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    Tennis 2018

    It's great, until the winner loses 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 on Sunday because they have no legs.
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    2017-2018 NC Hoops

    Come on, that's total doom and gloom. Pom predicts they go 5-3 the rest of the way, including losing two out of three of these "coin flip" games (games with projected win probability between 45 and 55%): Duke, @Louisville, @Syracuse. So if UNC goes 10-8 in conference, they'll still be ranked...
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    2017-2018 NC Hoops

    UNC is ranked 10th in the RPI, and 12th in the Pomeroy. They're not missing the tournament. They would have to lose out.
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    2017 General NFL Transactions and News

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    Week 3 Game Thread

    The "surviving the ground" portion of the rule is an axiom that's used to determine if the receiver truly controlled the ball. If the ball comes out after hitting the ground, then the receiver must not have truly had control over the ball. If the receiver survives the ground, then he had control...
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    Aaron Hernandez: Had Advanced CTE - NEP Sued

    Aaron Hernandez was involved in several prison fights according to the local media. How does his lawyer go about proving that the CTE he had came from the NFL, and not from his cellmate smashing his head into cement?
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    National Football League of "Merica: Week 1

    It certainly doesn't help that he was concussed enough to have no recollection of the game. http://deadspin.com/cam-newton-doesnt-remember-the-end-of-the-football-game-1786418801 I've seen Cam run plenty of effective two-minute drives, this game was not at all indicative of his usual QB ability.
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    NCAA Tournament Game Thread-Day 4, Sunday

    The letter of the law says traveling rules do not apply to an inbounder. So he would have been quite wrong.
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    Wild Card Weekend Game Thread

    NFL rules, yes. College, no, it would be an ejection. In the NFL it's only a penalty if the player is deemed defenseless.
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    NFL Week 8 Game Thread

      I looked it up in the interim and you are correct. Illegal in NCAA, legal in the NFL.
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    NFL Week 8 Game Thread

      This is actually illegal in NCAA rules (only the player who catches the snap can legally throw the ball away). I'm not sure if the same is true for NFL but it may be.
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    Duke Football 2015 - or why NCAA officiating is crazy

    The ACC Commissioner doesn't have the power to overturn game results. It would have to be voted on by the member schools, and I can think of several schools that would be perfectly happy to vote it down.
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    Why do so many NFL teams suck?

      To be fair, college games also run the clock on running plays out of bounds. In fact, the NFL stops the clock on running plays out of bounds with 5 minutes to go in the game, whereas NCAA rules wait until 2 minutes left to stop the clock on OOB runs.   The point about killing the clock on...
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    Week 4 NFL Game Thread

      I'm not sure what you mean. I think the rule is fine the way it is. How would you change it?   Probably the easiest from a rule book perspective would be awarding the fumbling team with the ball at the spot they lost it.
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    Week 4 NFL Game Thread

    The idea is that the endzone is a special place. You might as well ask "Why do you get six points for moving the ball 1 yard from the 1, but 0 points for moving it 1 yard anywhere else on the field?"   The rule book is actually very simple in this regard. When a ball becomes dead in the endzone...
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    Week 4 NFL Game Thread

    Also, for those who want to change the rule regarding fumbles into the endzone:   When a live ball (non-pass) becomes dead in the endzone, it can only result in one of four options: Touchback, Safety, Field Goal, or Touchdown. Which of those seems the most fair?
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    Week 4 NFL Game Thread

      A couple things...   Yes it is a penalty, but it's a foul for illegally kicking the ball, not illegal batting. You can bat the ball backwards, but you can't kick a loose ball anywhere or any direction. In addition, the penalty result is a safety (unless the bat/kick occurs outside of the...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      So if I'm reading this correctly, they DID get access to Brady's cellphone. Just not the one he used after Nov 6.    So they had the phone he used for over half the season and clearly found NOTHING. 
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Finally.   http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-those-statistics-about-the-patriots-fumbles-are-mos-1681805710/+kylenw
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

      Alright, I'm sold.   Carry on the good fight.
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