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Can We Really Fix College Sports?

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For college athletes, performance bonuses outweigh academic bonuses 15 to 1. That's not acceptable, says Arne Duncan. Duncan served as Barack Obama's education secretary. Now, he's on the Knight Commission, which is trying to lead reforms in college sports.

In the Spiel, the strange evolution of Rod Rosenstein.

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