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Paterno's legacy may now be damaged beyond repair
For decades Penn State was considered special, immune from the corruption of college athletics by virtue of Joe Paterno's high ideals, long list of victories and even longer list of graduates.
Playoff dollars could spark calls to pay players
NEW YORK (AP) - The new playoff system means big money for major college football, as much as a half-billion dollars per year just in television rights alone.
Next step on path to playoff: College presidents chime in
NEW YORK (AP) - The only things standing in the way of a major college football playoff are 12 university presidents.
Stanford tops Fresno St in NCAA tourney
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Mark Appel took a one-hitter into the seventh inning and settled for a four-hitter and Stanford beat Fresno State 9-1 in the first round of the Stanford Regional on Friday night.
Lawmaker blasts Title IX, Brandi Chastain winces
SACRAMENTO (AP) - If Brandi Chastain could have cried foul, she would have. The world-famous U.S. women's soccer player was in Sacramento on Monday with her Brazilian counterpart Sissi to be honored by the California Assembly as it recognized the 40th anniversary of Title IX. The occasion prompted Assemblyman Chris Norby to reveal that he wasn't a fan of the 1972 federal law chiefly known for mandating gender equity in high school and collegiate sports. ...
Withering WAC has been a revolving door for years
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Mention the Western Athletic Conference to Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards, and he thinks back to Brigham Young's 1984 national championship with a junior quarterback named Robbie Bosco and a team that wasn't even ranked when the season started.
Perfect! Baylor beats Notre Dame for title
DENVER (AP) - Brittney Griner took the Baylor Lady Bears to new heights. Blocking layups, snagging rebounds, hitting shots over two and three helpless defenders, all season long she towered over the competition. That left Griner with just one more task Tuesday night - cutting down the nets. Griner had 26 points, 13 rebounds and five blocks to lead Baylor to a dominating 80-61 victory over Notre Dame in the NCAA women's basketball championship, capping ...
Kentucky tops Kansas for title
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Won and Done, indeed. Maybe even Over and Out. All that really matters is that Kentucky parlayed a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory Monday night over Kansas for the team's eighth national NCAA basketball title - its first since 1998. Kentucky's top freshman, Anthony Davis, had a rough shooting night, but John Calipari coached this team to a wire-to-wire victory - a little dicey at the end ...
40-0: Griner and Baylor 1 win from title, history
DENVER (AP) - All season long, Baylor has been the best team led by the best player in the country.
Kentucky vs. Kansas for NCAA title
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Well, this matchup is going to look familiar. John Calipari and his Kentucky juggernaut will face Kansas for the national championship on Monday night. That would be the same school that beat Memphis in overtime for the NCAA title in 2008, back when Calipari was coaching the Tigers. It also would be the same Kansas team that the Wildcats beat back in November. "We're worried about us playing at our best," ...
Stanford routs Minnesota in NIT title game
NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Bright came off the bench to spark Stanford to an NIT title. The sophomore point guard had 15 points and six assists in Thursday's 75-51 rout of Minnesota to earn most outstanding player honors, energizing the Cardinal just as the coaches had hoped when they took him out of the starting lineup in mid-February. "I give him all the credit, because it takes a player buying into something like that ...
Hayes leads UConn women back to Final Four
KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) - Before the season started, Geno Auriemma figured his Connecticut Huskies wouldn't be good enough to make it to the Final Four.
Maryland women routed by top-seed Notre Dame
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Maryland ran out of comebacks at the worst possible time. A Terrapins team that came from behind to win each of its first three NCAA tournament games wound up having a bad start and a worse finish Tuesday night, with Notre Dame rolling to an 80-49 victory in the Raleigh Regional final and claiming a spot in the Final Four. Two days earlier, second-seeded Maryland (31-5) stormed back from 18 points down ...
No. 1 Stanford returning to Final Four
FRESNO (AP) - Nnemkadi Ogwumike will end her sensational senior season right where she has the rest: at the Final Four.
Final Four for March Madness
One game is a grudge match between teams that know each other all too well. The other is a rare rematch between virtual strangers.
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STOPPING STANFORD
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Stanford's physical, old-school offense is something Oregon's defense isn't used to seeing. The Ducks are well aware of the trouble that can cause.
Ogwumike tops All-America team
Chiney Ogwumike now has family bragging rights.
Stanford Oregon State’s six-game win streak
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon State brought a six-game winning streak and a lot of questions into Saturday night's game against No. 8 Stanford.
Must-see: Busy Beav; King Kliff
The last two weeks of the college football season have separated contenders from pretenders and helped set the field for the national championship race.
Notre Dame, Michigan set the curve
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Last year's national runner-ups in football and men's basketball came out the big winners in the classroom.
Don’t bet The Farm on Stanford
STANFORD (AP) - The matchup between Stanford and UCLA this Saturday was supposed to be the last major hurdle before the Pac-12's showdown of the season.
Ducks will wear pink
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - The second-ranked Oregon Ducks are again making a bold fashion statement, but this time it's for a good cause.
Rivalry is fool’s gold
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - The Southern California-Notre Dame rivalry is different than most.
Rice joins playoff selection committee
The most scrutinized committee in sports has been set. The members say they'll need thick skin, plenty of time and the ability to leave their loyalties behind to pick the four teams that will play for college football's national title next year.
Stanford’s Hogan stinging from loss
STANFORD (AP) - Kevin Hogan walked into Stanford quarterbacks coach Mike Sanford's office Sunday - a day off for players - to get his week started a little earlier.
Stanford falls to No. 13 after loss to Utah Utes
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Stanford Cardinal adamantly insisted their attention was on Utah and only on Utah, not about moving up in the rankings, a grueling upcoming schedule or even growing national title talk.
No. 5 Stanford ‘mentally tough’ in tight Pac-12
STANFORD (AP) - Stanford rarely wins pretty. In the last two years, though, the Cardinal just always seem to win.
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