Stories By Dick Weiss
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoIs Julius Randle the best college player in the country?
CHICAGO— The hype for the Andrew Wiggins-Jabari Paker matchup when Kansas meets Duke in the Champions Classic doubleheader at the United Center here...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoNBA making push into Southeast Asia
When Mike Flynn of Blue Star and I visited Jakarta recently to cover the FIBA U18 World Championships last month, all anyone...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoGrambling Tigers’ rag about administration, forfeit game to Jackson State
Grambling State’s storied football program football suffered its worst embarrassment ever Saturday when players, protesting their treatment and overall decaying state of the program refused...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoVCU gets Smart, wins big with pressure.
NEW YORK – The calls have come in from North Carolina State, Minnesota and UCLA, just to mention a few. But each time,...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoHigh powered anti-trust lawyer to take aim at NCAA, Bloomberg reports
College athletes who want to be paid for their services by the National College Athletic Association, have found a powerful allie as they continue...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoU18 men’s loss in 3×3 wc points out flaws in overreliance on dunk
SINGAPORE– The shock waves are still reveberating through USA Basketball Grass roots after the U18 world 3×3championships in Jakarta. The U.S. men’s team,...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoEarl Campbell calls for Mack Brown to step down
In the midst of an unsettling season, this was probably the last thing Texas football coach Mack Brown needed to hear. Brown,...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoUConn axes Pasqualoni
SINGAPORE– It may have been lost in the shuffle after USC fired Lane Kiffin as its head football coach, but Connecticut...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoAlexander the great dominates U18 3×3 worlds
JAKARTA– FIBA has constantly been tinkering with the rules of 3×3 after introducing the sport internationally three years ago in an effort...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoPlayers protest NCAA treatment of student-athletes
A number of college football players, including quarterback Vad Lee and several others from Georgia Tech, lent their support to a protest against the way NCAA...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoNCAA president Mark Emmert takes hard line on paying players
NCAA president Mark Emmert recognizes there is a growing rift between big-money BCS schools and smaller institutions in terms off compensating student-athletes. But...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoJohnny Football is a Force of Nature
COLLEGE STATION, Tex. – Like him or hate him, Texas A & M’s Heisman Trophy winning sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel is a force...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoIn the case of Johnny Manziel, Is a picture worth a thousand words?
COLLEGE STATION, Tex.– As we prepare for a bigger than life, early season SEC showdown between top-ranked Alabama and sixth-ranked Texas A...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoSI expose to allege history of corruption in Oklahoma State football program
It’s hard to believe anything could overshadow Saturday’s SEC showdown between Texas A & M and Alabama in College Station, but Sports...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoGeorge Raveling to be honored for pioneering spirit
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.– George Raveling has always been a pioneer. As a young assistant at Villanova, he built a reputation as the...
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Dick Weiss
/ 11 years agoBama still No. 1 in Blue Star poll
Alabama has set the bar so high in college football that even a convincing 35-10 victory over Virginia Tech Saturday in...
