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FSU officials to meet with NCAA Committee on Infractions Oct. 18 to review academic fraud charges involving 60 athletes
Sentinel Staff WriterToday begins a week that will help to shape the immediate and long-term futures of both the Florida State football team and its athletic program overall. The Seminoles (4-1) travel to Raleigh, N.C., for a Thursday night ACC divisional game against N.C....Tags: Fraud, Culture, Punishment, Florida State University, Andrew Carter
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FSU will face toughest test before NCAA infractions committee
Tallahassee BureauToday begins a week that will help to shape the immediate and long-term futures of both the Florida State football team and Florida State athletics overall. The Seminoles (4-1) later this week travel to Raleigh, N.C., for a nationally televised...Tags: Fraud, Punishment, Florida State University, Awards and Prizes, Corporate Crime
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Political football: Obama-McCain dilemma puts big-money NFL players in the middle
AP Sports WriterASHBURN, Va. (AP) _ As the presidential race revs up, political conversations in NFL locker rooms echo those in workplaces nationwide. Taxes. Economy. McCain. Obama. War. Terrorism. White. Black. And a dilemma for these high-paid athletes: principles or...Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, National Government, National Football League, George Bush, Republican National Conventions
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Hide and seek: Countries don't tell Olympic drug testers where to find their athletes
AP National WriterNearly half the countries that participated in the Beijing Olympics failed to tell organizers where their athletes were so they could be drug tested outside of competition. A report issued Thursday by independent observers for the World Anti-Doping...Tags: Cycling, Beijing Games, Multi-Sport Events
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18 UNI athletes suspended in last 2 months
The University of Northern Iowa has in the last two months suspended 18 athletes from six sports who face a variety of charges, from possession of drug paraphernalia to underage drinking. The athletes compete in football, men's basketball, men's track,...Tags: National Government, Ben Allen, Government
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IOC to retest Beijing doping samples
Of The Associated PressAny athletes who thought they got away with doping at the Beijing Olympics shouldn't rest easy. The drug police are coming back. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it will retest samples from the games to search for a new blood-boosting...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Cycling, Beijing Games, International Olympic Committee, Sports Organizations
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IOC to retest blood samples from Beijing Olympics
The International Olympic Committee will retest doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug. The unprecedented move, announced Wednesday, is designed to search for a banned substance that was only recently...Tags: Cycling, Beijing Games, International Olympic Committee, Sports Organizations, Multi-Sport Events
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IOC to retest doping samples from Beijing Games to check for new EPO drug
AP Sports WriterLONDON (AP) _ Any athletes who thought they got away with doping at the Beijing Olympics shouldn't rest easy. The drug police are coming back. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday that it will retest samples from the games to search for a...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Cycling, Roche Holding Limited, National Government, Beijing Games
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Sports agent arrested, charged with violating Alabama law
247-4749When standout University of Alabama wide receiver Tyrone Prothro broke his leg in three places during a football game against the University of Florida in October 2005, several people came by his hospital room that night. One of them was Jason Goggins, a...Tags: National Football League, Contracts, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Justice System
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High school roundtable: Officials discuss budget cuts
Sentinel Staff WriterHigh school athletics in Florida are facing challenges. The state legislature cut more than $332 million from the education budget. Combine that with increases in fuel costs, other travel and utility expenses, and schools are being squeezed in terms of...Tags: Philosophy, Schools, High Schools, Joe Williams, Psychology
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Acceptance is key to dealing with fear
MCTEvery athlete at some point feels fear. "If they say they don't, they're lying," BMX star Arielle Martin says. But she adds that fear can make you a better athlete if you know how to deal with it. "Action athletes should feel fear, it's part of... -
Scout talk
With the proliferation of two tight end sets, most teams could be enticed into taking a solid tight end prospect in the draft. Here are the senior tight ends whom teams are looking at closely, according to conversations with NFL scouts. 1. Brandon...Tags: New York Jets, National Football League, Injuries, Football, Maryland
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