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Pac-12 Conference looks to the safety of its athletes

2013-06-04 00:00:00

The Pac-12 Conference is working on an initiative to improve the health and safety of its more than 7,000 athletes. The elements of the initiative include a "head trauma task force" and "football contact reduction." The head trauma task force will...

Nick Saban only SEC coach to vote against eight-game league slate

2013-05-30 10:21:00

Nick Saban has been called “the devil himself” by one rival coach and “Nicky Satan” by another. The Alabama coach is also way ahead of hell’s curve on most matters involving college football — and he’s got...

Pac-12's Larry Scott discusses refs, player stipends and DirecTV

2013-06-03 15:16:00

The Pac-12 Network still hasn’t reached agreement with DirecTV and the league is still smoldering over an officiating controversy last March. All in all, though, Commissioner Larry Scott pronounced it was a pretty good year for the Pac-12...

Power conferences in college football gain even more strength

2013-04-25 17:45:00

College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...

Colorado players shouldn't expect a 'Big Howdy' Texas welcome

2013-03-21 12:58:00

AUSTIN, Texas -- The NCAA selection committee did not put a regional favorite in the Austin games for the tournament’s second and third round this weekend. Only two of the eight teams playing at the Erwin Center are less than 1,000 miles away....

Louisville earns top seeding in NCAA tournament field

2013-03-17 16:15:00

The red-colored and red-hot Louisville Cardinals earned the No. 1 overall seeding for this year’s NCAA tournament. Rick Pitino’s Big East Conference tournament championship team got the top spot in the Midwest Region and will open play...

A few thoughts before NCAA tournament bracket is announced

2013-03-17 14:01:00

The waiting is almost over in “Bubbleville” as the clock ticks toward Sunday’s� NCAA tournament Selection Sunday show at 3 p.m. Pacific time on CBS. Believe it or not, a few late results might affect the final bracketing. The smart...

Gonzaga moves up to No. 1 in basketball coaches' poll

2013-03-04 10:06:00

These Bulldogs are no longer underdogs.� Gonzaga University’s basketball team on Monday rose to No. 1 for the first time in school history. Gonzaga topped the weekly USA Today coaches’ poll, earning 29 first-place votes. Indiana is second,...

Mississippi, no joke, makes a big splash on football signing day

2013-02-06 19:43:00

The Southeastern Conference conducted its annual player draft Wednesday in advance of winning its eighth straight national title next season. There's nothing like national SEC signing day, with other conferences participating the way the Washington...

East is West and up is down in college conference realignments

2012-12-21 06:00:00

Tired of tracking the conference whereabouts of your favorite school? Well, take a number and get in realignment line. Even the people paid to cover the sport have trouble keeping up. INTERACTIVE: Conference Realignment chart The turning point for...

Seven Big East schools considering leaving conference

2012-12-13 17:26:00

The exact timing of the Big East's imminent implosion is not particularly important. One outlet reported the news would hit Thursday. Another outlet reported it would not. The "big" news did not break, as it turned out, but it is breaking. College...

Johnny Manziel, Manti Te'o and Collin Klein are Heisman finalists

2012-12-03 15:44:00

Grade: B The Ravens were disciplined in not deviating from their stated goal: upgrading the middle of their defense. With their first three picks, they seem to have accomplished that.

2013-04-27 00:00:00

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Why: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban would be willing to give Baylor women's star Brittney Griner the opportunity to prove she could play in the NBA.

2013-03-31 00:00:00

Kansas State football started in 1896 but by 1988 the program was in trouble. The Wildcats hadn't won a game on the gridiron since October 1986. The team was called one of the worst in the nation by Sports Illustrated. But then K State hired Snyder in November of 1998 and things began to change.

2013-03-27 09:13:00