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Burglar hits home of Hawaii basketball coach

University of Hawaii basketball coach Gib Arnold says his family is bouncing back from a burglary that included the theft of money and sports memorabilia. Arnold tells the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/18W6y9M) that he and his wife, Lisa, and five children returned to their Kailua home after church Sunday and found ...

Cards' CWS stay ends with 11-4 loss to Oregon St.

This wasn't the ending Louisville imagined for the best sports year in university history. The mistake-prone Cardinals surrendered seven runs in the fourth inning on their way to an 11-4 loss to No. 3 national seed Oregon State that eliminated them from the College World Series on Monday. The Cardinals ...

Julie Hermann starts as Rutgers athletic director

Saying she has already rolled up her sleeves and is ready to work, Julie Hermann took over as Rutgers' athletic director with the promise that her No. 1 job is to create an atmosphere for Scarlet Knights students to excel on and off the field. The embattled Hermann showed up ...

Louisville coach lauds DeNato after 2-0 CWS loss

Louisville coach Dan McDonnell says his team didn't play badly. It's just that Indiana pitcher Joey DeNato was great. DeNato threw a four-hitter and Indiana looked right at home in beating Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night in the Hoosiers' first appearance in the College World Series. The Hoosiers manufactured their ...

Indiana starting pitcher Joey DeNato delivers against Louisville in the first inning of an NCAA College World Series game in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

DeNato pitches Indiana to 2-0 win over Louisville

Joey DeNato dispelled the notion that College World Series newcomer Indiana is all about offense. The junior left-hander threw a four-hitter and the Hoosiers looked mighty comfortable at TD Ameritrade Park while beating Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night. "I was pleased with what Joey was able to do," Indiana coach ...

Miami officials attend Day 2 of NCAA hearing

The NCAA hearings to determine if the University of Miami committed major infractions involving former booster Nevin Shapiro ended Friday after 16 1/2 hours over two days. The Committee on Infractions typically releases its report six to eight weeks after a hearing, though there is a chance that the Hurricanes ...

Indiana's Dustin DeMuth awaits his turn in the batting cage during NCAA college baseball practice at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., Friday, June 14, 2013. Indiana plays Louisville in the second game of the College World Series on Saturday. (AP Photo/Eric Francis)

It's all about baseball for now in Hoosier State

The calendar says it's June, and here are Indiana and Louisville playing for a national championship. Yes, the sport is baseball this time, not the game played with the big orange ball for which both schools are traditionally known. The Hoosiers (48-18) are making their College World Series debut as ...

Financial adviser gets more than 4 years in prison

An associate of a Texas financial adviser who committed suicide while under investigation has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a $1.4 million investment fraud. Brian Bjork, of Missouri City, received a 52-month prison term, three years' probation and is liable for ...

My Way Too Early NCAA Basketball Top 25

1. Kentucky: An oblivious favorite to be No.1 in the country, the Kentucky Wildcats, headed by a great recruiting class, is my favorite to cut down the nets in April. The main reason for this ranking is their recruiting class. The class is undisputedly the No.1 in the nation that ...

Charlie Coles deserves to be in the Basketball Hall of Fame

He's right, you know. Parcells adage of "you r what ur record says u are" is crap..Charlie Coles was 355-308..he's n the Top3 I ever coached against as an ast/HC — Dan Dakich (@dandakich) June 8, 2013 (Here's an incomplete list of people Dan Dakich has coached against as a ...

Former NBA basketball players from left, Sam Sivert, Micheal Ray Richardson, Ron Brewer, Otis Birdsong and Tulsa head basketball coach Danny Manning, get together with schoolchildren as they participate in a basketball clinic sponsored by the National Basketball Retired Players Association, in Moore, Okla., Thursday, June 13, 2013. Students whose elementary schools were destroyed when a May 20 tornado ripped through Moore had a chance to hone their basketball skills at the clinic.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Former NBA stars host camp for tornado victims

Students whose elementary schools were destroyed when a May 20 tornado ripped through Moore had a chance to hone their basketball skills Thursday with several former NBA greats. About 50 students from Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools participated in the camp at Moore High School with former NBA All-Stars ...

University of Miami football coach Al Golden, left,  walks to an NCAA Committee on Infractions hearing in Indianapolis, Thursday, June 13, 2013. The committee  is scheduled to open its hearings into allegations the University of Miami committed rules infractions in football and men's basketball.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

NCAA opens hearing on U of Miami violations

The NCAA opened a key hearing in the massive infractions case against the University of Miami on Thursday, with school officials, former coaches and the ACC commissioner on hand to defend the Hurricanes against allegations that could bring severe sanctions in the improper benefits case involving former booster Nevin Shapiro. ...

Pac-12 and Mountain West Basketball Join Officiating Forces

Though it took jestful bribery, twenty-five thousand dollars, Ice Miller, and a dash of broken trust, the Pac-12 has announced their effort to improve what has long been a perceived poor officiating core. Teaming up with the Mountain West and handing the reigns over to Bobby Dibler, Pac-12 and MWC ...

2014 Colorado State basketball recruiting: PG Jeremiah Paige commits to be a Ram

Coach Larry Eustachy got his first commitment of the 2014 class in Rangeview (Aurora, CO) point guard Jeremiah Paige. Paige held offers from San Francisco, Utah State, and Wyoming, but decided to choose the Rams despite not taking an official visit to Fort Collins. "Me and the coaches just had ...

Mississippi State's Hunter Renfroe (34) hits a triple in the eighth inning of their NCAA super regional college baseball game against Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, June 10, 2013. Mississippi State defeated Virginia 6-5 to advance to the College World Series. (AP Photo/Andrew Shurtleff)

College World Series Preview Capsules

A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the College World Series, which starts Saturday at TD Ameritrade Park. (Capsules in order of CWS opening games. Coaches' records through super regionals): ___ MISSISSIPPI STATE (48-18) Coach: John Cohen (174-129, 5 years at Mississippi State; 495-325-1, 14 years overall). Road ...

Fine lawsuit against ESPN going to federal court

Former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine's defamation lawsuit against ESPN is being moved to federal court, according to court papers. In a filing in state Supreme Court last week, Fine also dropped legal action against co-defendants named in the original summons filed in November, which included reporter Mark Schwarz, ...

New AAC puts 1st men's tournament in Memphis

The new American Athletic Conference will hold its first men's basketball tournament at the FedExForum in Memphis next March. The tournament will be held March 12-15 with all games televised by ESPN's networks and the championship on ESPN. FedExForum, which seats 18,400, is off historic Beale Street and home to ...

NCAA APR again hits schools with lesser resources

Eighteen Division I teams will miss the postseason, and another 18 in men's basketball and nine other college sports will trade practice time for remedial classroom sessions under NCAA academic progress reports released Tuesday. Poor Academic Progress Rate scores mean postseason bans in the 2013-14 academic year for teams from ...

UConn qualifies academically for postseason

Connecticut's men's basketball team, which was barred from the 2013 postseason because of past problems with its Academic Progress Rate, has qualified academically for next year's NCAA tournament. The Huskies APR for the 2011-12 school year is 947 out of 1000, giving it a two-year score of 962.5, which meets ...

2013 NBPA Top 100 basketball recruiting camp rosters released

Some of the top high school basketball talent in the country will do it up this week beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, June 12 and on through Saturday, June 15th at the 20th annual NBPA Top 100 basketball camp. During the last 20 years, the NBPA Top 100 Camp has grown into ...

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