Manti Te'o: A linebacker, a made-up girlfriend and a national hoax

Manti Te'o: A linebacker, a made-up girlfriend and a national hoax

There are dozens of crazy things associated with the Manti Te'o "hoax story," first reported by Timothy Burke and Jack Dickey of Deadspin.com. The first, of course, is the hoax itself: Contrary to national reports, Te'o's girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, not

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

Manti Te'o told Notre Dame officials he NEVER met his supposed girlfriend in person and only realized her death was a hoax last month after…

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

Nev Schulman, whose MTV show tells stories of people duped in online relationships, says such romances are easy to get sucked into.