May 20, 2013

College Football: Barkley leads No. 12 USC past Utah

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Utes couldn’t have asked for a better start. They just didn’t finish. “We were ready to play. Our guys came out with a lot of emotion and energy in that first series and battled hard the entire way,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. But Matt Barkley passed for [...]

College Football Report: USC athletes received gifts

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Southern California athletic director Pat Haden says USC will investigate a Los Angeles Times report claiming two Trojans athletes received gifts from an employee of the Los Angeles County assessor’s office. The Times reported Saturday that former tailback Joe McKnight and former men’s basketball player Davon Jefferson apparently received a car, an [...]

Ratings plummet for Alabama-LSU BCS duel

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A field goal-filled shutout couldn’t compete with a thrilling finish for television viewers. TV ratings dipped for this year’s BCS title game, Alabama’s 21-0 win in a rematch against Southeastern Conference rival LSU. The Crimson Tide went up 15-0 late in the third quarter on five field goals while the Tigers’ [...]

NFL: Raiders reunite former teammate Houshmandzadeh with Palmer

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ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders signed wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh to a contract on Tuesday, reuniting him with his former quarterback Carson Palmer. Palmer and Houshmandzadeh were teammates in Cincinnati for six seasons and both had their greatest NFL success when they were together. Houshmandzadeh, 34, had been out of the league since [...]

Kiffin denies knowing of Tennessee assistant’s alleged payment to recruit

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Southern California coach Lane Kiffin denied any knowledge of former assistant Willie Mack Garza paying for a recruit and his mother to visit Knoxville while Kiffin was at Tennessee. The allegation by former scout Will Lyles arose in a story by Yahoo! Sports. Lyles, who is at the center of [...]

Baddeley sneaks past Couples at Riviera

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fred Couples was starting to show his age Saturday at Riviera. He hit a poor wedge, knocked a putt over the back of the green and turned a potential birdie into bogey on the 10th hole to slip three shots behind Aaron Baddeley in the Northern Trust Open. Then came a [...]

Oscar Robertson joins lawsuit vs. NCAA over use of image, likeness

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Oscar Robertson, a Hall of Fame basketball player who led Cincinnati to Final Fours in 1959 and 1960, has joined a class-action antitrust lawsuit over the use of his image and likeness from his college days. * Oscar Robertson joined a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, licensing partner Collegiate Licensing Co. and Electronic Arts Inc. [...]

Breaking News – Carson Palmer Reportedly Will Demand Trade, May Consider Retirement

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Carson Palmer will Carson Palmerdemand a trade from the Cincinnati Bengals and could consider retirement if Cincinnati doesn’t comply, according to a report by ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. Palmer threw 26 touchdowns and 20 interceptions in 2010, including five passes that were returned to the end zone by the opposing team. With Chad Ochocinco and Terrell [...]

USC officials finish appeal seeking to cut NCAA sanctions

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Southern California officials are hoping their second round before the NCAA turns out better than the first. School president Max Nikias, athletic director Pat Haden and four other university representatives spent more than four hours talking with the infractions appeals committee Saturday in hopes of reducing some sanctions imposed against the Trojans’ [...]

In just 2nd year, Mark Sanchez turning into Jets playoff threat

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — When Mark Sanchez was a New York Jets rookie last season, coach Rex Ryan and his staff all but pleaded with him to avoid mistakes that could cost games. The team instead relied on a “ground and pound” philosophy that resulted in the NFL’s best running game in combination with a [...]