Horizon League

Novak Djokovic is stunned in Madrid

2013-05-07 18:29:00

Grigor Dimitrov stunned Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday, beating the top-ranked Serb, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-3, for the biggest win of his career. The 28th-ranked Bulgarian saved three set points in the first before...

NCAA Tournament: Michigan State defeats Valparaiso, 65-54

2013-03-21 11:37:00

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Derrick Nix got a pass down low, backed up his beefy body to put an opponent on his back and scored. For much of Michigan State's NCAA tournament-opening win, it was as easy as giving Nix the ball and getting out of his way....

Tuesday's TV Highlights: ‘White Collar’ on USA

2011-03-07 21:35:54

Butler-UConn: After 30 minutes

2011-04-04 21:33:48

College basketball scoring reaches 60-year low

2013-05-19 06:14:02

The caliber of the play in Louisville's 82-76 win over Michigan in the NCAA tournament final was applauded by many because of the high-powered offenses on display. Given the ever-slowing pace in college basketball, the game also was an anomaly....

College baseball: Locals boosting Panthers to new heights

2013-05-19 02:44:01

UW-Milwaukee isn't a glamorous Division I school. Baseball recruits aren't exactly lining up to play there. It takes a special kind of player to go there and succeed like the Panthers have. "Our field is nothing special by any means," assist coach and...

Raiders lose regular-season finale to UIC

2013-05-19 00:00:00

After an emotional speech praising his seven seniors, after many tears and just as many hugs, Wright State baseball coach Rob Cooper had one more thing to add. "Seniors eat first," he said. It wasn't the happiest of postgame meals. A senior class that...

Bradbury looking forward to summer practices

2013-05-17 06:34:01

It will be a busier summer than usual for Wright State women's basketball coach Mike Bradbury and the Raiders. In a couple of weeks, they'll start summer practices, and they get eight weeks of practice time. A year ago, for the first time, Division I...

College Connections: The kindest cut in the long run

2013-05-15 05:04:02

Mitchell Black of Brunswick is currently the second-fastest 800-meter runner in Division III men's track and field programs. Not bad for a young man who hoped he would be a soccer player in college. Black was a four-sport varsity athlete at...

Four local softball teams ready for CIF playoffs

2013-05-13 14:54:00

The Burbank High and Bellarmine-Jefferson softball programs enter the CIF Southern Section playoffs with their share of momentum. Coincidentally, both squads earned No. 2 seeds in their respective divisions. For the Bulldogs, they are fresh off of...

Toughness is hallmark of improved Wisconsin softball team

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Yvette Healy learned during her years at De Paul, both as a decorated player and as an assistant coach, the ingredients essential to fielding a softball team capable of consistently competing for NCAA tournament berths. When Healy took over a struggling...

Greg Kampe sees better schedule, competition on Horizon for Oakland

2013-05-09 02:34:02

Last winter Oakland University basketball coach Greg Kampe spent most of his Thursdays and Saturdays coaching Summit League basketball games. The nights in between? Spent checking out the future competition. "Every Friday night I could I watched a...

Record: 26-7. How they got here: Won Horizon tournament. Strengths: Ryan Broekhoff (15.9 ppg) leads the Crusaders, who learned how to handle pressure after losing last year's Horizon final.

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Holy Family's Elena Lomeli steals the ball from Alverno's Marissa Saenez in the third quarter of a Horizon League girls basketball game at Pacific Park Community Center in Glendale.

2012-01-24 19:23:17