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Over the last seven days, the two stories dominating the sports landscape were Lance Armstrong's "admission" to using performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career and the revelation of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o having a fake girlfriend...

This football season was rough on Notre Dame's Manti Te'o. September saw the deaths of his beloved grandmother, as well as his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, who, after suffering a serious car accident was diagnosed with leukemia. Te'o has been struck with tragedy indeed, or he would be if it were true. While the death of his grandmother, Annette Santiago, did actually take place, DeadSpin found that t

The Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax story is the weirdest thing to happen since the Charlie Sheen spin-out. People keep looking for photos of her, and we found a few to prove that she does exist. Check them out after the jump.

Was Notre Dame middle linebacker Manti Te’o the victim of a cruel hoax or the mastermind behind a bizarre and twisted plot?

In one of the strangest stories to hit the sports world in a long time, it was revealed yesterday that the "dead girlfriend" of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o never actually existed and was a hoax. Between the background information of the story, as well as statements from Notre Dame and Manti Te'o himself, there are still some dots that aren't quite connecting in the whole story... Re

The Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax is rocking the sports world, as people scramble to figure out whether Te'o, projected by Mel Kiper Jr. to be a top ten pick in this year's NFL Draft, was the creator or victim of an elaborate hoax that invented Te'o's girlfriend Lennay Kekua. Another obvious question that has emerged from the story is who is to blame for this hoax picking up steam and spiraling out o

Manti Te'o, the talisman of a stout Notre Dame defense last season, endured his fair share of hardship while leading the Fighting Irish to a BCS Championship Game appearance. Not only did he lose his grandmother to illness, but also his girlfriend to leukemia. The problem, however, is that Manti Te'o's girlfriend didn't exist.

Many people felt for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o when he lost both his grandmother, and his girlfriend in a span of just a few hours. As it turns out, the whole girlfriend thing was totally made up.

Oddsmakers in the sports betting world are smart, as we all know. They're the people that make picking NFL games against the spread such a pain and cause bettors to lose lots and lots of money. And according to them, there is almost no chance that anyone other than Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel will win the Heisman Trophy tonight. ...

This coming Saturday night will be the Heisman Trophy presentation, with three finalists making a visit to New York City: Johnny Manziel from Texas A&M, Manti Te'o of Notre Dame and Collin Klein from Kansas State. For all intents and purposes, let's take a look at the two favorites in "Johnny Football" and Te'o - who do you think should win?...

Believe it or not, this video is so bad, that it could actually hurt Johnny Football’s Heisman chances.

A BCS bowl berth is definitely within reach for the 2011 Notre Dame Football team.  However, the most elusive call-screener in the Capital Region is not a fan of this assessment.