Football

Golson leads Notre Dame to 21-6 win over BC
Alabama's loss cleared out one of the teams in the way of Notre Dame's 2012 title hopes. An hour later, the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish avoided one ...
No. 3 K-State bolsters title shot, 23-10 at TCU
Collin Klein and third-ranked Kansas State bolstered their chances in the national championship chase by doing what Alabama failed to do. The Wildcats ...
No. 9 LSU defeats No. 23 Mississippi St., 37-17
Zach Mettenberger rifled accurate passes over the middle, lofted timing throws down the sideline and demonstrated for a second straight week that LSU ...
No. 7 Florida scores twice late to beat ULL 27-20
Florida players jumped around on the sideline, then rushed the field in celebration. It was more like a collective sigh of relief. The seventh-ranked ...
No. 16 Stanford knocks off Oregon State 27-23
Stanford coach David Shaw fought back tears. Running back Stepfan Taylor's voice trembled. Linebacker Alex Debniak's eye black smeared all over his ...
Manziel, No. 15 Texas A&M stun No. 1 Bama, 29-24
Johnny Football and the SEC newbies from Texas A&M took down the biggest bully in their new neighborhood and left No. 1 Alabama with badly bruised ...
Syracuse beats No. 11 Louisville 45-26
Ryan Nassib gave his hometown fans a memorable going away present. The senior quarterback threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns in his final home ...
No. 19 Texas honors Royal, whips Iowa State 33-7
The wishbone formation on Texas' first play honored the memory of former coach Darrell Royal. The sound whipping of an overmatched opponent looked ...
Michigan beats Northwestern 38-31 in OT
Devin Gardner ran for a 1-yard touchdown in overtime and Michigan's defense responded with a stop, giving the Wolverines a wild 38-31 win over ...
Texas pays tribute to ex-football coach Royal
The Texas Longhorns paid tribute to former football coach Darrell Royal during their game against Iowa State on Saturday, honoring the man who won 11 ...
NFL games keep coming down to final seconds
If it seems as though nearly every NFL game this season has come down to the final seconds, that's not your imagination. Through nine weeks, there ...
Colts strong start makes playoffs real possibility
The Indianapolis Colts are concerned about the hits rookie quarterback Andrew Luck has been taken, calling some of them cheap shots. One day after the ...
Steelers, WR Sanders fined for faking injury
The NFL has levied $50,000 in fines to the Pittsburgh Steelers and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders for faking an injury during an Oct. 21 game in ...
Halfway through season, NFC is dominant
Halfway through the season, something's missing — mostly — on a list of the league's elite teams. The AFC. It's difficult to make a case for including ...
Manning, Luck succeed from 2 sides of spectrum
The numbers and the standings will change, but heading into this week's games, they were lined up too perfectly to ignore. Broncos quarterback Peyton ...
No. 8 Seminoles rally to beat Hokies 28-22
Florida State got to see the Virginia Tech it expected on Thursday night at Lane Stadium. When the eighth-ranked Seminoles were forced to validate ...
Luck runs for 2 TDS, Colts beat Jaguars 27-10
Another week, another win, another reason for the Indianapolis Colts to love Andrew Luck. Four days after setting a rookie record, Luck ran for two ...
Not just footballs are deflated at USC
It's not just the game balls that are deflated at Southern California this fall. An unimpressive season reached a new, weird low late Wednesday night ...
This season's NFL rookies 'as good as any group'
Good as Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have been, look beyond the first-year quarterbacks making a strong first impression and check out the other ...
USC manager fired for deflating balls in loss
Southern California says it has fired a student manager who intentionally deflated game footballs below NCAA-mandated pressure levels for the Trojans' ...
Former Texas coach Royal dies at age 88
A son of Depression-era Oklahoma, Darrell Royal came to Texas to take over a sleeping giant of a football program. Over 20 years, his folksy approach ...
Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl? Maybe
College football's most storied program, playing on its grandest stage. Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl. It could happen. While most fans are focused on ...
QB Quinn admits trying to play through concussion
Brady Quinn had waited three years for another chance to be a starting quarterback in the NFL. He wasn't going to let a concussion put him back on the ...
Colts, Jaguars in different phases of rebuild
It wasn't that long ago that Indianapolis and Jacksonville played for the division title. Less than two years, in fact. Both teams have changed ...
Surging Colts show up in prime time
Andrew Luck quickly is erasing the pain of the divorce with Peyton Manning for Colts fans. Now, he and the suddenly playoff-contending Colts head to ...