Even as new information was released aboutthe strange fake girlfriend hoax involving Notre Dame's star linebacker Manti Te'o, it left many people with more questions than answers.
"It makes me wonder what the truth is, and that's something we'll never know. That's always going to be in the back of my mind. Did he do it? Did someone do it to him because they wanted to? That's something I'll always think about," said Syracuse University graduate student Joe Goings.
The linebacker's agent hasn't said yet when he will make a statement about the speculation that he played an active role in the hoax.
The hoax involving Te'o is just the latest sports scandal to move from the sports section to to the front page. The abuse at Penn State, the Bernie Fine allegations at SU and a doping admission by Lance Armstrong have all been low points in a tough few years for sports.
Sean O'Dell has been a cyclist his entire life, and says he is disappointed in Lance Armstrong, the man he describes as the face of cycling. "Is he a liar? Yeah - he's a liar. And it's our children that are going to be the ones that see. Look at Barry Bonds and the baseball thing. It's the American pastime and they read about steroids and doping."
After years of accusations, Armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs in an interview with Oprah, which airs Thursday night on the OWN network.
Syracuse University sports management professor Rick Burton says sports has had plenty of dark times in the past. But now, sports stories unfold in real time on social media - with every detail instantly available.
