May 22, 2013

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 [...]

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 Football: Alleged mastermind of Te’o hoax may tell his story

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LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) The person cast as the mastermind of the hoax involving Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o may tell his side of the story, a family member said Sunday. Peter Navy Tuiasosopo, uncle of Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, says the family plans to hold a meeting this week to determine when and how his nephew would talk [...]

College Football: Te’o's unbelievable saga takes latest turn in off-camera interview

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(PhatzRadio / Reuters / AP) —- “Maybe I sound too convinced,” ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap said at one point during his breathless 14-minute live report just after interviewing Manti Te’o for two-and-a-half hours late Friday, “but I’m just telling you the way Te’o told his story, I found him very believable.” It may be that 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: Te’o and Manziel hit Manhattan with Heisman hopes

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NEW YORK — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was looking forward to a break after a five-citites-in-five-days tour, during which he has become the most decorated player in college football. “I’m just trying to get a workout in and get some sleep,” he said Friday about his plans for the night. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny [...]