sandusky Sex Scandal Means Joe Paterno Will Be Remembered for Failure, Not Accomplishments

    ​A couple of hours ago, Penn State University announced that Joe Paterno's weekly Tuesday press conference was cancelled. It's probably just as well, since the Paterno camp had already advised the press that he would not be taking questions on his role in the sex abuse scandal -- and that's th ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 28, 2011

    GO LONG!

    Take a day trip to West Point

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Bubba Smith, Huge Guy On and Off Gridiron, Found Dead at 66

    Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith died yesterday in his home in Los Angeles at age 66 and took an awful lot of history with him. There were two primary reasons why Bubba Smith became such a folk hero while still in college, at Michigan State. The first is that the '65-'66 Spartans were the first major c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    If Auburn Wins Tonight, Its Title May Be Short-Lived

    ​If the Bowl Championship Series has accomplished nothing else - and most critics would argue that it hasn't - it has at least made the final title game into a national story as no college game, not even the Rose Bowl at the height of its glory - did before it. That makes tonight's title gam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Why Doesn't Cameron Newton Have a Lock on the Heisman?

    ​There probably hasn't been a Heisman candidate this decade with such strong credentials for the title of Outstanding College Football Player in The Nation as Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton. Newton's numbers are phenomenal: as a passer. 123 completions in 185 attempts for 1890 yards (a 10.3 ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Best Of NYC: We're the Greatest Sports City in the World

    And proud of it

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2010

    MEN IN MOTION

    Fordham football is looking up

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Reggie Bush More Scorned than OJ Simpson, Somehow

    You must forget this image -- it's the rules!​So now, it appears, Reggie Bush's fabulous stint at the University of Southern California never happened. As reported on ESPN, the Heisman Trophy Trust will strip Bush of his 2005 Heisman Trophy and leave the award "vacant." The Trust's own inve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Jockbeat: Tonight's BCS Championship Should Be A Lopsided Affair

    ​If you're a fan of any college football team except the Alabama Crimson Tide, tonight should be a good time to catch up on the holiday movies. In the Bowl Championship Series national title game in Pasadena, the number one-ranked Tide is favored over the number two-ranked Texas Longhorms by 3 ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 29, 2009

    PERFECT DRIVE

    Take a day trip to West Point for college football action

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    Jockbeat: Will Jets fans have patience for Sanchez to grow?

    There are two definitely good things to be said about the Jets obtaining Southern Cal quarterback Mark Sanchez. The first is that he's probably the best prospect available. The second is that he looks a hell of a lot better than anything they have right now.   But there are potential pitfa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Jockbeat: Lord Help Tim Tebow

    Florida's Tim Tebow is the best college quarterback I've ever seen.  Not the best looking, the smoothest or the most classic, but the best, as in the one I want to quarterback for my team in the big game. His performance in Thursday night's 24-14 victory over Oklahoma in the BCS national champi ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 5, 2008

    LION’S DEN

    Take the subway to see Cornell at Columbia

  • News

    January 22, 2008

    Why the Giants Shouldn't Be in the Super Bowl and Ways They Can Win It

    If the Favre treatment doesn't stop Brady, maybe Jessica Simpson could?

  • News

    December 4, 2007

    Unmanning the Flock

    The Giants win by a goal post while intimidating no one

  • News

    September 25, 2007

    Letters

    The Giants win by a goal post while intimidating no one

  • News

    September 11, 2007

    New York's Fumble Recovery

    Why Rutgers deserves more New York love, and Notre Dame less

  • People

    May 16, 2006

    USC's Topless Professor

    Feminist Diana York Blaine bares her boobs and talks gender equality

  • News

    July 29, 2003

    Spaceballs

    Feminist Diana York Blaine bares her boobs and talks gender equality

  • News

    April 8, 2003

    Playing Games

    Title IX Was Always About More Than Sports. So Is the Fight.

  • News

    December 24, 2002

    The BCS Mess

    Our Guide to the Bowl Championship Series

  • News

    October 15, 2002

    'Star' As In 'Stargell'

    Our Guide to the Bowl Championship Series

  • Specials

    December 25, 2001

    Letters

    Our Guide to the Bowl Championship Series

  • News

    December 18, 2001

    The Real Top 25

    The Worst of the Best in College Football

  • News

    November 13, 2001

    All-American Boy

    Remembering Ozzie Simmons

  • Art

    April 10, 2001

    Who Got Game?

    • • • Running the Numbers on College Sports

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Faceless Wonders

    Giants’ Lesser Lights Lead the Way

  • News

    January 2, 2001

    Our Year in Sports

    Giants’ Lesser Lights Lead the Way

  • News

    January 2, 2001

    2000 Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll Results

    Giants’ Lesser Lights Lead the Way

  • News

    December 26, 2000

    Unsportsmanlike Conduct

    College Football's Real-Life Top 25

  • News

    November 14, 2000

    Head Case

    College Football's Real-Life Top 25

  • News

    October 10, 2000

    Pigskin Pioneers

    Slow Racial Progress and a Cloud of Dust

  • Film

    August 15, 2000

    Kicked in the Head

    Slow Racial Progress and a Cloud of Dust

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Madness!

    The College Basketball Real-Life Top 25

  • News

    February 1, 2000

    A Bookie's Wild Week

    Hanging Out With a Bookmaker on the Super Bowl, Betting's Biggest Event

  • Specials

    January 4, 2000

    Letters

    Hanging Out With a Bookmaker on the Super Bowl, Betting's Biggest Event

  • News

    December 21, 1999

    Game Misconducts

    College Football's Real-Life Top 25

  • News

    November 30, 1999

    The Overachiever

    Ray Lucas Surmounts All Obstacles as He Guides the Jets Back to Respectability

  • News

    April 20, 1999

    They Call Me Coach

    The women who dare to lead men into battle

  • News

    January 5, 1999

    Winners Take All

    The Seventh Annual Village Voice Sportswriters Poll

  • News

    December 29, 1998

    ESPN'S Ho-Mo-Sexual Safari

    The Seventh Annual Village Voice Sportswriters Poll

  • News

    December 1, 1998

    Running on mpty

    Tyrone Wheatley: A lost giant in a lost season

  • News

    October 27, 1998

    On the Line

    The defensive front is big blue’s big-play unit

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