May 23, 2013

Figure Skating: Aaron shakes up US men’s skating with 1st title

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Max Aaron competes in the Men’s Short Program during the 2013 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at CenturyLink Center on January 25, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska. (January 24, 2013 – Source: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Never mess with the guy who knows how to rumble. Little-known Max Aaron won his first [...]

College Sports: NCAA considering proposals to change recruiting

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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA released a package of proposals Friday that would change the recruiting calendar, lift restrictions on how and how often coaches can contact recruits, and allow athletes to accept more money for participating in non-scholastic events. All the proposals are expected to be voted on Jan. 19 at the NCAA’s annual convention [...]

College Football: BCS commissioners will present presidents multiple playoff options

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CHICAGO (AP) — The conference commissioners who have been working on a four-team playoff to determine college football’s national champion plan to present the BCS presidential oversight committee multiple formats from which to choose. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said the university presidents will “have options – plural” to consider when they meet in two weeks. [...]

Boxing: Spanish women boxers build London dreams on luck and pluck

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(Reuters) – In an isolated spot on the coast of south-east Spain dotted with characterless golf resorts and sprawling fruit farms, a small group of dedicated women boxers and their male coach are chasing their Olympic dream. The five young fighters, based at a high-performance sports centre next to a salty lagoon called Mar Menor, [...]

March Madness 2012: Women’s Final Four / Previewing Baylor-Stanford, ND-UConn

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — DENVER — Four No. 1 seeds, but no reigning national champion among them. Powerhouse programs — all have won a national championship — that are hungry. Coaches who are considered the best in the business. A player who has revolutionized the game. The women’s Final Four has no shortage of star [...]

SEC commish Slive: Changes to BCS system at least couple years away

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mike Slive helped propose the plus-one plan to find a national champion in football and says actual change remains a couple years away even if everyone can agree on changes to the Bowl Championship Series. • MANDEL: Would a four-team playoff really be less controversial? The Southeastern Conference commissioner said Wednesday [...]

Former UCLA, NBA star Walt Hazzard dies

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins’ first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69. Hazzard’s family said he had been recuperating for a long time from complications following heart [...]

Horse Racing: Matz has a new dream horse in 2-year-old Union Rags

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Michael Matz the trainer of Visionaire talks to the media during the morning training for the Kentucky Derby on April 28, 2008 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, kentucky. (April 28, 2008 – Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — LOUISVILLE – When Michael Matz initially qualified for the Olympics as [...]

March Madness – Women’s NCAA – White layup allows Texas A&M to upset No. 1 Stanford in Final Four

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Texas A&M has upset its second straight top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament and is heading to its first national championship game. The Aggies (32-5) rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final six minutes Saturday, winning it when Tyra White put in a layup with 3.3 seconds left to give Texas [...]