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Michigan responds to Big Ten, saying commissioner doesn’t have discipline authorityVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan warned Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti about overstepping his authority and rushing to judgment, insisting Wednesday he cannot discipline coach Jim Harbaugh under the conference’s sportsmanship policy for an alleged sign-stealing scheme that has rocked college football. Parts of the blistering 10-page...
West Virginia’s Neal Brown, Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy off hot seat as teams surge in Big 12Video
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy and West Virginia coach Neal Brown have slipped off the hot seat and are arguably more likely to be considered Big 12 Coach of the Year contenders. Gundy was under scrutiny after the Cowboys lost back-to-back games to South Alabama and Iowa...
Report: Michigan prepared to take Big Ten to court if punished without full investigationVideo
Michigan is preparing to take possible legal action if the Big Ten Conference punishes the Wolverines’ football program before a full investigation into allegations of an impermissible scouting and sign-stealing scheme, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The potential for a court fight...
Ohio State remains No. 1 as CFP rankings stand pat; Penn State 10th
Ohio State remained No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday night, with Georgia, Michigan and Florida State following the Buckeyes, as the selection committee stood pat with its top eight teams. Washington was fifth, followed by Pac-12 rival Oregon, Texas and Alabama at eighth. Only one of the...
Unbeaten No. 21 James Madison writes NCAA seeking remediation for 2-year bowl ban
HARRISONBURG, Va. — James Madison, in its second year of transitioning from the Bowl Subdivision to the Championship Subdivision, has written to the NCAA asking that the rule preventing the Dukes from participating in a bowl game be changed. In a letter, signed by president Jonathan Alger, Rector Maribeth Herod...
Kansas coach Bill Self signs richest college basketball contract ever given by a public university
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self signed a lifetime contract Tuesday that will pay him $53 million over the first five years, easily surpassing Kentucky coach John Calipari for the richest deal ever given to a college basketball coach at a public university. Self will make more than $13...
Former Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is loving retirement. It doesn’t mean he is very far from the game
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It’s a typical early November day in Syracuse. Gray skies. Light snow has dusted the area, a precursor to the months ahead when when many residents around here look for Syracuse basketball to get them through the winter. The season opener is just days away. The man...
Victor Wembanyama’s NBA education is underway. The French teen is passing the early tests
Here’s some of what San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has experienced so far in the NBA: Scoring 38 points in a game, playing in a back-to-back for the first time, being part of two 40-point losses, wasting a huge lead and losing, overcoming a huge deficit and winning. It’s been an...
Diana Taurasi in new role as she chases history and 6th Olympic gold medal
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Diana Taurasi is settling into a new role with USA Basketball. She is trying to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic roster for the 2024 Paris Games, which would be her sixth. But this one feels like her first. Ignore that she turns 42 before the...
In the Pits: Ryan Blaney adds to Ohio family legacy with 1st NASCAR championship
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The Blaney name long has been renowned in motorsports throughout the Midwest, where the Ohio-based family won in sprint cars, won on dirt tracks and racked up championships for three generations. It began with George Blaney, a lumber operator who also owned a race team. His son,...
Staffer shares docs with Michigan, shows Big Ten team had Wolverines’ signs
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A former employee at a Big Ten football program said Monday it was his job to steal signs, and he was given details from multiple league schools to compile a spreadsheet of play-calling signals used by Michigan last year. The employee said he recently shared the...
Cody Dorman, who watched namesake horse win Breeders’ Cup race, dies on trip homeVideo
LOS ANGELES — Cody Dorman, the teenager who watched his namesake horse Cody’s Wish win at the Breeders’ Cup, has died. He was 17. Dorman died Sunday after suffering a “medical event” on the family’s way home to Kentucky after attending the world championships at Santa Anita last week, according...
AP Top 25: USC drops out for first time under Lincoln Riley; Oklahoma State vaults in to No. 15
Southern California dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday for the first time under coach Lincoln Riley and No. 15 Oklahoma State vaulted into the rankings for the first time this year. The top nine teams in the Top 25 held their spots, led by No. 1...
