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Just when it appeared that the smoke from the Manti Te’o fake girlfriend hoax may have nearly cleared, he went and began his career as an NFL linebacker. When the story first broke, the jokes were a dime a dozen. Some were hilarious and others …
Manti Te’o is on high alert after getting fooled in the whole Lennay Kekua fake girlfriend hoax story. According to Sports Illustrated’s Jim Trotter, Te’o told the media during a conference call that he thought his friends were …
Manti Te’o is one of the biggest question marks of the NFL Draft. While his stock fell following the National Championship Game and scouting combine, all it takes is one or two teams to believe in him for the former Notre Dame linebacker to be …
Over two months have passed since Manti Te’o’s relationship with Lennay Kekua was exposed as a fraud, and still some people don’t know what to believe. NFL teams had to decide whether they could trust the former Notre Dame …
Manti Te’o appears to have gotten a bit faster over the past month, and the timing should work out nicely. With the NFL Draft a month away, Te’o participated in Notre Dame’s pro day on Tuesday with a goal of improving upon the …
Manti Te’o reportedly will not attend the NFL Draft in New York City after turning down invitations to be there. Te’o worked out Monday at Notre Dame’s Pro Day and improved his draft stock by running a 4.71 40-yard dash time, which …
Manti Te’o has given critics many reasons to doubt him leading up to the NFL Draft. He posted a poor 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine, he was dominated by Alabama’s offense in the BCS National Championship Game, and there was that …
If Manti Te’o intends to enjoy a successful NFL career, he is going to have to carry with him some pretty thick skin. No matter what the former Notre Dame linebacker says or does, he is never going to escape the embarrassment of the fake …
Manti Te’o was hoping to put some of the talk about his fake girlfriend to rest with a solid performance at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, but his performance in the 40-yard dash on Monday threw a kink in those plans. Te’o posted a time …
Manti Te’o was already facing enough challenges entering the NFL Combine, and he didn’t help himself with his performance in his 40-yard dash Monday. The Notre Dame product clocked a 4.82 time in the 40, which is enough for teams to drop …
Manti Te’o was once a can’t-miss NFL prospect, but now he has more to prove than most players in the nation when the NFL scouting combine begins on Wednesday. Because of a certain situation with a young lady who never actually existed, …
Manti Te’o may have made his life slightly easier if he got off Twitter a long time ago, but his account remained active through Super Bowl Sunday. According to ESPN.com, Te’o has decided to quit tweeting for an unknown period of time …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Outsports.com, which is the leading website on all matters relating to gay athletes/gays in sports, is questioning Manti Te’o’s sexual orientation in light of the story about his fake girlfriend. The site had the following headline as its …
