Last night, Southern Mississippi squared off against Troy in the New Orleans Bowl, the annual post-season game played by the champions of the Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA at the Louisiana Superdome.

The big news coming out of Sunday’s game, however, wasn’t Southern Miss’s narrow, 3-point victory; it was Eagles receiver DeAndre Brown’...

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I don't know about you, but I dragged myself out of bed at 9:30 yesterday morning to watch ESPN's Outside the Lines piece on Penn State Football's off-the-field problems and I have to agree with JoePa on this one, it kinda comes off as a "witch hunt." But, that seemed obvious months ago when they contacted me for the piece.

I told you before t...

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Don't forget to vote for YOUR town (I'm voting Chapel Hill, of course) for TitleTown USA!

Voting will continue through noon Sunday, with winners announced Monday, July 28 on Sportscenter.

May the best town win!

James Buck, a UC Berkeley alum, was saved from spending months in a Egyptian prison by a sending a tweet (posts made on Twitter) to his friends. Inspired by his experience, The PreReq reports he’s hoping to create a global network help line.

College Candy’s University of Wisconsin blogger, Jill, took a close look at the best summer treats.

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College Candy’s University of Wisconsin blogger put together an exhaustive list of guys women should never, ever date.

The Pre Req reported on a Tufts University research project that just might lead to a robot apocalypse.

TheDirty sent an open letter to ESPN’s Erin Andrews, a University of Florida alum, requesting that she respond to dispar...

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If you were watching SportsCenter last night, you'll have seen a segment featuring Chapel Hill as a nominee for TitleTown USA.  If you missed it, check out the website here and compare our beloved Hill to the other finalists, which includes Ann Arbor. 

And don't forget to vote from July 24 to July 26 on espn.com!

Tyler Hansbrough and Rachel Dawson have both been nominated for the 2008 ESPYs (ESPN Awards).  Hansbrough was nominated for male college athlete for his player-of-the-year-worthy performance this past basketball season, while Dawson was nominated for helping lead the UNC field hockey team to an undefeated championship season, as well as nabbing ...

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There has been a rumor floating around that ESPN was working on an episode of Outside the Lines which would focus on the off-field problems the football has had over the past few seasons. Last week the rumor was confirmed by Allentown Morning Call reporter Bill Kline on his blog. Well, all you had to do was ask me and I could have told you it wa...

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