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Bowers lifts No. 12 Missouri over No. 10 Illinois
After a long wait, Jabari Brown is finally feeling like part of the Missouri basketball program. Making his first start of the season, Brown had 18 ...
McLemore's 22 gives Kansas huge road win, 74-66
It's not supposed to be this easy for a kid playing his first collegiate road game. Kansas' Ben McLemore, a redshirt freshman surrounded in the ...
Boise State wins Vegas Bowl, beating Washington
The last two times Boise State played in the Las Vegas Bowl, there were other places the Broncos wanted to be. Not so on Saturday, when the smallest ...
No. 1 Stanford topples No. 10 Tennessee 73-60
Stanford forward Chiney Ogwumike has at least one career achievement that eluded her older sister. Ogwumike had 21 points and a career-high 19 ...
La.-Lafayette tops ECU in New Orleans Bowl, 43-34
Whether Terrance Broadway was throwing, running, or throwing on the run, he gave East Carolina fits and justified Louisiana-Lafayette coach Mark ...
Temple upsets No. 3 Syracuse 83-79
Khalif Wyatt had never been in Madison Square Garden let alone played there. The Philadelphia native left the building on Saturday after scoring a ...
Leagues poised to challenge NJ over sports betting
Four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA are poised to move forward with their legal fight over New Jersey's plans to allow sports gambling
UCF's Bortles dominates in Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
Blake Bortles is just one of the reasons why Central Florida feels good about its chances of being successful in the new-look Big East. The red-shirt ...
Bortles shines for UCF in Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
Central Florida will head into the new-look Big East off an impressive showing in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl. The Knights dominated Ball State 38-17 ...
Louisville coach Pitino supports gun control
Count Rick Pitino among basketball coaches supporting gun control. The Louisville coach was asked Friday during a news conference at the team's ...
NCAA considering proposals to change recruiting
The NCAA released a package of proposals Friday that would change the recruiting calendar, lift restrictions on how and how often coaches can contact ...
Seeking an outlet, Olympian turned to double life
Her image could hardly have been better: Athletic. A knockout. All-American. So accomplished and so wholesome that Disneyland hired her for speaking ...
Andersen will take back seat during Rose Bowl
Gary Andersen doesn't mind taking a back seat with his new team when it comes to the Rose Bowl. Andersen was formally introduced Friday as the new ...
College basketball's best _ so far
Kentucky's Anthony Davis was pretty much everyone's choice as the national player of the year last season. This season, at least as it nears the ...
BYU LB Van Noy scores 2 TDs in Poinsettia Bowl win
The Poinsettia Bowl was ponderous, even boring, until Brigham Young linebacker Kyle Van Noy took over. Van Noy scored on a fumble recovery in the end ...
It's official, Andersen is new Wisconsin coach
Several schools tried to lure Gary Andersen away from Utah State. Wisconsin finally got him. Andersen was officially hired as the Badgers' new coach ...
Top prospect Parker chooses Duke
Jabari Parker still had just about everyone guessing. Then, he pulled out that blue T-shirt with a white "D," and, finally, it became clear.
AP poll: Mass shootings voted top 2012 news story
The horrific massacre of 26 children and staff at a Connecticut elementary school, along with other mass shootings, was the top news story of 2012, ...
Cleared Minnesota college coach fights suspension
A Minnesota college football coach who was cleared of child porn charges is fighting a suspension, his union said Thursday, although neither it nor ...
Column: 'This microphone is powerful right now.'
The game was over, and the postgame interview appeared to be, too, when Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey suddenly decided otherwise. By then, the sting of ...
Winthrop coach pleads for action after shooting
Moments after his team lost a basketball game, Winthrop coach Pat Kelsey spoke of a bigger loss. The first-year coach of the Eagles gave an ...
Minn. college coach cleared in porn case off leave
A Minnesota college football coach cleared by a judge of child porn charges stemming from cellphone video of his naked children is no longer on ...
RB Richardson thinks Saban will stay at Alabama
Trent Richardson would be surprised if Nick Saban followed him from Alabama to the Cleveland Browns. Saban, who will lead the Crimson Tide against ...
Andersen changes directions, heads to Wisconsin
Gary Andersen publicly pledged his allegiance to Utah State not long ago. Now he's on the verge of becoming Wisconsin's coach. Wisconsin reportedly ...