OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton announced Monday it has lifted Greg McDermott's suspension for making racially insensitive remarks to his players after a game last week.
Buoyed by an impressive run to the Pac-12 Conference championship, Stanford jumped two spots to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday.
Buoyed by an impressive run to the Pac-12 Conference championship, Stanford jumped two spots to No. 2 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday.
It’s the predictable rhythm of sports that draws us in.
Not so much the results of the games themselves as the steady cadence of the seasons -- the cutting down of nets and hoisting of...
Gonzaga’s bid to go wire-to-wire No. 1 is in its final week.
The Zags received 61 of 63 first-place votes from a media panel in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released...
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and the Players' Association have agreed to an opt-in process for this season's draft, the league confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday night.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — By the time Rick Pitino got to town, the coronavirus was already there.
When Iona hired the Hall of Fame coach last March 14, there was no celebration for the new...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Five Creighton basketball players explained in a short pregame video Saturday why they were hurt by coach Greg McDermott's remarks in his locker room talk following a loss last...
Mo Williams played for the Eastern Conference in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game, and he fully understands the enormity of the event’s platform.
Kansas placed coach Les Miles on administrative leave Friday night, hours after a report released by LSU revealed school officials there considered firing him in 2013 because of his behavior with...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton University suspended basketball coach Greg McDermott indefinitely Thursday night for using racially insensitive language while addressing the team after a game last...
The economic downturn across college sports caused by the pandemic led Drake to slash its athletic budget, including a quarter of what it spends on men's basketball.
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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has been cleared to return after spending two days in...
A look at the upcoming week around Big Ten basketball:
GAME OF THE WEEKEND: No. 2 Michigan and Michigan State will meet twice in four days, Thursday and Sunday. The rivals will close the...
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Boston Bruins forward Charlie Coyle has entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, upping the number of...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina’s first African American basketball star, a former NBA veteran running unopposed with the governor's backing, would appear to be a slam dunk...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools and universities. The bill heads to...
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Cade Cunningham waited patiently before striking.
Oklahoma State's star freshman was coming off a 40-point performance in an overtime win at Oklahoma last Saturday...
Tennessee's turmoil. Southern California's struggles. Nebraska’s search for an identity in a changing college football landscape.
What programs are the biggest underachievers and...
Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools. Yet in almost every case, sponsors...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton coach Greg McDermott apologized Tuesday for urging his players to “stay on the plantation” in a postgame locker room talk following a loss over the weekend.
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The list of players in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol dropped to a season-low three, despite the...
It took nearly the entire season for Michigan to finally leap Baylor into No. 2 behind Gonzaga in the Top 25.
Now, the trick for the Wolverines is to stay there.
The NCAA's proposal to permit athletes to earn money from endorsements would stand in the way of players' names, images and likenesses being used in EA Sports' new college football video...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Illinois coach Brad Underwood gained a new appreciation for Michigan's season recently when he saw Baylor struggle a bit after a lengthy layoff.
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Pennsylvania is easing restrictions on large gatherings, paving the way for a limited number of...
Texas A&M moved up to No. 2, its highest ranking ever in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll, a day after winning its first Southeastern Conference regular-season title.
Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll on Monday, taking advantage of the Bears' loss at Kansas to leap into the No....
ESPN has re-signed Rece Davis to a multiyear contract that will keep him in place as host of the network’s popular Saturday college football pregame show.
Michigan State has gone from the top tier of the AP Top 25 poll to desperately trying to bolster a shaky NCAA Tournament resume.
The Spartans helped themselves in the past week, beating...
Bret Bielema saw a unique opportunity to accelerate a turnaround at Illinois when he returned to college football as head coach of the Illini in December.
CHICAGO (AP) — Southern Illinois guard Trent Brown figures this is a season he will remember more than any other.
It's not just because of the obstacles and oddities teams are facing as they...
As Black History Month comes to a close, there have been myriad tributes to the accomplishments of African Americans in sports arenas across the land.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Division I softball is providing a training ground this season for players preparing for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Japan.
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The San Jose Sharks have returned to practice and are set to play the St. Louis Blues as scheduled...
Ohio State and Alabama competing for a national championship is hardly an unusual occurrence for either school. It just tends to happen in football.
Kierstan Bell had never even heard of Florida Gulf Coast at this time last year. She was a freshman at Ohio State then, a few weeks away from announcing her plans to transfer.
Turns out the top four teams left out of March Madness won't have their bubbles burst quite yet.
Under a contingency plan released Thursday by the Division I basketball committees, those...
By the numbers, 2021 looks promising for Miami. Humans are more skeptical about the Hurricanes being back.
On the flip side, the math on Notre Dame suggests regression next season. The...
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Mercy’s men’s basketball team began the season with three games in five days. A week later, a matchup with Kentucky was canceled. Then on the last weekend of December, there...
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San Jose’s game against Vegas scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed after a Sharks...
In spite of everything that's been thrown her way, the smile of Syracuse point guard Tiana Mangakahia and her effervescent persona remain as infectious as ever in the waning weeks of her final...