The private investigator Notre Dame hired to investigate the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend hoax did not even interview Te’o. Notre Dame and the investigators did not talk to anyone allegedly associated with the scam. And they did not examine Te’o’s
When Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o first told his head coach Brian Kelly that he had received a phone call indicating his girlfriend, who he thought had died of leukemia, may be alive, Kelly simply told Te’o that, as far
Just like the mainstream media in politics, the old media that failed to unearth the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend hoax is petulantly trying to denigrate an outlet that scooped them. The Boston Globe, which is owned by the the New
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Lance Armstrong said he felt he could accuse Betsy Andreu of telling lies–when she was not–simply because she said Armstrong called her “fat.” Armstrong insisted he never said Andreu was “fat.” When Betsy Andreu
On Friday, Manti Te’o said his “biggest regret” was lying about having met “Lennay Kekua” to avoid being seen as weird and crazy. Te’o said that was a “mistake I made.” “That is my biggest regret,” Te’o said. “And that is
Manti Te’o said his fake girlfriend, who he thought was dead of leukemia, apparently got jealous of his new girlfriend. Had Te’o not started to date a coed from St. Mary’s, he may have never known “Lennay Kekua” never existed.
On Friday, Manti Te’o said his “girlfriend” had once asked him for his checking account number so she could deposit money into Te’os account. Te’o said he never gave her his checking account number. “I’m not giving my checking account
Speaking for the first time since Wednesday’s revelation that his girlfriend who had allegedly died of cancer never existed and was a hoax, Manti Te’o on Friday that he saw no red flags when he initially started to talk to
NBA union chief Billy Hunter has been accused of negligently misusing union funds and receiving a $1.3 million payout for allegedly “unused vacation time” that totaled 146 days. According to an independent investigation, Hunter received this payment with an independent
On August 1, 2009–just seven months into President Barack Obama’s first term–former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin predicted Obama would attempt to leverage health care to “take away” the Second Amendment rights of Americans. In a speech to National Rifle Association
After California residents voted to increase taxes via Proposition 30, state revenues have decreased, and residents and businesses are leaving to avoid burdensome taxes and regulations. However, as Forbes notes, “leaving” California “is not always easy”; the state considers anyone
Breitbart News editor Ben Shapiro’s book, “Bullies: How The Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America,” has made it onto the New York Times bestsellers list. Shapiro put the lessons he wrote about in the book into practice when he
Fox News anchor Bret Baier said his network covered the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend hoax because sports impacts culture. Baier, the host of Fox News’ “Special Report” news program, joined Breitbart News editor Larry O’Connor and Brian Wilson on WMAL’s
Census figures show Asian immigrants are replacing Hispanic immigrants in California. According to the numbers, the number of Asian immigrants coming to California “is now two times greater than the flow from Latin America.” In 2001, 42% of the state’s
Disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that was taped on Monday but first aired on Thursday, admitted what many have accused him of being–a vindictive bully. “I was a bully,” Armstrong said. “I was a
On Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said President Barack Obama is “high on his own power” and a “president who has drunk the Kool-Aid” in response to Obama’s gun control proposals. “He is feeling right now high on his own
After introducing their new and much-hyped Nike commercial, Tiger Woods, golfest greatest draw, and Rory McIlroy, who just recently signed the most lucrative golf contract in history, promptly both missed the first cut of the season at the Abu Dhabi
Notre Dame Father Paul Doyle, who was the rector of Manti Te’o’s dorm, told Sports Illustrated reporter Pete Thamel in September, after the death of Te’o’s girlfriend who has now been proven to have never existed, that Doyle may have
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant said, in an interview published in ESPN Magazine on Thursday, that he is the best one-on-one player ever, and he would beat Miami Heat superstar LeBron James in a one-on-one game of basketball without
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a traditional pocket passer, said the pistol formation and the read-option popularized by quarterbacks like Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, and Robert Griffin III is just a fad. “I think the league is
On Thursday, a Notre Dame student revealed that it had been common knowledge around campus that Notre Dame football players had doubts about Manti Te’o’s girlfriend. The football players reportedly told students they did not even want them to wear
Manti Te’o’s father was the source for the story in the South Bend Tribune, which mainstream sports organizations seem to have taken as fact, that detailed Te’o’s alleged meetings with his girlfriend at Stanford and Hawaii. On Wednesday, Deadspin revealed
The Vatican has invited NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin, two top-tier Christian athletes, to an international conference on “re-instilling values in sports” that will be held this spring. The conference intends to “help bring ethical
Top-ranked golfers Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods released a new Nike commercial this week that was reminiscent of the classic Larry Bird-Michael Jordan commercials in which the two superstars one-upped each other with trick shots. Except the golfers did not shoot the
Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) will not seek a 2014 rematch with Rep. Patrick Murphy, the Democrat who narrowly defeated him for a House seat in 2012. West, a Tea Party favorite, said he has his sights set on “something
