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Focused Manti Te'o hopes to improve his 40 time
Manti Te'o is focused on getting faster. The Notre Dame star and Heisman Trophy runner-up, who was clocked at 4.82 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the ...
Harrison suspended by St John's for rest of season
D'Angelo Harrison, the third-leading scorer in the Big East Conference, was suspended Friday by St. John's for the rest of the season. Red Storm coach ...
No. 2 Gonzaga survives scare from BYU 70-65
No. 2 Gonzaga knew Brigham Young wouldn't be a pushover this time. On Thursday night, the Cougars even threw a converted football player at Bulldogs ...
Harris' 36 lead Virginia past No. 3 Duke, 73-68
Joe Harris had just scored a career-high 36 points, essentially half of his team's total in a 73-68 victory against No. 3 Duke, and the junior guard ...
Female kicker set for NFL regional combine tryout
Lauren Silberman has scant chance at making the NFL. Silberman never kicked anything more than a soccer ball in an organized game and she just started ...
Yderstrom, Wilson lift Miami women past No. 5 Duke
For Stefanie Yderstrom and Pepper Wilson, it was a grand finale. For Katie Meier, it was an unforgettable first. Yderstrom and Wilson each scored 16 ...
Big East breakup picks up speed
The breakup of the Big East's football and basketball schools appears to be on the fast track. The major college football members will meet in Atlanta ...
Strange sight on college basketball court: sleeves
College basketball's tournament time is taking on a new look this year, with lots of double-takes expected. Six teams will wear special uniforms for ...
Penn St. upsets No. 4 Michigan 84-78; 1st B10 win
Jermaine Marshall was trapped, surrounded by giddy fans who rushed the court after witnessing Penn State's unlikely upset of No. 4 Michigan. It was ...
No. 7 Georgetown beats Connecticut 79-78 in 2 OTs
Georgetown was looking for the win that would extend its winning streak and lead in the Big East Conference. Connecticut was looking for THE win, a ...
Penn State upsets No. 4 Michigan 84-78
Penn State coach Patrick Chambers kept saying all winter that his team was close to winning a Big Ten game even as the league losses piled up.
Larkin leads No. 5 Miami past Virginia Tech 76-58
An hour before tip-off, several Miami Hurricanes stretching on the court craned their necks toward the scoreboard to watch a few of this season's ...
Top-ranked teams keep falling in crazy season
The top spot in The Associated Press Top 25 is the last place any team wants to be this season. When Indiana lost at Minnesota on Tuesday night, it ...
Saban: 4 arrested Bama players dismissed from team
Four players for two-time defending national champion Alabama have been dismissed from school following their arrests after two robberies on campus.
AP Source: NCAA found $170K in Shapiro benefits
The NCAA is alleging that former Miami booster Nevin Shapiro was responsible for providing about $170,000 in impermissible benefits to Hurricanes ...
Gonzaga's path to No. 1 ranking with Indiana loss
Second-ranked Gonzaga's game at BYU on Thursday suddenly has national significance. With No. 1 Indiana losing to Minnesota on Tuesday, the Zags might ...
No. 19 Memphis' 64-62 loss to Xavier ends streak
Geron Johnson and the rest of the 19th-ranked Tigers headed for their bus parked at the loading dock behind the Cintas Center, saying little as they ...
Stringer wins 900th as Rutgers tops South Florida
Not much has come easily for C. Vivian Stringer during her Hall of Fame coaching career. So it was fitting that it took her five tries to become the ...
Minnesota takes down No. 1 Indiana 77-73
Retaining that No. 1 national ranking has been elusive throughout this wild season in college basketball, and Indiana was the latest to lose at the ...
Mbakwe, Minnesota take down No. 1 Indiana 77-73
Indiana was starting to settle in again at No. 1 after weeks of shuffling at the top of the national rankings in this wildly unpredictable season of ...
Big 12 admits officiating errors in Kansas win
The Big 12 says officiating errors were made at the end of regulation before No. 6 Kansas outlasted Iowa State in overtime on Monday night. The league ...
NBA sons making their mark in college basketball
There are some familiar NBA names lighting up college basketball courts this season. Curry, Hardaway, Hawkins, Howard, Mason and Robinson. Below the ...
Gritty Jayhawks back in position to win Big 12
Nobody was thinking about coach Bill Self's 500th win or the Big 12 title when a loss to Oklahoma State kicked off a rare three-game slide for Kansas.
Kansas rallies past Iowa State in Self's 500th win
Kansas coach Bill Self has 500 wins because Elijah Johnson "blacked out." That's the only way Johnson could describe one of the great performances by ...
Te'o finally gets chance to focus on football
Manti Te'o's first appearance on a football field since the BCS championship game didn't go as well as planned Monday. The Notre Dame star and Heisman ...