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Notre Dame students stunned by college football hoax

Thomson ReutersJanuary 18, 2013 01:15

By Renita D. Young SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan 17 (Reuters) - Notre Dame students on Thursday said they were eager to hear directly from football star Manti Te'o, a day after he and university officials announced Te'o had been duped into believing he had an online relationship with a woman who subsequently died of leukemia.

-UPDATE 1-Notre Dame hoax tip was emailed - Deadspin.com editor

Thomson ReutersJanuary 17, 2013 19:15

(Adds Inside Edition identifying woman whose photograph was said to be Kekua, background on Notre Dame controversies) By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The tip that led to the revelation that one of the most widely recounted U.S. sports narratives of the past year was a hoax came to the editors of an online sports blog as many of their news tips do: an unsolicited email.

Notre Dame player hoax tip came by email - Deadspin.com editor

Thomson ReutersJanuary 17, 2013 14:30

Jan 17 (Reuters) - The tip that led to the revelation that one of the most widely recounted U.S. sports narratives of the past year was a hoax came to the editors of an online sports blog as many of their news tips do: an unsolicited email. That email led Deadspin.com assignment editor Timothy Burke on the hunt of a story that exposed the heart-wrenching tale of standout Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend as a fabrication, Burke said on CNN on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Football star Te'o's girlfriend and her death a hoax, U.S. college says

Thomson ReutersJanuary 17, 2013 02:00

(Adds details from Notre Dame athletic director) Jan 16 (Reuters) - Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o, whose on-field excellence after his grandmother and online girlfriend purportedly died made him a hero in the sports media, was the victim of a hoax because the girl never existed, the university said on Wednesday.

Football star Te'o's girlfriend and her death a hoax, U.S. college says

Thomson ReutersJanuary 16, 2013 22:15

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o, whose on-field excellence after his grandmother and online girlfriend purportedly died made him a hero in the sports media, was the victim of a hoax because the girl never existed, the university said on Wednesday.