May 24, 2013

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

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(The No. 5 Blue Devils made a 10-4 run in the final minutes to pull away from No. 7 Maryland and win 71-56. Elizabeth Williams set a Duke record for blocking a shot in 56 consecutive games.) SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Natalie Achonwa had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Skylar Diggins added 21 points and [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Saturday’s Men’s and Women’s Results / Notre Dame downs Louisville in 5OT

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(Notre Dame trailed No. 11 Louisville by eight points late in regulation. No one could’ve predicted the five-overtime thriller that ensued. The Irish eventually won 104-101.) SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Cameron Biedscheid scored on a layup with 1:19 left in the fifth overtime, and Eric Atkins and Pat Connaugton added free throws in the [...]

College Football: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo says he fell deeply in love with Manti Te’o

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Linebacker Manti Te’o of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish works out at IMG Academy on January 23, 2013 in Bradenton, Florida. (January 22, 2013 – Source: J. Meric/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man on the phone impersonating Lennay Kekua, said he fell deeply in love with Manti Te’o over [...]

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

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(Otto Porter scored 19 points to lead Georgetown to a 63-47 victory against No. 24 Notre Dame on Monday. In their third loss in four games, the Irish recorded season lows in points scored, field goal percentage and assists.) Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll after dropping from the top [...]

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

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(In a seesaw battle where Notre Dame led by as many as six in the first half and St. John’s was ahead by 12 in the second half, the Red Storm held on to a narrow 67-63 win against the 20th-ranked Irish.) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Evans had 13 points and seven rebounds, and [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Monday’s Men’s Results / Duke starts 4th week as No. 1 in AP poll

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(No. 17 Notre Dame had five players score in double figures and shot better than 56 percent from behind the 3-point line (9 of 16) to beat No. 21 Cincinnati 66-60 on Monday in a battle of Top 25 teams.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Unbeaten Duke and Michigan hold the top two spots in The [...]

BCS Championship: Saban, Kelly lead Bama and ND out of darkness

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — There were some dark days at Notre Dame and Alabama, dark years really, during which two of college football’s proudest programs flailed and foundered. Notre Dame won the national championship in 1988, then spent much of the next two decades running through coaches — four if you [...]

College Football: Notre Dame, Alabama arrive for BCS title game

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Brian Kelly walked off the tarmac, hopped aboard one of Notre Dame’s team buses that bore his image on the side and grinned broadly as he sat in the driver’s seat. Soon, the Notre Dame coach will know if his team — or Alabama — will finish college football’s season [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s and Women’s Results – Indiana routs Florida Atlantic 88-58

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(No. 6 Indiana overwhelmed Florida Atlantic 88-52 on Friday. The Hoosiers have shot 60.4 percent from the field in their last two games en route to a 29th consecutive nonconference win at home.) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Cody Zeller had 24 points, Christian Watford scored 17 and No. 6 Indiana overwhelmed another undermanned opponent Friday [...]

College Football: For coaches, no sleep ’til BCS championship game

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NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Kelly and Nick Saban expect many restless nights between now and the BCS championship game on Jan. 7. Kelly and top-ranked Notre Dame play Saban and No. 2 Alabama in Miami. The coaches appeared together at a news conference on Wednesday at the Nasdaq stock exchange in Times Square. “And [...]