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Rishaw Johnson dismissed; Brandon Sanders suspended OXFORD — Junior offensive guard Rishaw Johnson has been dismissed from the Ole Miss football squad for “violation of team rules.” Coach Houston Nutt also announced Thursday that sophomore linebacker Brandon Sanders has been suspended indefinitely. Johnson, a Hammond, La., native, started five games over his UM career, including…

MSU Postgame: Newton, Mullen go ‘beyond football’ “His persona the way he goes after athletes is top-notch and superb, and I admire that in him. When he recruited me (again) last year in junior college, we really didn’t even talk about football for the most part. It was still more on a coach-player basis, seeing…

SEC Football by the Numbers: Home-field advantage? The difference in home and away records in the SEC East is much smaller than in the SEC West. The smallest improvement in home vs. away winning percentage in the SEC West is greater than the largest one in the SEC East. Overall, SEC East teams actually had…

Hurricanes vs. Buckeyes: Clash of QBs Pryor and Harris entered college in 2008 as two of the most touted young quarterbacks in the country. National recruiting site Rivals.com rated Pryor as the nation’s top recruit; Harris was labeled the seventh-best pro-style quarterback. And although both have excelled at times, highlighted by Pryor’s 2010 Rose Bowl…

Brett Favre must play better “The timing was a little bit off,” Favre said, after the Vikings fell to the Saints, 14-9, in the NFL season-opener that had far fewer offensive fireworks than expected. “Three or four throws, I just missed. A couple of reads I should have made differently. If I do that, I…

Spurrier Unconcerned with NCAA Inquiry “At this time, the possible violations primarily involve the matters that the institution and the enforcement staff are reviewing in the football program,” reads a paragraph in the letter, which was distributed by USC sports information. “However, please note that new information often is developed during an investigation that leads…

Bryant’s Life and Death Cast a Shadow Over Paterno “He’s painfully aware that Bryant died a couple of weeks after he retired,” L. Budd Thalman, the retired associate athletic director for communications at Penn State and a close friend of Paterno’s, said in a telephone interview. “I’ve heard him say that a couple of times.…

Gator fans have already anointed Jeff Driskel the next Tim Tebow Driskel, a 6-4, 225-pound linebacker look-a-like, totaled 246 yards on 17 rushes. The No. 2 ranked prospect on the Sentinel Super60 Class of 2011 prospect chart also completed 15 of 26 pass attempts for 147 yards and the Huskies’ third TD. “Some of the…

New England Patriots [team stats] quarterback Tom Brady [stats] was involved in a two-car accident today in the Back Bay that sent a passenger from the other vehicle to the hospital, sources told the Herald. Brady refused treatment at the scene and is en route to Gillette Stadium, according to a team source. The 6:34 a.m. crash at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Gloucester Street knocked over a traffic light and forced firefighters to use the Jaws of Life to free a passenger in the rear seat of the van, said Steve MacDonald, Boston Fire Department spokesman. Brady’s Audi was seen being towed from the scene. Emergency Medical Services personnel transported one person to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said spokeswoman Jennifer Mehigan. Another patient was evaluated, said Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll. Brady was seen walking around at the scene. Commonwealth Avenue was shut down at Gloucester Street outbound while officials cleared the crash scene. The street has since re-opened to traffic.

SEC predictions: Week 2 So there you have it. Officially, I was 9-3 (.750) in Week 1. That’s not going to get me into any BCS bowls. I need a big Week 2. Here goes: THURSDAY Mississippi State 31, Auburn 30: Why not a thriller in the first SEC game of the season? These two…