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Michigan-Louisville NCAA title game: Gratitude adjustment required

2013-04-08 00:00:00

ATLANTA — Michigan will have three or four thank-you notes to hand out should it win Monday night's national championship game against Louisville at the Georgia Dome. It can start with Penn State, which beat the Wolverines by 14 points in State...

Jack Pardee dies at 76; All-Pro linebacker with the L.A. Rams

2013-04-01 22:36:00

Jack Pardee, an All-Pro NFL linebacker whose career with the Los Angeles Rams was interrupted in the mid-1960s when he battled malignant melanoma before returning to the field and becoming a well-traveled coach, has died. He was 76. Pardee, who was...

Carson Palmer is traded to Arizona Cardinals

2013-04-02 17:48:00

Carson Palmer has landed with the third team of his NFL career. The Arizona Cardinals acquired the 2002 Heisman Trophy winner from the Oakland Raiders, then agreed to a two-year contract that could pay him up to $20 million with $10 million guaranteed....

Review: 'Survive and Advance' follows the moving Wolfpack

2013-03-16 14:30:00

"Survive and Advance," which premieres Sunday on ESPN as part of its excellent "30 for 30" series of sports documentaries, is a sweet and moving depiction of the sweet and moving story of the 1983 North Carolina State men's basketball team, the Wolfpack,...

New Big East football conference officially still a no-name league

2013-03-08 10:57:00

Only in the�Big East Light,�or whatever it's going to by called by July 1, does the�commissioner have to put out a press release denying there is a leading favorite for�a�new name to replace the old name. It was reported�by the network�with call letters...

Big East football keeps $100 million in split

2013-03-05 11:43:00

Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season, a person familiar with the negotiations says....

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...

Reports: Big East basketball schools ready to split from conference

2012-12-13 10:20:00

Several outlets are reporting Thursday the seven Big East basketball-only schools are preparing to break away from the conference, which could set off the next wave of realignment in college sports. It has been speculated for months the basketball...

Rice grounds Air Force to win Armed Forces Bowl

2012-12-29 12:22:00

FORT WORTH, Texas -- When Rice freshman quarterback Driphus Jackson was suddenly thrust into action in the Armed Forces Bowl, he drove the Owls within 2 yards of a tying touchdown before his errant pitch led to a turnover. Jackson more than made up...

Utah State wins WAC title

2012-11-24 18:57:00

at No. 25 Utah State 45, Idaho 9: Chuckie Keeton passed for two touchdowns, Kerwynn Williams rushed for 110 yards and senior Will Davis returned an interception 59 yards for a touchdown as the Aggies (10-2, 6-0 Western Athletic) secure their first...

Trojans can run but Lane Kiffin can't hide

2012-09-21 15:52:00

Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: Do you get paid for writing (##$%$) like that? Did the USC coach say something to you and hurt your feelings? Your article screams of self-pity. Why don't you just go to Fox News and throw your 2-year-old tantrum on TV?...

Jim Mora's drumbeat and UCLA football fans' landscape of change

2012-09-19 17:02:00

So, here I am back at the Rose Bowl, when the sweaty mutant fan-blob in the seat next to me leans over and starts talking into my hair as if we're on a fifth date — something about Jerry Rice Jr. — and I'm thinking, 'Where did such a promising...

Guy Lewis is a former NCAA basketball coach who led the University of Houston Cougars program for 30 years from 1956 to 1986.

2013-04-08 10:15:00

UConn Women's Basketball wins their twelfth Big East Championship. Renee Montgomery and Charde Houston celebrate a regular season victory.

2013-01-17 07:16:35

Location: Houston , Texas Enrollment: Close to 40,000 Founded: 1927 Previous conference: Conference USA All-time football record: 365-326-15 Bowl appearances: 20 Bowl record: 8-11-1 Athletics: 16 Division I sports National championships: 16 Notable alumni: Kevin Kolb, Hakeen Olajuwon, Tom Landry

2011-11-01 13:35:30

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