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Manti Te'o hoax

ESPN reportedly was tipped about girlfriend hoax by Teo’s agent day before Deadspin

For those who care about how the Manti Te’o investigation developed, The New York Times and Sports Illustrated have stories for you. Deadspin broke the story about Manti Te’o’s girlfriend being a hoax last Wednesday, over a week …

Ultimate irony: Lennay Kekua lectured others on faking deaths

In an ultimate ironic twist, the person tweeting from the fabricated Lennay Kekua identity once lectured others on faking deaths. Deadspin continues to publish exclusive information regarding the story they broke last week about Manti …

Manti Te’o’s mother tried to convert Lennay Kekua to Mormonism

Manti Te’o and his parents are scheduled to sit down for an on-air interview with ABC’s Katie Couric this week. The interview, which will be Te’o first appearance on the air since Deadspin broke the news of the hoax last week, will …

Lennay Kekua reportedly claimed she was dating Mark Sanchez

The more we learn about the Manti Te’o hoax, the more we come to realize that the Notre Dame linebacker was not the first person that became a pawn in the games Ronaiah Tuiasosopo has allegedly strung together. Tessi Tolutau, a Hawaiian beauty …

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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo has hired attorney, may talk

The man believed to be responsible for creating Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend may finally address the entire controversy. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo has been hiding out at his parents’ home in Palmdale, Calif., since news broke on Wednesday …

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Dallas Stars poke fun at Manti Te’o fake girlfriend (Picture)

Even the Dallas Stars are getting in on the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend fun. During the third period of the team’s season-opening game on Saturday, cameras in the arena flashed to an empty chair in section 125 and showed it on the …

Bill Simmons: I’ve been waiting for Jeff Green to start dating Manti Te’o

Leave it to Bill Simmons to be one of the first sports analysts to break out a Manti Te’o fake girlfriend reference. Boston Celtics forward Jeff Green has been incredibly inconsistent this season. Every time he rips off a streak of games where …

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Ronaiah Tuiasosopo reportedly confessed, apologized to Manti Te’o

Manti Te’o sat down with ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap for his first interview since it was revealed on Wednesday that his supposed girlfriend who allegedly died of leukemia in September was a hoax. The interview was not shown by ESPN, but Schaap …

Fake girlfriend reportedly told Manti Te’o she faked death to avoid drug dealers

The person posing as Manti Te’o’s girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, told the former Notre Dame linebacker in December that she faked her death in September in order to avoid drug dealers, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports. According to a …

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo reportedly admitted to friend that he was behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax

And the plot thickens. On Friday morning, ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported that Ronaiah Tuiasosopo called a close friend from his church in early December to confess that he was behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax. The friend, who ESPN …

Manti Te’os uncle calls Ronaiah Tuiasosopo a ‘liar’ who was trying to raise money for a leukemia foundation

Manti Te’o still has yet to come out and speak about the incident involving his fake girlfriend Lennay Kekua, but his great uncle Alema Te’o tried to shed some light on the situation on Thursday. During an interview with 1280 The Zone in …

Manti Te’o reportedly covered up hoax in attempt to not distract Notre Dame

When Manti Te’o finally decides to come out and tell his side of the girlfriend hoax story, he will have a lot of explaining to do when it comes to the timeline of events. If he sticks with the story that he found out that Lennay Kekua …

Ronaiah Tuiasosopo reportedly auditioned for ‘The Voice’ and had a story about a car accident

The man who is allegedly behind the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax may have a history of making up fake tragedies. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, who Deadspin fingered as the man behind the mythical Lennay Kekua character, has reportedly had stories about car …

Manti Te’o lied about his girlfriend multiple times after finding out about hoax

Manti Te’o refused to sit down for an interview to share his side of the fake girlfriend story on Thursday, which has left us still scratching our heads and trying to fill in all the missing pieces. One thing that is preventing us from …

Cancer victim’s family: No way Manti Te’o was involved with hoax

The thing that makes comprehending the Mant Te’o fake girlfriend story so confusing for many of us is that we want to believe him. It’s human nature to feel like a person could not be capable of making up that traumatic of a story as a …

Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax ruins a lot of trust

Say it ain’t so… Te’o. Just when you thought it was safe to believe in a feel-good sports story involving the strength of character in the face of tragedy, you get the Manti Te’o saga that erupted on Wednesday. And I was just starting to get my head …

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