NCAA Rumors & News
Butch Jones' UC era starts in Fresno
Cincinnati Enquirer — The UC Bearcats, who have won 18 straight regular-season games dating to 2008, are not likely to take Saturday' night's season opener for granted simply because Fresno State plays in the Western Athletic Conference, a non-BCS league, not after the way the Bulldogs pushed around the UC defense last year and nearly pulled off an upset in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati Bearcats 5 mins agoCueto Not On The Trip
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Johnny Cueto, who kicked Cardinals catcher Jason LaRue and put him on the disabled list when the teams clashed in Cincinnati, is not on the trip to St. Louis.
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoBaker Managing The Same
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — The Reds skipper is not taking anything for granted with big lead in NL. Central.
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoCrowd Sure To Acknowledge Phillips
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — The Reds just focused on playing ball.
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoSame umpiring crew chief here who was in Cincinnati
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Kellogg umpiring crew on hand for key series
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoCowboys send Crayton to SD, McQuistan to Miami
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Patrick Crayton wanted out the minute the Dallas Cowboys drafted Dez Bryant. He finally got his wish Friday, and it might've been worth the wait.
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoCanadian football player tests positive for HGH
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — The first athlete to positive test for human growth hormone in North America is a Canadian college football player whose team was suspended for the 2010 season because of a steroid scandal.
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoRed Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia has surgery on foot
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone season-ending surgery for a broken bone in his left foot.
Illinois Fighting Illini 17 mins agoAztecs look to keep it simple in opener
San Diego Union-Tribune — The San Diego State Aztecs should not have to show all of their cards against the first team of the 2010 season, Nicholls State, which travels to Qualcomm Stadium for a 5 p.m. kickoff Saturday. Unlike today's game, where the Aztecs can probably slow-play their hand to victory -- there are tougher games on the horizon in which offensive coordinator Al Borges will be forced to dig into his bag of tricks. This is not -- should not -- be one of those games.
San Diego State Aztecs 18 mins agoSmith now in the house
Blogging the Buckeyes | Columbus Dispatch — Freshman running back Roderick Smith was cleared through the admissions procedure at Ohio State today and is expected to be with the team when it resumes practice Sunday, coach Jim Tressel confirmed. Smith, from Paul Harding High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., signed a letter of intent with the Buckeyes in February. But the start of his college career had been put on hold by the NCAA academic clearinghouse as it perused his high school records, which included work done in summer school this summer. Considered one of the top power running back prospects in the country in the 2010 class by several ...
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- RSL hopes to take down icon on way to record streak Salt Lake Tribune RSL hopes to take down icon on way to record streak By Michael C. Lewis The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 3, 2010 05:26PM MDT Sandy • Thierry Henry is a world-renowned soccer icon, a two-time FIFA World Player of the Year runner-up who has played in four World Cups and starred for years at such giants clubs as Juventus, Arsenal and FC Barcelona. So it was easy for coach Jason Kreis to joke that maybe the hottest new Major League Soccer import didn’t really know much about little old Real Salt Lake. Yet Henry was more than complimentary toward the defending MLS Cup champions, heading into hi...
- 1050 Podcast: David Diehl Giants Blog | ESPN New York David Diehl joins 1050's Jody Mac and Brandon Tierney about the preseason game with the Pats and winning his position battle.
- 43 years with the Sox... and counting Boston Globe Sitting behind home plate at LeLacheur Park on a sultry late-summer evening, Dick Berardino does not need a computer, or a radar gun, to evaluate the fielding prowess or base-running habits of the hometown Spinners. Baseball field - Dick Berardino - Sports - Baseball - Major League
- Chicago-Boston postponed by severe weather threat Boston Globe The game between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was postponed Friday because of the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Earl. Boston Red Sox - Chicago White Sox - Sports - Baseball - Major League
- Showalter responds to Garza comments The Heater | St. Petersburg Times Matt Garza's comments in today's Times about "seeking payback" from the Orioles for his last start (when he allowed four home runs), and his plan to "shove it down" their throats this time were popular topics of conversation before Friday's game. Here's what Orioles manager Buck Showalter had to say: "There's a lot of people that feel that way they just don't say it publicly. So what's the difference? A lot of them feel that way. Certainly you got a pitcher that was a real break from the norm. Pitchers do have a memory plus guys that pitch once every fifth da...