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Matt McClanahan: “The hardest part of living is saying goodbye. It hurts. And dammit, it should hurt.”

NFL scouts are obsessed with the 40-yard dash. Throughout the years, the timed sprint has served as a guillotine for draft prospects where only the speedy survive.

I lost a crap ton of my money while staying in Las Vegas this past weekend by predicting the outcome of things. So if you’re still reading this, cool. You’re an idiot.

LAS VEGAS —- What are you going to do about it? Huh? Huh?
Do something; I dare you.
Punk.
After San Diego State’s diamond-squashing effort against BYU, Jimmer Fredette approached Kawhi Leonard at midcourt.

San Diego State’s basketball team was flying h­ome from its game against Air Force when starting senior forward Billy White asked for the toughest job in America come Saturday. White asked to guard Player of the Year candidate Jimmer Fredette. According to SDSU starting point guard D.J. Gay, “Everybody wanted (to guard) him.” Gay was [...]

San Diego State hadn’t finished beating New Mexico last week, much less played Air Force, when its student section began chanting: “We want Jimmer!”
In response to the chant, BYU point guard Jimmer Fredette reportedly said, “They are trying to do a lot of different stuff … to try to get into my head.”

I probably treated Las Vegas how a grandma would, except I declined valet parking. The last thing you want to do is hand someone else the keys when there’s a dead body in your trunk. What happened in Vegas will stay in Vegas. What happened the next day in Provo, Utah, will stay with me [...]

PROVO, UTAH — Jimmer Fredette made his case for National Player of the Year honors against San Diego State when the guard scored 43 points in a 71-58 victory against the Aztecs last night. The loss snapped SDSU’s 20-game winning streak and dashed hopes for an undefeated season. “That’s a really, really good team that [...]

Chapter 1: Exodus The following is an e-mail sent by Staff Columnist Matt McClanahan to Sports Editor Edward Lewis. Lewis received the letter Tuesday afternoon. Dear Edward, I don’t know the sort of heinous things that will happen to me if I stay here much longer, and I’d rather not find out. I’m guessing I [...]

When a 6-foot-2-inch, 240-pound linebacker plopped down in front of me, I wondered if it was all contrived.

Sure, San Diego State beat UNLV 55-49 Wednesday night, and the Runnin’ Rebels are a tough opponent.