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When Notre Dame's Manti Te'o lost his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day, his story became one of triumph despite personal tragedy. Now that Te'o's relationship was revealed to be a hoax, he is staying out of the limelight, focusing on his hoped-for career in the NFL. NBC's John Yang reports. (Nightly News)
PFT Live: Mike Florio talks about the biggest NFL news and that is the Manti Te'o fake dead girlfriend hoax that recently surfaced. Will this controversy dramatically affect Te'o's draft stock? Florio also discusses how new Jaguars coach Gus Bradley can have a successful tenure in Jacksonville and who the Cardinals will settle for as their new coach. (NBC Sports)
The inspirational story of Notre Dame's star linebacker Manti Te'o leading his team to glory despite his girlfriend's death made national headlines. But after Deadspin.com reported that the woman never existed, Te'o is now saying he was the victim of "someone's sick joke." NBC's John Yang reports. (TODAY)
Timothy Burke, a reporter with Deadspin.com, talks about breaking the story that Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's girlfriend, famously portrayed as an inspiration to him after her death this past season, was never real. Burke says it would take "a great deal of faith" to believe all of Te'o's account. (TODAY)
The Australian DJs who made the prank call to Duchess Kate's hospital that was followed by the suicide of the nurse who took the call speak out publicly for the first time in a series of television interviews. Meanwhile, British police have contacted their counterparts in Australia. NBC's Keir Simmons reports. (TODAY)










