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Lakers' Week 24 in review

2013-04-15 06:44:00

The Lakers needed to win all four games in Week 24 to stay ahead of the Utah Jazz. They did -- but in the process lost Kobe Bryant for the year with an Achilles' tendon tear. The week started with good news on the health front. Metta World Peace...

It's full speed ahead as Louisville beats Michigan for NCAA title

2013-04-08 23:14:00

ATLANTA — Scoring is down, players leave early and the best action on television today is still probably 1980s replays of the Atlantic Coast Conference. For one Monday night, though, college basketball stood history on its head and produced high-...

NCAA Final Four outcomes are not shocking

2013-04-06 21:46:00

ATLANTA -- Florida Gulf Coast was a carnival cruise while it lasted and Wichita State was a hoot, but there will be nothing "mid" about the majors playing for Monday's national title. The final call is strictly blue grass vs. blue blood. Louisville,...

Michigan makes NCAA final by holding off Syracuse

2013-04-06 20:43:00

ATLANTA -- This one, Michigan fans, is on the books. Two decades after the famed Fab Five led the Wolverines to two NCAA tournament championship games that were later vacated, another group of fabulous young players has Michigan back in the title game...

Luke Hancock keeps composure to lift Cardinals past Shockers, 72-68

2013-04-06 20:15:00

ATLANTA -- When Kevin Ware's leg snapped unnaturally and horrifically in front of Louisville's bench less than a week ago, players collapsed on the court, turned away in horror and some cried. Except Luke Hancock. The junior forward knelt by Ware's...

Things could be stifling at the Final Four

2013-04-05 22:05:00

ATLANTA -- This Final Four will be "lights out" on the scoreboard only if there's a second-half power outage at the Georgia Dome. (Hey, it already happened at one football stadium this year.) Saturday's two games in a vacuous, 75,000-seat venue have...

Louisville-Syracuse final would make fitting Big East swan song

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Ask Louisville Coach Rick Pitino or Syracuse's Jim Boeheim about Madison Square Garden or Big East Conference founder Dave Gavitt. Even the tight-lipped Boeheim becomes sentimental and is apt to weave a story about a Big East classic. "I would have been...

San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons loaded with offensive weapons

2013-01-19 18:59:00

ATLANTA — Twenty years ago, Jerry Glanville, then the goofball coach of the Atlanta Falcons, concocted a way to get under the skin of the San Francisco 49ers. Seeing as his team the year before had swept the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, along...

As usual, SEC claims ownership of BCS

2012-12-02 20:50:00

ATLANTA -- No one down here in Southeastern Conference country was surprised Sunday when the final Bowl Championship Series standings confirmed Alabama would be playing Jan. 7 for the national title. The surprise is why the SEC isn't playing the SEC...

Alabama-Georgia game looks like BCS title-game tuneup

2012-12-01 00:00:00

ATLANTA --�Alabama and Georgia haven't played in football since 2008 but won't be completely startled when they bump into each other at the Georgia Dome on Saturday. At stake is the Southeastern Conference championship — otherwise known as the...

Colin Kaepernick's parents take funny photo next to statue of son

2013-01-21 11:08:00

It's not every day you get to see a giant statue of son getting a wedgie from an even bigger statue, but that is what happened to Colin Kaepernick's parents on Sunday. Rick and Teresa Kaepernick, parents of the 49ers quarterback, were walking into the...

2013-14 bowl schedule released

2013-05-22 11:32:00

The Football Bowl Association released the schedule for the upcoming college football bowl season Wednesday which includes 35 bowl games played over 17 days. This season is the final one under the current postseason format – Bowl Championship...

Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys yells to the sideline against the Atlanta Falcons at Georgia Dome on November 4, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.

2013-05-21 07:27:16

Spike Albrecht of the Michigan Wolverines drives in the first half against Tim Henderson of the Louisville Cardinals during the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the Georgia Dome on April 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Ga.

2013-04-09 04:58:00

The Louisville Cardinals celebrate after they won 82–76 against the Michigan Wolverines during the 2013 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship at the Georgia Dome on April 8, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

2013-04-08 21:09:24