Football

Giants-Eagles welcome 400 from Newtown tragedy
They carried signs expressing gratitude and love. They exchanged high-fives with players and ringed the field during the national anthem. About 400 ...
Pagano makes grand entrance in return to sideline
Colts coach Chuck Pagano received a warm welcome in his return to the sideline Sunday, then watched his team score on its first drive. With drums ...
Michigan State edges TCU 17-16 in BWW Bowl
Michigan State labored on offense throughout the first half, unable to get anything going on the ground, in the air, anywhere. For a team that had ...
Rice wins Armed Forces Bowl, 33-14 over Air Force
When Rice freshman quarterback Driphus Jackson was suddenly thrust into action in the Armed Forces Bowl, he drove the Owls within 2 yards of a tying ...
Arizona St. beats Navy 62-28 in Fight Hunger Bowl
Taylor Kelly, Marion Grice and the rest of the Arizona State offense put an emphatic finish on coach Todd Graham's successful first season with the ...
Syracuse plows through WVU and snow, 38-14
The weather made passing at the Pinstripe Bowl perilous, so Syracuse sent Prince-Tyson Gulley and Jerome Smith dashing through West Virginia and the ...
Ash, Texas rally to stun No. 15 Oregon State
David Ash wasn't sure he would start the Alamo Bowl. No one will remember after the way he finished Texas' rocky season with a validating and dazzling ...
Irish get serious about preparing for Alabama
Top-ranked Notre Dame finally got down to the serious business of getting ready to play defending national champion Alabama in the BCS title game on ...
Alabama-Notre Dame a tough call for neutral fans
The pub is called the Blue Leprechaun — and the name pretty much says it all. Notre Dame isn't too popular along this strip of bars and restaurants ...
Saints, coach Sean Payton agree to terms on deal
The New Orleans Saints and suspended coach Sean Payton will indeed be together again next season as the bounty scandal fades into history and the bid ...
Texas Tech rallies to beat Minnesota 34-31
Texas Tech has had a difficult month since coach Tommy Tuberville left abruptly for the job at Cincinnati. The struggles continued on Friday night, ...
AP source: McCoy, Hicks suspended by Texas
Texas has sent home backup quarterback Case McCoy and injured linebacker Jordan Hicks on the eve of the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio for violating team ...
Ohio whips ULM 45-14 at Independence Bowl
Things were going so well for Ohio that quarterback Tyler Tettleton was cracking jokes in the huddle by the end of the game. It was that kind of ...
Va. Tech ends tough season with Russell Bowl win
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer was candid this week in acknowledging that a lackluster 6-6 regular season was not the standard that the Hokies had ...
Minn. coach cleared of child porn reassigned
A football coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges that stemmed from videos found on his cellphone ...
Va. Tech edges Rutgers in OT in Russell Bowl
After one of its most unfulfilling seasons in recent memory, Virginia Tech desperately wanted to avoid its first losing season since 1992.
Nevada coach Chris Ault retires
Chris Ault raised Nevada football. After 28 years as coach, he felt he had taken the Wolf Pack as far as he could. Ault announced Friday he was ...
Coach cleared of child porn wants files sealed
A football coach at Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last month that stemmed from videos found on his ...
Ohio whips ULM 45-14 to win Independence Bowl
The final pass of Tyler Tettleton's dizzying early-game onslaught was beautiful — a 68-yard touchdown heave to Chase Cochran over two defenders.
Maybe Andy Reid isn't going anywhere
Andy Reid has been fired by nearly everyone except the man in charge. It's a foregone conclusion in Philadelphia and around the NFL that Reid will ...
Ryan wants to be Jets coach for 'next 15 years'
Rex Ryan has no plans to go anywhere. Doesn't want to, he said. The feisty New York Jets coach opened his news conference Friday by denouncing a ...
Notre Dame athletes helped after Alabama tornado
David Jones saw the best of Alabama's community in the worst of times. Jones, a Notre Dame cheerleader, was part of a group of two dozen Fighting ...
Air Force faces Rice in Armed Forces Bowl
Troy Calhoun remembers the day almost six years ago when he returned to Air Force as the first academy graduate to become the head coach. The Falcons ...
Bears blitz Bruins 49-26 behind Martin, Florence
Routing the UCLA Bruins almost seemed like a sidelight for Baylor Bears quarterback Nick Florence. Nabbing one of Robert Griffin III's school records? ...