EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas was smiling despite his injury Saturday night – much like teammate LaMichael James the game before. Thomas became the second star player to go down in two weeks for the No. 9 Ducks during their 41-27 victory over No. 18 Arizona State. Thomas threw for 187 yards and [...]
NEW YORK — Surprising Kansas State climbed to No. 12 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, the Wildcats’ best ranking since 2004. Kansas State improved to 6-0 on Saturday night with a 41-34 comeback victory at Texas Tech and jumped five spots in the new rankings. It was the fourth straight week coach [...]
Is there a power conference with more quality teams that is talked about less than the Pac-12? As hyped as some earlier games have been this season — think Texas-Oklahoma, Florida-LSU and Wisconsin-Nebraska — nobody seems to be talking about what’s going on out west. Well, they should be … Saturday night marks a premier [...]
Steve Spurrier’s weekly press conference went by rather quickly on Tuesday. That’s because the University of South Carolina football coach decided that he would not speak as long as Ron Morris, a columnist from The State, was in the room. He began the media session by saying he needed get something off his chest. With the assembled [...]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The NCAA said it found no major violations committed by Auburn regarding Cam Newton or other pay-for-play allegations and has concluded multiple investigations of the football program. The NCAA released a statement Wednesday saying it has closed its 13-month investigation into Auburn’s recruitment of the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, whose father shopped his [...]
Oftentimes, teams and sports become synonymous with the venues in which they are played. We think of gladiatorial combats unfolding in the historic Roman Colosseum, just as we picture a tennis match being played out at Wimbledon in London. When we think of golf, we conjure up images of Augusta and St. Andrews, and one [...]
Former England footballer Paul Merson was arrested yesterday on suspicion of drink-driving after crashing his £40,000 Mercedes into a lorry. The 43-year-old claimed to have fallen asleep at the wheel of his black 4×4 ahead of the 3am collision which also saw him career into the central reservation on the M40 near Warwick. The Sky [...]
MIAMI — Florida is out of The Associated Press Top 25 poll. Not just the Gators – the entire state. For the first time since Dec. 6, 1982, no Sunshine State team was among the AP rankings on Sunday, marking the end of 472 straight polls where either Florida, Florida State or Miami – and [...]
DALLAS — Travis Lewis took the Golden Hat trophy and treated it like a real hat, holding it to his head as he trotted along the field, waving to the thousands of Oklahoma fans still in their seats. When he got to the section where friends and family were sitting, Lewis walked alongside the railing, [...]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Tanner Price threw three touchdown passes, Josh Harris rushed for 136 yards and Wake Forest upset No. 23 Florida State 35-30 on Saturday. Price was 21 of 35 for 233 yards with touchdowns covering 22 yards to Chris Givens, 2 yards to Tommy Bohanon and 8 yards to Terence Davis to give [...]
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