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Football Thu Jan 17 2013

Bulls Beat the Raptor...OMG, Did You Guys Hear About Manti Te'o?

In what has to be the most unusual story in college sports, at least in my lifetime, former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has found himself in the middle of a non-existent love story that would have producers at "General Hospital" drooling at the writers' table.

Yesterday afternoon, Deadspin's Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey asked what ESPN, CBS, and other sporting news outlets couldn't: who is Lennay Kekua, and why is there no certificate regarding her death?

Notre Dame Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick addressed the media yesterday evening, just after 7pm (CST), which was carried by UND.com, as well as ESPN News. (It should be noted that, according to multiple reports, ESPN sat on the Te'o story for 10 days. It wasn't until after Deadspin uncovered the story that ESPN began to report on it.)

Meanwhile, Swarbrick mentions in his own press conference that the university knew about the hoax since Dec. 26, but advised against mentioning anything about it until after the National Championship game against Alabama. In retrospect, any distraction would have been welcomed, considering the outcome of said game. But that's not why we're here.

• Was Te'o a part of the hoax?
• If not, why didn't he come clean?
• Is Notre Dame to blame for waiting so long to address this situation in favor of a game?
• Did Arizona Cardinals fullback Reagan Mauia actually meet Kekua? (WHAT???)

All these questions, and more, will likely be answered in this sports-soap opera so twisted it actually has my wife intrigued. If there's one thing we do know, it's that AJ McCarron's girlfriend is in fact real.

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Mia / January 17, 2013 7:19 PM

Yes, AJ's girl is real and so is the CRIMSON TIDE!

John Small Berries / January 17, 2013 9:18 PM

"Was Te'o a part of the hoax?"

Either that, or all those times he purportedly met her in person, Notre Dame had hired someone to pretend to be her. Which seems more likely?

"why is there no certificate regarding her death?"

Perhaps it was misfiled under the name "Lizzy Seeberg".

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