May 23, 2013

College Football National Championship: Will game live up to hype in BCS championship?

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Alabama head coach Nick Saban (right) and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly pose with The Coaches’ Trophy during a news conference for the BCS National Championship on Sunday in Miami. The Tide and Fighting Irish meet today for the title. Photo by The Associated Press. MIAMI — Sometimes, the buildup to a game can [...]

NFL Thursday Night: 49ers make just enough plays, hold off Seahawks

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Quarterback Alex Smith #11 of the San Francisco 49ers smiles before a game against the Seattle Seahawks on October 18, 2012 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California. (October 17, 2012 – Source: Brian Bahr/Getty Images North America) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two of the NFL’s top defenses dueled it out in a low-scoring game [...]

March Madness 2012: Women’s Results – Baylor and Stanford

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Brittney Griner had 23 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocks before being ejected with less than a minute left and top-seeded Baylor rolled over Tennessee 77-58 Monday night to advance to the Final Four from the Des Moines Regional. Shekinna Stricklen had 22 points for Tennessee (27-9), whose seniors became [...]

NCAA College Football: Female kicker focused on spot with LSU

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — BATON ROUGE – Morlan “Mo” Isom is not your typical homecoming queen. She is as serious about becoming a kicker on the LSU football team as a kick in the face. Isom, a star goalkeeper on the LSU soccer team from 2008-11, became the first female student-athlete to be named [...]

College Football: Northern Illinois beats Arkansas State 38-20

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Hobbled by a bum ankle, Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish couldn’t put on his usual one-man offensive show. But the fifth-year senior knows when to delegate, and receiver Martel Moore was more than willing to pick up the slack. Moore caught eight passes for 224 yards and a touchdown, and Northern [...]

No. 6 Boise State rolls in MAACO Bowl

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Boise State wide receiver Matt Miller (2) catches a pass for a touchdown against Arizona State cornerback Osahon Irabor (24) during the second quarter of the Maaco Bowl NCAA college football game,, Dec. 22, 2011, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) LAS VEGAS (AP) – Doug Martin rushed for 151 yards and returned the opening [...]

How reconfigured NCAA football conferences might look

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Conference realignment in college athletics is nothing new. Twenty years ago, the Western Athletic Conference had 16 teams; now it has eight. The Great Midwest was born and died within the 1990s. Much of the Southeastern Conference once belonged to the Southern Conference. The Southwest Conference, a tradition for decades [...]

Moore, 61, kicks extra point for Faulkner

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A 61-year-old Vietnam veteran and grandfather of five became the oldest player ever to get in a college football game. Alan Moore kicked an extra point for NAIA Faulkner in its season-opener on Saturday. Moore wore a square-toe shoe and kicked old-school style, not soccer style — trends that were popular [...]