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Steve Alford takes over as UCLA basketball coach
Steve Alford walked into Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday for the first time since the 1984 Summer Olympics, took his place under the 11 national ...
Cano switches agents to Jay-Z company from Boras
Rapper and recording producer Jay-Z is expanding into sports representation and has signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano away from ...
Louisville's Ware leaves Indianapolis hospital
Louisville's Kevin Ware has taken what he said would be the hardest step in his recovery — the first one. The sophomore guard was back on the ...
Tulsa formally accepts invitation to join Big East
Tulsa officials say they've accepted an invitation to join the soon-to-be-renamed Big East Conference beginning in 2014. The Golden Hurricane, who ...
James, Wade, Chalmers out for Heat-Knicks
Minor nicks, as Heat coach Erik Spoelstra put it, will keep Miami starters LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers from playing against the New ...
Baylor's Brittney Griner leads AP All-America team
Brittney Griner has been in a class by herself all season. Now she's part of a select group. Baylor's 6-foot-8 star senior was a unanimous selection ...
Pac-12 officials head cleared of accusation
The Pac-12 has determined coordinator of officials Ed Rush was not serious when he told officials to target Arizona coach Sean Miller during internal ...
USC hires FGCU's Enfield as men's hoops coach
Southern California hired Andy Enfield as men's basketball coach on Monday night after he took Florida Gulf Coast to the round of 16 of the NCAA ...
Is this year's NCAA tournament most unpredictable?
Welcome back to BracketRacket, your one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, we take stock of the appallingly low number of perfect ...
Cal rallies past Georgia to reach first Final Four
California coach Lindsay Gottlieb was in elementary school the last time a West Coast women's basketball program not named Stanford reached the Final ...
UConn women reach record 6th straight Final Four
Getting to the Final Four never gets old for Geno Auriemma and his Connecticut women's team. The Huskies reached the national semifinals for a record ...
Cal rallies to beat Georgia 65-62 in overtime
Layshia Clarendon moved directly to the front, the first to get her hands on the regional championship trophy. Rightfully so, after getting California ...
Texas Tech hires Tubby Smith as basketball coach
Tubby Smith is headed to Texas Tech to try to turn around another wayward program. Smith was hired Monday, the school announced late Monday night.
UConn women rout Kentucky, advance to Final Four
Geno Auriemma and his Connecticut Huskies are headed back to a familiar place — the Final Four. Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Kaleena ...
Louisville's Kevin Ware resting after surgery
Kevin Ware is already up and walking, and he's got a nice souvenir to keep him company until he's cleared to return to Louisville. Cardinals coach ...
CBS: No regrets on Ware injury coverage
The chairman of CBS Sports had no regrets about banning further replays of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware's gruesome broken leg and says if ...
Louisville continues to bask in basketball success
One by one, students walked slowly past the food court in the Student Activities Center on the Louisville campus and waited their turns to sign the ...
Louisville the 'sure thing' in a season of parity
The word of the season: Parity. The team of the moment: Louisville. For a college basketball season in which it seemed anybody could beat anybody, and ...
Obamas welcome children to annual Easter Egg Roll
An amused President Barack Obama read a children's book to a gathering of boys and girls at the White House, then peppered them with questions: Had ...
Syracuse focused on journey to Final 4
Overcoming all sorts of adversity has been the norm for the Syracuse Orange of late. Player eligibility issues, negative headlines, slumps at ...
McDermott repeats on AP All-America hoops team
Doug McDermott made Creighton history last season when he was selected as the school's first player on the AP All-America team. Now he's done it again
Louisville beats Duke 85-63 to reach Final Four
Writhing on the ground, his leg splintered, Kevin Ware had only one thing to say to his heartsick Louisville teammates. "Just go win the game." The ...
Baylor's loss leaves NCAA women's bracket open
With Brittney Griner and defending champion Baylor gone, the NCAA women's tournament is suddenly wide open. Louisville did what hardly anyone else ...
Michigan into Final Four with victory over Florida
Trey Burke grew up in the shadow of another Big Ten university. Mitch McGary was more of a baseball fan as a kid, and still dreams of a World Series ...
BracketRacket: Last 4, Ware's injury, odds galore
Welcome back to BracketRacket, your one-stop shop for all your NCAA tournament needs. Today, an injury to Louisville guard Kevin Ware dominates social ...