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BCS gets boot in favor of 4-team playoff
The best way to determine a major college football champion seemed so obvious to so many for so long. Just have a playoff. Now the people in charge ...
Presidents approve college football playoff
Playoffs and tournaments long have determined champions of every college sport from baseball to bowling. The exception was major college football.
Drew Brees hopeful of long-term deal with Saints
New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees is confident that he and the Saints will agree on a long-term contract. With the start of training camp about a ...
Redskins' RG3: "There's vultures out there"
Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III said the arrest of a former Baylor basketball player for allegedly trying to extort money from the ...
Source: Redskins QB Griffin target of extortion
A former Baylor basketball player is facing a federal extortion charge for allegedly threatening to release "derogatory information" about Heisman ...
Son of ex-UNC coach now a walk-on for Tar Heels
Drew Davis wanted to play football at North Carolina for his father, Butch Davis. He'll get the chance to accomplish at least part of that goal.
Next step on path to playoff: Presidents chime in
The only things standing in the way of a major college football playoff are 12 university presidents. They figure to be more of a speed bump than a ...
Fujita sees bounty probe as part smear campaign
Former Saints linebacker Scott Fujita, a union leader with a record of criticizing the NFL's player-safety record, sees elements of a "smear campaign" ...
Penn State tries to move focus back to football
Just days before Jerry Sandusky was convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse, an email was sent to thousands of Penn State alumni with a simple ...
NFL denies witness retractions in bounty probe
The NFL denies accusations it covered up retractions made by key witnesses in its bounty investigation, or that Commissioner Roger Goodell has placed ...
BCS changes: Why now? Who wins and who loses?
College football is headed toward a new era, with a four-team playoff deciding the champion starting in 2014. As the conference commissioners have ...
Back to work: Harvin returns to Vikings minicamp
The sun was bright, the breeze was blowing and smiles were abundant as the Minnesota Vikings wrapped up their offseason program. Percy Harvin was back ...
NFL Referees Association files charge with NLRB
The NFL Referees Association filed an unfair labor practice charge against the league with the National Labor Relations Board. The NFL twice sent ...
College football closes in on a playoff - finally
College football has always relied on polls and bowls to crown a national championship. It is an inexact science that has left many fans frustrated ...
BCS commissioners settle on plan for playoff
The BCS commissioners are backing a playoff plan with the sites for the national semifinals rotating among the major bowl games and a selection ...
Harvin requests trade, skips Vikings practice
Percy Harvin was nowhere to be found at the Minnesota Vikings' mandatory minicamp practice Wednesday afternoon, and no one seems to know when the star ...
Senator sees Goodell, calls off bounty hearing
A high-ranking senator is calling off a proposed hearing on bounties in professional sports because he is satisfied with NFL Commissioner Roger ...
Incoming Big 12 commish against paying athletes
Bob Bowlsby will have his hands full the next couple of months. The incoming Big 12 commissioner is finishing up his tenure as athletic director at ...
Ex-Saint Hargrove says it's not his voice in clip
Former New Orleans defensive end Anthony Hargrove says it's not his voice saying "Give me the money" in a video used by the NFL as evidence in its ...
Road to BCS changes filled with bumps
The guys in charge of changing the BCS are headed back to Chicago, hoping to make more progress at a meeting Wednesday than they did the last time ...
Sabathia, Jeter lead Yankees to 10th straight win
These AL vs. NL matchups are becoming quite a mismatch for the New York Yankees. CC Sabathia struck out 10, Derek Jeter drove in three runs and the ...
Goodell hears bounty appeals from players
The NFL went public Monday with some of its evidence against the four players suspended for their roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty program.
OSU pays Meyer $4 million, clearer on violations
Ohio State is paying football coach Urban Meyer a minimum of $4 million annually — more money than his predecessor — and detailing in the contract ...
Tomlinson signs 1-day contract with Bolts, retires
LaDainian Tomlinson was in the midst of saying goodbye to the NFL when his young son, Daylen, wandered across the dais and tugged on his pant leg, ...
Goodell hears Saints appeals in bounty case
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was hearing the appeals Monday of four players suspended for their role in the Saints bounty program. On hand at NFL ...