May 23, 2013

College Basketball: Women’s and Men’s Monday’s Results / Griner, Baylor women stop Cyclones

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(Brittney Griner scored 31 points and Odyssey Sims had 20 as top-ranked Baylor won its third consecutive Big 12 championship, rolling past No. 23 Iowa State 75-47 on Monday night.) (PhatzRadio / AP) —- Brittney Griner and top-ranked Baylor can now turn their attention to again winning the biggest prize. Griner scored 31 points and [...]

College Football Bowl Results: Central Michigan edges Western Kentucky 24-21

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DETROIT (AP) — Coaching Western Kentucky for one game before moving on to an uncertain future, Lance Guidry had to make a crucial decision with the game on the line. Fourth down, 51 seconds remaining. Kick a field goal and play for overtime, or go for the win? “That was all the players. We were [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Saturday’s Men’s and Women’s Results – Upset Saturday!

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(Temple became the only team in the nation to knock off a top-10 opponent in each of the last five years on Saturday, as it handed No. 3 Syracuse its first loss of the season 83-79.) NEW YORK (AP) — Khalif Wyatt scored 33 points and Anthony Lee had 21 — both career highs — [...]

AP Top 25 College Football: Alabama beat Western Ky 35-0

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — AJ McCarron passed for 219 yards and matched his career high with four touchdown passes to lead No. 1 Alabama to a 35-0 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday. McCarron had two scoring tosses apiece to Christion Jones and Kevin Norwood in a performance that was more about big plays than [...]

NBA: Celtics complete sign-and-trade for Courtney Lee

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Courtney Lee #5, Samuel Dalembert #21 and Chase Budinger #10 of the Houston Rockets wait for the start of play during the game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on April 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (April 5, 2012 – Source: Harry How/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The [...]

March Madness 2012: NCAA Tournement / NIT Roundup

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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — BYU pulled off the biggest comeback in NCAA tournament history on a wild opening night. Noah Hartsock scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half and the Cougars rallied from 25 points down to beat Iona 78-72 in the first round Tuesday night. BYU trailed 49-24 after less than [...]

March Madness begins: Teams of 68 / Brackets for Men and Women

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — The madness in March Madness began before the brackets even came out. Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina all earned top seeding for the NCAA tournament Sunday despite weekend losses that brought even more intrigue to the three-week, 67-game tournament. Men’s Brackets Women’s Bracket Michigan State earned the other No. 1 seed [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Duke runs past Virginia 75-60

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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Austin Rivers scored 18 points, Ryan Kelly had 15, and No. 7 Duke used a late first-half run to open a double-digit lead it never relinquished in a 75-60 victory against Virginia Tech on Thursday night. Kelly had seven points in the 13-2 spurt that helped the Blue Devils (19-3, 6-1 [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Baylor remains unbeaten with victory vs. WVU

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(Picture courtesy of NBC Sports) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Pierre Jackson scored eight consecutive points in regulation and overtime to lift No. 6 Baylor to an 83-81 victory against West Virginia on Friday night in the Las Vegas Classic championship game at Orleans Arena. Jackson finished with 23 points while Brady Heslip added 19 and [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Louisville dodges W. Kentucky

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LOUISVILLE (AP) – Russ Smith scored 23 points and No. 4 Louisville overcame a sleepy start and rallied from an 8-points deficit in the second half to beat Western Kentucky 70-60 on Friday night. Gorgui Dieng had 13 points and 15 rebounds — his fifth consecutive double-double — for the Cardinals (12-0) who remained one [...]