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Stephen F. Austin cuts down No. 1 Duke in overtimeVideo
DURHAM, N.C. — Nathan Bain stole the ball and hit a layup at the overtime buzzer and Stephen F. Austin knocked off No. 1 Duke 85-83 on Tuesday night, ending the Blue Devils’ 150-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents. They became the first non-Atlantic Coast Conference team to beat...
Transfer quarterbacks shining ahead of Ohio State-Michigan game
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While being led to the Ohio Stadium visitors dressing room through a crowd of Ohio State fans raining abuse on him, Shea Patterson looked up and retorted. “We’ve got you next year at our place,” the Michigan quarterback shouted before disappearing into the tunnel after the Wolverines...
Ohio State leapfrogs LSU to No. 1 in College Football Playoff rankings
Ohio State jumped LSU to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings with two weeks left to go before selection Sunday. LSU slipped to second Tuesday night, Clemson remained No. 3 and Georgia held on at four. If playoff history holds form, three of those top four teams will...
Bruno Sammartino documentary set for New York, L.A. debut
A new documentary on Bruno Sammartino is set for release in New York and Los Angeles. “Bruno Sammartino” will be screened in at The Cinema Village in New York and The Monica Film Center in Santa Monica from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. According to KDKA Radio, a premiere is...
Duke solidifies No. 1 in AP Top 25 poll after tourney win
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski set the record for wins coaching a No. 1 team when his top-ranked Blue Devils knocked off California and Georgetown on back-to-back nights to win the 2K Empire Classic. He will have a chance to add to his 218-34 mark this week. That’s because the Blue...
Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh seeks ‘great win’ over Ohio State
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh’s job is safe at Michigan whether his team finally beats Ohio State or he falls to 0-5 in what has become a one-sided series. But a victory over Ohio State on Saturday at the Big House sure would provide a boost for Harbaugh and...
College basketball player in Georgia charged with murder
ATLANTA — A starting point guard for a Georgia university women’s basketball team is one of five people indicted on charges including murder in the July killing of a man who was found shot to death in the parking deck of an Atlanta apartment complex. Kennesaw State University’s Kamiyah Street,...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers win first Grey Cup title since 1990Video
CALGARY, Alberta — Andrew Harris ran for 134 yards and a touchdown and caught a scoring pass to help the Winnipeg Blue Bombers win their first Grey Cup title since 1990, 33-12 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday night. The Blue Bombers won their 10th title, becoming the first third-place...
Tyler Duncan wins PGA event, ends Brendon Todd’s quest for 3 straightVideo
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan made a 12-foot putt on the second hole of a playoff with Webb Simpson on Sunday in the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour title. Playing two groups ahead of Simpson in windy conditions on Sea Island’s Seaside Course, Duncan birdied three...
AP Top 25: No. 2 Ohio State gains on LSU; Oregon drops to 14
No. 2 Ohio State gained some ground on No. 1 LSU in The Associated Press college football poll and Oregon dropped out of the top 10 after being upset by Arizona State. The Tigers remained No. 1 for the fifth straight week in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions...
Peters’ Brendon Todd takes lead in pursuit of 3rd straight winVideo
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A few years removed from battling the full yips, Peters’ Brendon Todd has a chance to be mentioned alongside Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson as he goes for a third straight PGA Tour victory. Todd felt like he couldn’t miss Saturday at Sea Island, and...
Student protests delay Yale’s double-OT win against Harvard
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Protesters wearing the colors of both Harvard and Yale staged a sit-in Saturday at midfield of Yale Bowl during halftime of the 136th edition of the annual football rivalry known as The Game. Most walked off after about an hour with a police escort. About 20-30...
Trevor Ruhland overcomes injuries to play final year for Notre DameVideo
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Trevor Ruhland expected to be Notre Dame’s starting center this season, right up until the medical staff told him in January his left knee is like that of an 80-year-old man and he probably shouldn’t play football anymore. Bear in mind Ruhland had endured a broken...
NCAA gives Memphis freshman James Wiseman 11-game ban
The NCAA cleared heralded freshman James Wiseman to return to the basketball court Jan. 12. Wiseman will sit out a total of 12 games under a decision announced by the NCAA. The sports governing body also announced Wednesday that Wiseman must donate $11,500 to charity of his choice to regain...
7-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson to retire after 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson sat down next to Jeff Gordon at a 2001 driver meeting and asked the champion if he had time to offer any career advice. Gordon was so impressed with the fellow California native that he encouraged Rick Hendrick to start a team built specifically for...
Andy Murray wins in his return to the Davis CupVideo
MADRID — Andy Murray had been in a similar position before, struggling and needing a big comeback to pull off an important victory. And like he’s done so many times in his career, he again came through with a big rally, this time to give Britain a point in his...
Penn State could provide test for ‘Blowout Buckeyes’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day has been saying all season how he wants to see how his team plays when a game is tight, nasty and intense in the fourth quarter. That hasn’t happened yet. Through 10 games, Day has had the luxury of the Buckeyes running...
No changes atop College Football Playoff rankings; Penn State 8thVideo
The College Football Playoff rankings were unchanged at the top this week, with LSU first followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia. The selection committee’s third weekly rankings had little movement in the top 10, with Alabama fifth followed by Oregon, Utah, Penn State, Oklahoma and Minnesota. The committee could...
Benjamin Hochman: New technology lets SLU hoopsters become ‘shot doctors’
ST. LOUIS — Big Brother is watching you … and he wants you to keep your shooting elbow in. Over at Chaifetz Arena, looming sensors track the Saint Louis Billikens, who wear small devices on their sneakers. And the sensors track the basketballs, which are equipped with computer chips. The...
Peters native Brendon Todd wins in Mexico for 2nd straight PGA victory
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Two tournaments, two victories. They didn’t make Brendon Todd forget about the dark years, when the Peters Township native had the full yips so bad he didn’t know where the ball was going and made only two cuts in 35 events he played over three...
Peters native Brendon Todd tied for lead in Mexico, eyes back-to-back PGA winsVideo
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Peters native Brendon Todd was closing in on a second straight victory when he was slowed by two missed putts, and then by darkness Sunday in the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Now he faces a sprint to the finish. Todd and Vaughn Taylor were tied for...
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa set for hip surgery in HoustonVideo
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is scheduled to have hip surgery in Houston. Team surgeon Dr. Lyle Cain said in a statement Sunday that Tagovailoa will have surgery on his dislocated right hip Monday. An Alabama spokesman declined to disclose where he was having the surgery citing privacy...
Kyle Busch wins NASCAR’s Cup Series championshipVideo
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch emerged from the Joe Gibbs Racing juggernaut as NASCAR’s latest champion, winning his second title Sunday after two teammates were slowed by pit-road gaffes. Busch won the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to snap a 21-race losing streak and beat Gibbs teammates Denny Hamlin and...
NASCAR championship push tinged with sadness for Joe Gibbs
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Joe Gibbs keeps mementos of his late son on his office desk. There’s a photo of a little girl who could barely walk but whose day brightened when J.D. Gibbs surprised her with a tour of the Joe Gibbs Racing shop. Hundreds of letters are stacked on...
Alabama wins, but QB Tua Tagovailoa suffers season-ending hip injury
STARKVILLE, Miss. — What was planned to be the last series of the day for Tua Tagovailoa ended in the final play of his season — and his Alabama career. The Crimson Tide’s star quarterback will miss the rest of the season after dislocating his right hip in the first...
