June 18, 2013

NCAA College Football: College Football Playoff to replace BCS

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(Bill Hancock, executive director of the Bowl Championship Series, introduces the new College Football Playoff. Reed Saxon/AP) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Bowl Championship Series will be replaced by the College Football Playoff. The BCS conference commissioners announced the name of the new postseason system that starts in 2014 on Tuesday, the first of three [...]

March Madness – NIT Roundup: Baylor beats Providence, earns semifinals ticket to New York

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Pierre Jackson had 20 points with 13 assists, seven rebounds and no turnovers in his final home game for Baylor as the Bears beat Providence 79-68 in an NIT quarterfinal game Wednesday night. Cory Jefferson added 26 points and Rico Gathers had 10 rebounds for the Bears (21-14), who go to [...]

March Madness – Women’s Results: Dayton outlasts St. John’s in 2OT

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(Andrea Hoover scored a career-high 24 points in a double-overtime thriller on Sunday to stall No. 10-seed St. John’s 96-90 on Sunday in first-round action of the NCAA tournament.) BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL KENTUCKY 61, NAVY 41 NEW YORK (AP) — DeNesha Stallworth scored 18 points and Jennifer O’Neill added nine of her 12 points in the [...]

College Basketball: Big Ten Upset – Wisconsin beats Indiana 68-56 in semis.

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Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell tries to drive past Wisconsin’s Ben Brust (1) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Big Ten tournament Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan Evans scored 16 points to help No. 22 Wisconsin upset No. 3 Indiana 68-56 in [...]

College Basketball: Conference Championship Weekend / Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Conference tournaments heat up Saturday as eight teams contend for a spot in their league title games and a total of 14 champions are crowned. Follow all of the action on the eve of Selection Sunday here.) NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Triche scored the go-ahead basket early in overtime and No. 19 Syracuse advanced [...]

NFL Super Bowl XLVII: Super Bowl outage traced to faulty blackout device

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The company that supplied electricity to the Super Bowl says the blackout that halted the big game was caused by a device it installed specially to prevent a power failure. But the utility stopped short of taking all the blame and said Friday that it was looking into whether the electrical [...]

College Basketball: Men’s Top 25 – Duke still No. 1 in AP poll; Missouri moves up

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(Third-ranked Arizona withstood a valiant upset bid against No. 17 San Diego State, winning 68-67 in the championship game of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Duke and Michigan remain the top two teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll while Syracuse drops from third to ninth after its first [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Sunday’s Men’s and Women’s Results

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(No. 18 San Diego State was one step ahead of Indiana State, defeating the Sycamores 62-55 on Sunday. Jamaal Franklin led the Aztecs with 19 points and 15 rebounds.) (PhatzRadio / AP / S Gate) —- Mark Lyons scored 19 points, and No. 4 Arizona easily defeated Miami 69-50 on Sunday night at the Diamond [...]

College Basketball Top 25 AP: Indiana still No. 1, Duke up to No. 2 in AP poll

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Indiana is still No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll. The holiday weekend tournaments caused a lot of change below. Duke moved up to take Louisville’s old spot at No. 2 after beating the Cardinals in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. Michigan moved up one place [...]

CFL Grey Cup 2012: Argonauts corral Stampeders for Grey Cup on home turf

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Toronto Argonauts running back Chad Kackert runs the ball against Calgary Stampeders defensive back Keon Raymond during Grey Cup action. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — All week the story of the 100th Grey Cup had been pointing to Chad Owens. On Sunday night, Chad Kackert stole the script and ran with it. [...]