Celebrity News  24 2013   6:45am EST  Manti Te'o story was
unbelievable  The Manti Te’o story has many sports journalists
feeling the irrevocable sting of not double-checking the
details. How could so many professionals, whose jobs are to dig
up the dirt and check the facts, miss the detail that Te’o’s
inspiration for his Heisman Trophy-eligible 2012 season was a
woman who didn’t exist? In hindsight, it seems inconceivable.
But the answer is simple. The story in which Te’o lost his
girlfriend right after losing his grandmother and right before
playing the best football of his Notre Dame career is prime for
a movie a la Rudy or Miracle, or, perhaps, a Manti Te’o reality
TV show.  Even before the Te’o story began to mimic MTV’s
reality hit Catfish: The TV Show, it already seemed prime to
spark reality fame for the Notre Dame linebacker. How could
anyone resist such an inspirational story? We couldn’t. We’re
not wired that way. Throughout the sports and entertainment
worlds, it’s evident that we’ve been trained