Tennessee plans to honor Summitt with sculpture
Tennessee plans to honor former Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt by building an on-campus statue in her honor. Tennessee athletic department spokesman ...

With 8 titles, UConn starting next dynasty?
Stefanie Dolson grabbed the microphone on stage after the NCAA final and uttered four words: "President Obama, we're ba-aaack!" With heralded freshman ...

UConn women win 8th title in rout of Louisville
His eighth national championship in hand, Geno Auriemma wanted to savor the moment and not talk about a dynasty just yet. He had just tied Pat Summitt ...

UConn women rout Louisville for 8th title
Geno Auriemma has been chasing Pat Summitt since he started coaching. Now with his eighth national championship, he has finally caught her. It might ...

Louisville women top Tennessee to reach Final Four
Jeff Walz sees no reason to pile on with all the pressure that naturally comes with the NCAA women's tournament. The Louisville coach wants his ...

Louisville women Final Four bound with 86-78 upset
Sponging up tales of Jim Valvano and Muhammad Ali, the Louisville Cardinals are embracing the role of the underdog in the most fearless of fashions.

ESPN gives Robin Roberts an ESPY award for courage
ESPN is staying in the family in giving its Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Robin Roberts at its annual ESPY awards this summer. The "Good Morning ...

Baylor, ND, UConn, Stanford top NCAA women's seeds
If that NCAA women's tournament bracket looks familiar, it should. Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Stanford all earned No. 1 seeds when the field ...

Simmons, No. 9 Lady Vols top Florida 82-73 in SEC
A late rally from Florida left Tennessee coach Holly Warlick thinking the Lady Vols haven't learned how to put a team away. Meighan Simmons scored 20 ...

Stringer wins 900th as Rutgers tops South Florida
Not much has come easily for C. Vivian Stringer during her Hall of Fame coaching career. So it was fitting that it took her five tries to become the ...

Late 3 spoils Stringer's bid for 900th win
C. Vivian Stringer will have to wait for another shot at her 900th career victory. And when it happens, the Rutgers coach will be happy to have it ...

No. 16 UNC women beat BC for Hatchell's 900th win
North Carolina turned the ball over on back-to-back possessions late in the second half, and coach Sylvia Hatchell was steamed. She stomped her foot ...

No. 2 Notre Dame outlasts No. 9 Lady Vols 77-67
One of the best performances of Skylar Diggins' brilliant career spoiled a night when Tennessee was honoring former coach Pat Summitt. Diggins scored ...

No. 2 Notre Dame defeats No. 9 Lady Vols 77-67
Skylar Diggins wouldn't allow Notre Dame to lose. On a night when Tennessee was honoring one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history, ...

No. 9 Tennessee breezes past Alabama 96-69
On the final day of a week honoring Pat Summitt, Tennessee paid tribute to its former coach by continuing a tradition she had started. Beating Alabama

Sports year: Sad sagas the story of 2012
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in prison, Penn State football played under NCAA sanctions and Joe Paterno passed away. Lance Armstrong ...

Penn State voted AP sports story of year again
The Penn State child sex abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by U.S. editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by ...

No. 3 Baylor women beat No. 10 Tennessee 76-53
Brittney Griner scored the first six points of the game and third-ranked Baylor had the first 17, extending its home winning streak to 45 in a row ...

Tyler Summitt takes the family legacy to Marquette
When Marquette coach Terri Mitchell picked up the phone to talk with Tyler Summitt about the opening on her staff, it figured to be little more than ...

LeBron James chosen as SI's Sportsman of the Year
When LeBron James learned he was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year, the Miami Heat star was surprised. Not because he thought his ...