National Collegiate Athletic Association

USC wins NCAA women's golf championship

2013-05-24 18:37:00

USC freshman Annie Park won the individual title and the Trojans won the team title with a record-setting performance Friday at the NCAA women's gold championships in Athens, Ga. Park, from Levittown, N.Y., shot a one-under-par 71 in the final round...

Ryan Palmer (62) leads at Colonial

2013-05-23 21:55:00

Colonial member Ryan Palmer shot an eight-under-par 62 on Thursday to match the first-round record at Hogan's Alley and take a one-stroke lead over John Rollins at Fort Worth. The bogey-free 62 equaled Palmer's lowest round on the PGA Tour. Palmer,...

Mike Krzyzewski reportedly will coach Team USA in 2016 Olympics

2013-05-22 10:59:00

It's a legendary basketball coach's prerogative to change his mind. That's just what Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski appears to have done, as multiple sources are reporting that the winningest coach in NCAA men's Division I basketball history has agreed to...

San Francisco's Michael Crabtree has surgery to repair torn Achilles' tendon

2013-05-22 18:04:00

San Francisco 49ers leading wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn right Achilles' tendon. Crabtree was operated on Wednesday, one day after suffering the injury during seven-on-seven drills in an organized team activity....

Turquoise Thompson's talent in track and field runs in the family

2013-05-22 21:43:00

Turquoise Thompson, UCLA's explosive hurdler, hasn't always had a say in things. Her eclectic forget-me-not name? That was her mom's call, the result of Lori Smith-Thompson's schoolgirl crush on Julius Erving, whose wife at the time was named Turquoise....

Super Bowl L, LI locations chosen

2013-05-21 22:07:00

The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in Northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game. And Miami took...

Pac-12's Larry Scott is highest-paid commissioner

2013-05-20 22:49:00

Larry Scott of the Pac-12 Conference appears to be the highest-paid sitting college commissioner ever, the Wall Street Journal reported. Scott earned more than $3 million in 2011-12, according to tax documents released by the conference Sunday. Scott,...

USC sports figures are highly compensated

2013-05-16 21:45:00

Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions. The private school rewarded him by making him one of the nation's most highly compensated athletic directors. Haden...

Keegan Bradley keeps lead at Byron Nelson

2013-05-17 18:29:00

Keegan Bradley shot a one-under-par 69 in a round that started and ended with bogeys, good enough for a three-stroke lead after two rounds in the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas. A day after setting the TPC Four Seasons course record with a...

New UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford's honeymoon was very short

2013-05-18 13:45:00

UCLA and Steve Alford. A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. On paper, a harmonic convergence. ----------------...

Keegan Bradley shoots 60 at Byron Nelson Championship

2013-05-16 22:39:00

addCustomPlayer('ftvyjjff0ewr1m2zvopdk5r12', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfftvyjjff0ewr1m2zvopdk5r12', 'eplayer15'); Keegan Bradley had no thoughts about a course record, or the possibility of a 59, after consecutive bogeys in the middle of his opening round...

ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015

2013-05-16 13:05:00

After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...

USC's Annie Park chips onto the seventh green during the NCAA women's golf championships on Friday in Athens, Ga. Park won medalist honors for the tournament.

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Apopka defensive end Eric Jackson has earned his first two NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision offers from Texas State and UNC-Charlotte.

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Memphis coach Josh Pastner reacts during first half action of a NCAA basketball game against UCF at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Fla. on Saturday, March 02, 2013. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel)

2013-05-21 13:54:00