Manti Te'o

Manti Te'o #5 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish warms up prior to playing against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium on January 7, 2013, in Miami Gardens, Florida. After an online report that the inspirational story of his apparent girlfriend dying of leukemia was false, the linebacker said he was the victim of "a sick joke."

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