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Column: Knight not living in past, will auction it
Here are a few things you won't find among the many items Bob Knight is putting on the auction block over the next two months in New York: The tampon ...
NJ plans to start licensing sports bets in January
New Jersey is charging ahead in its effort to offer legalized sports betting despite the presence of some hefty opposition standing between the state ...
No. 10 Sooners face Kansas between rivalry, Irish
In all his time as Oklahoma's coach, Bob Stoops has always found a way to navigate his Sooners around the potential trap that looms each year ...
Griner focused on senior season with champ Baylor
Brittney Griner watched the Olympics and wished she was there. Thanks to the WNBA draft lottery, she might know where she's going. Before Rio in 2016, ...
Defense in the Big 12? It happens
Few teams in the Big 12 go into a league game expecting a defensive slugfest. But old-school defense is making a comeback, at least among teams with ...
Alabama, Florida are top 2 in BCS
Alabama and Florida are at the top of the season's first BCS standings, making it yet another all-SEC top two, with Oregon and Kansas State close ...
Florida, K-State, Notre Dame move up in AP poll
Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 7 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT Don't get comfortable, Florida. Same goes for ...
K-State, Notre Dame move into top 5 of AP poll
The top five in The Associated Press college football poll has been rearranged for a second straight week, with Florida, Kansas State and Notre Dame ...
No. 7 Notre Dame stops No. 17 Stanford 20-13 in OT
Notre Dame knew what was coming. Stanford doesn't get cute inches from the goal line. And after three years of getting pushed around by the Cardinal, ...
No. 9 LSU defeats No. 3 South Carolina, 23-21
Jeremy Hill capped his breakout game by leaping the fence dividing the field from the stands at Tiger Stadium and embracing a jubilant throng of ...
Texas Tech stuns No. 5 West Virginia 49-14
The matchup between Texas Tech and No. 5 West Virginia featured a quarterback who put up cartoonish numbers, throwing for six touchdowns and 499 yards
No. 1 Alabama whips Missouri 42-10
Nick Saban came off the field Saturday and sized up the afternoon for No. 1 Alabama. "It was tough sledding out there today, guys," the Crimson Tide ...
No. 13 Sooners rout No. 15 Texas 63-21
When Bob Stoops starts to rattle off the scores of the big wins he's brought home for Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry, they all start to sound alike ...
No. 6 K-State holds off Iowa State 27-21
Kansas State's offense is at its best when quarterback Collin Klein has the ball in his hands as much as possible. The Wildcats defense doesn't mind ...
Williams free but must register as sex offender
Ex-Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams was freed Friday after a judge gave him a suspended sentence in a sexual assault case in which ...
No. 1 Alabama 3-TD favorite to win at Missouri
The starting quarterback is out, the offensive line is in tatters and the opponent apparently is without flaw. No wonder Missouri is a three-touchdown ...
Rivalry time for No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 15 Texas
Consider it a sign of how much Bob Stoops and Mack Brown have raised the bar in the Red River Rivalry when Oklahoma and Texas are playing each other ...
ESPN college football guru Beano Cook dead at 81
Beano Cook, the college football commentator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the sport he dearly loved, has died. The 81-year-old Boston native had ...
The 1-2-3's of the exotic 3-3-5 defense
Wanting a defense to match the unpredictability of his innovative offense, former West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez decided on a scheme that would ...
Football coach accused of hitting Utah boy in game
A youth football coach struck a 13-year-old player from an opposing team near the sideline during the fourth quarter of a tied game, giving the boy ...
Jones nears wins record for Oklahoma quarterbacks
As he closes in on rewriting some of Oklahoma's storied history, Landry Jones got a timely note to provide just the boost he needed. Jones was ...
Big East surges with 3 ranked, undefeated teams
Excuse Big East commissioner Mike Aresco if he's feeling a bit giddy this week. When the dust settled after weekend play, he still had three ...
Column: O'Brien engineering Penn State turnaround
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien settled in behind a microphone early in the afternoon for what was, by far, the second most-anticipated talk of the day ...