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Hamilton returns to Georgia Tech as recruiter

Former Georgia Tech star quarterback Joe Hamilton has returned to his alma mater as a recruiting assistant. Hamilton was the 1999 Heisman Trophy runner-up. He worked under Bill Curry as an assistant coach at Georgia State the last two years. Curry has retired. Hamilton's hire comes five years after his ...

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive, center, ESPN President John Skipper, left, and ESPN Senior Vice President, Programming, Justin Connolly agrees the media during a news conference announcing the launching of the Southeastern Conference Network in partnership with ESPN, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Atlanta. The network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. (AP Photo/John Amis)

SEC's new network with ESPN to debut in 2014

The Southeastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive ...

Heisman Trophy winner and Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, left, poses with former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the the Manning Award, which Manziel will be receiving as the nation's top quarterback, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Manziel talks football, friendships and fame

Johnny Manziel has decided he's not going to allow the pitfalls of fame stop him from having a good time, forging friendships with rival quarterbacks or even going back to class — in person. As for the pressure inherent in living up to the Heisman Trophy standard he set for ...

10 things to know about College Football Playoff

The College Football Playoff is all but done. The only part that remains unsettled is the membership of the selection committee that will determine which teams play for the national championship when the new system kicks in for the 2014 season. Here's how it will work and what you need ...

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, a member of the U.S. Army jumps into the stadium before the first half of the BCS National Championship college football game between Alabama and Notre Dame in Miami. The conference commissioners in charge of putting together the four-team playoff system that will start after the 2014 regular season will meet starting Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif. At the top of their agenda: Pick three more bowls to be used in the semifinal rotation and decide on a site for the first national championship game. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Cowboys Stadium gets 1st playoff championship game

The grandest stage in sports was too much for the guys who are putting together the College Football Playoff to pass up. The BCS conference commissioners announced Wednesday that Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, edged Tampa, Fla., in the bidding to be the site of the first championship game in ...

This combination image provided by the Bowl Championship Series on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, shows four choices for logos for the College Football Playoff, successor to the BCS, in 2014. The images are displayed on the event’s new website, www.collegefootballplayoff.com where fans can vote on the new logo. (AP Photo/Bowl Championship Series)

Column: A cartel by any other name still a cartel

The cartel formerly known as the Bowl Championship Series has changed its name. Because nothing says college football playoff better than, well, College Football Playoff. Yeah, it's unimaginative. The capital letters are pretentious, too. But tell me you don't envy the marketing consultants who were called in and practically dared ...

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