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Lawsuit By Ex-NFL Players Against Electronic Arts Can Move Forward
Briefly: A US appeals court ruled a lawsuit by ex-NFL players against Electronic Arts can move forward, the AP reports. The lawsuit seeks compensation over Madden NFL featuring ex-players on “historical” teams in everything but name. EA lost a similar lawsuit brought by ex-NCAA players. The company settled for $US40 million.
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A Video Game Might Recreate Auburn’s Miracle, But It Can’t Be Repeated
As Auburn’s grandstands still thundered above him, A.J. McCarron, the Alabama quarterback born in 1990, searched for the words to describe losing in such irregular fashion — on a play that had happened only five times before in major college football history, and never to decide a game, much less one this consequential.
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A Blindside Hit Takes Down An NCAA Football Team Rallying To The End
Wednesday night, he was having anxiety attacks over his designs for next year’s game. Thursday afternoon, it didn’t matter; his title was cancelled. And 10 minutes after showing up on Monday, he no longer had a job.
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In A Sports Video Game, There Are No Second Acts
Trailing four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, it was apparent the Yankees were already thinking about room service. Koji Uehara, the Boston relief pitcher, barely needed the free-swinging help to extend his personal equivalent of a perfect game from 11 innings to 12 on just nine pitches.