Ryan Blaney earns 1st career NASCAR championship, gives Roger Penske back-to-back Cup titlesVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Blaney raced to his first career NASCAR championship on Sunday by banging his way past contender Kyle Larson in the closing laps at Phoenix Raceway to give Team Penske back-to-back Cup titles. The third generation racer is the first Ohio-born driver to win the Cup title...
Tamirat Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men’s race; Hellen Obiri takes women’s title
NEW YORK — Tamirat Tola wasn’t thinking about breaking the New York City Marathon course record as he was running by himself in Central Park for the last few miles of the race. He just was focused on trying to win. The Ethiopian runner broke the 12-year old mark, finishing...
White Abarrio wins $6M Breeders’ Cup ClassicVideo
ARCADIA, Calif. — White Abarrio won the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic by a length Saturday, putting trainer Rick Dutrow back on top months after his 10-year exile from the sport ended. A celebratory Dutrow hugged anyone he could in the winner’s circle before throwing his arms around White Abarrio....
Michigan fires football staffer Connor Stalions in sign-stealing fallout
Connor Stalions, the low-level Michigan football staffer who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into impermissible scouting of opponents and sign stealing, resigned, the school said Friday. Michigan athletics spokesman Kurt Svoboda told the Associated Press that Stalions resigned his position, effective Friday afternoon. The school had no...
NASCAR defends drama-free final four, vows to do a better job promoting its young stars
AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR on Friday dismissed the sentiment that this weekend’s championship finale lacks the pizzazz and star power of a major event. The final four — Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney and William Byron — is the youngest since the winner-take-all format began in 2014, and Larson...
Hempfield grad wins Pan Am gold in pole vault
Already a world-class athlete, Bridget (Guy) Williams became a world champion with a victory at the Pan Am Games. The Hempfield and Virginia alum soared to a gold medal in the pole vault Friday at Julio Martinez Pradanos National Stadium in Santiago, Chile with a vault of 4.6 meters (15...
Next on the Tee: 9-time PGA, Champions Tour champion Tom Purtzer shares golf memories
On this week’s episode of Next on the Tee, host Chris Mascaro welcomes golf instructor Tom Patri; as well as Tom Purtzer, a nine-time winner between the PGA and Champions tours; Pittsburgh Field Club head golf professional Chris Sheehan; and David Moore, the curator of history at Oakmont and Allegheny...
Reports: Frustrated Big Ten coaches push for league to discipline Michigan for sign-stealingVideo
There is mounting pressure on Big Ten Conference commissioner Tony Petitti from football coaches to discipline Michigan and coach Jim Harbaugh for an alleged sign-stealing scheme that has cast a cloud over the second-ranked Wolverines as the postseason approaches. Coaches were angry and expressed frustration during a call with Petitti...
Best odds to celebrate NASCAR championship? Ryan Blaney’s sister
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The oddsmakers named Kyle Larson the favorite to win the NASCAR championship, but half the field believes the person with the best chance to celebrate Sunday will be a spectator at Phoenix Raceway. Erin Blaney is in a unique position: Her boyfriend and her older brother are...
Video: AEW’s Adam Copeland on leaving WWE, surprise debut, entrance music and moreVideo
One of the most accomplished professional wrestlers is in a new ring for the first time in more than 20 years. Known for years in WWE as Edge, Adam Copeland — now appearing under his real name — is the newest star in All Elite Wrestling. TribLIVE spoke to Copeland...
Longtime dirt rivals Larson and Bell at last go head-to-head for NASCAR championshipVideo
AVONDALE, Ariz. — The rivalry hardly reaches the heights of Petty versus Pearson or Earnhardt against Gordon as one of NASCAR’s great competitions. But there is no doubt that dozens of dirt track battles between Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell have created an interesting dynamic ahead of Sunday’s championship. Larson...
Bob Knight, Indiana’s combustible coaching giant, dies at 83
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball, has died. He was 83. Knight’s family made the announcement on social media Wednesday night. “It is with heavy hearts that we share...
