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Brett Perryman / SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth:
Colorado Joining Pac-10, Future Of Big 12 South Schools Still Up In The Air — 9 months ago: In this photograph taken on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009, Colorado Buffaloes head coach Dan Hawkins talks to reporters during media day in the Dal Ward Center at Folsom Field in Boulder …
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Ted Miller / ESPN:
Source: Pac-10 Conference poised to invite 6 Big 12 Conference teams — With Nebraska apparently headed to the Big Ten, the Pac-10 is poised to become the Pac-16. — Colorado already has received an invitation to join the conference, while five other invitations will be extended to Texas …
ESPN:
Colorado announces move to Pac-10 — The Pac-10 conference announced Thursday that the University of Colorado has agreed to leave the Big 12 to join its conference. — “This is an historic moment for the Conference, as the Pac-10 is poised for tremendous growth,” commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement.
Husker Mike / Corn Nation:
Huskers Join the Big 10 As Soon As Friday — Lee Barfknecht of the Omaha World-Herald is reporting that an executive at a Big XII school expects Nebraska to join the Big Ten as soon as this Friday. Tonight on his weekly appearance on the Husker Sports Network, Tom Osborne told host Lane Grindle:
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ESPN:
Sources: All signs point to Nebraska to Big Ten … All signs are pointing to a Nebraska move to the Big Ten. — A source close to the Nebraska program told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that athletic director Tom Osborne informed athletic staff members within the past 24 hours that the Cornhuskers …
Brent Zwerneman / Houston Chronicle:
Nebraska exits Big 12; UT, A&M meet to discuss plan
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards are looking for outside help to bolster pitching — LOS ANGELES — Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak has initiated a search to prop up a starting rotation unable to project the return of either Kyle Lohse or Brad Penny, club sources indicated Wednesday.
Spencer Fordin / MLB.com:
Family trees spread across MLB Draft boards — Number of teams take familiar baseball names in Draft — NEW YORK — The name has shadowed him his entire life, from his birth certificate to the brink of his chosen career. Benito Santiago Jr., son of five-time All-Star Benito Santiago …
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Dan Steinberg / D.C. Sports Bog:
Strasburg debut smashes MASN ratings record — The numbers Stephen Strasburg recorded on the field Tuesday night were amazing. The numbers he recorded on TV were equally so. — Sports Business Journal is reporting that the broadcast on MASN2 — which isn't on a lot of people's favorites list …
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TSN.ca:
BLUE JAYS TURN TO CECIL TO HELP PREVENT RAYS SWEEP — Sports Network — (Sports Network) - Brett Cecil seemed unfazed when he extended his personal winning streak with a victory over the defending World Series champions a week ago. Tampa Bay hopes its status as current division leaders …
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Jim Armstrong / Denver Post:
Rockies get slammed by Astros in 10th inning — It looked like the Rockies were going to play yet another one-run game, just as they had in five of their previous seven games. And then Carlos Lee stepped up Wednesday night and hit a grand slam that, if you wait five minutes, might land. Or not.
Associated Press:
Masterson baffles ex-mates as Tribe rip Red Sox — CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Masterson enjoyed Cleveland's eight-run eighth inning as much as his first career shutout. — Masterson beat his former team with a two-hitter and Travis Hafner hit a grand slam in the Indians' 11-0 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.
Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers tap into ‘V energy’ — Frank and Jamie McCourt quietly hired a Russian emigre who calls himself a scientist and healer to ‘think blue’ and channel his thoughts toward the team's success as he watched them play on TV. — Reporting from Boston — The most curious figure to emerge …
Samuel Zuba / MLB.com:
Joe Jackson catches Royals' eye in Draft — Relative of the Shoeless Joe taken in 50th round by KC — KANSAS CITY — It was a Field of Dreams type ending to the Royals' 2010 First-Year Player Draft. — As the Draft was winding down, and hundreds of prospects had been selected …
