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Local college honors

 May 14, 2013; Updated: 11:59 pm

• Coast Guard Academy sophomore catcher Jessie Richardson was named to the 2013 All-New England second team for the second straight year.
Richardson led the Bears with a .415...

Frazier, Wuerffel are selected to the college football hall

 May 8, 2013; Updated: 11:43 pm

New York - The only time Tommie Frazier and Danny Wuerffel shared the field during their brilliant college careers, Frazier's Nebraska team trampled Wuerffel and Florida in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl to win the national...

NCAA hoops semis moving to TBS in 2014

 May 8, 2013; Updated: 11:43 pm

The Final Four's first two games are moving to cable next year. The national semifinals will air on TBS in 2014 and 2015, with the title game remaining on CBS, the companies said Tuesday.

Under the 14-year deal that CBS and Turner Sports...

Waterford's Long to play at Wagner next year

 April 27, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Waterford High School graduate Nolan Long will play basketball and baseball at Wagner College next year.

Long made the announcement Thursday night.

Wagner, located on Staten Island, is a member of the Northeast Conference with...

BCS championship game will be at Cowboy Stadium

 April 25, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Pasadena, Calif. - The grandest stage in sports was too much for the guys who are putting together the College Football Playoff to pass up.

The BCS conference commissioners announced Wednesday that Cowboys Stadium in Arlington,...

Eastern Connecticut baseball coach suspended for season

 April 24, 2013; Updated: 7:13 am

Longtime Eastern Connecticut State University baseball coach Bill Holowaty has been suspended with pay for the rest of the season on complaints that he cursed, threw a helmet into the bleachers during a game and failed to follow university...

ACC schools agree to grant TV rights to league through 2027

 April 23, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

The Atlantic Coast Conference will retain the media rights of any school that chooses to leave the conference before 2027, essentially locking its schools into the league through the length of its current television deal.

The league said...

AP Source: Rutgers, Eddie Jordan reach agreement

 April 19, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Rutgers is turning to one of its greatest players to lead the basketball program past an embarrassing coaching scandal and into its future with the Big Ten Conference.

A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Los...

Yale wins when it counts the most

 April 14, 2013; Updated: 6:35 am

Pittsburgh — Yale captain Andrew Miller stopped a reporter when he asked what it felt like to be the final school to make the 16-team when the NCAA hockey tournament began.

Yale and Quinnipiac just miles, but worlds, apart

 April 13, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Pittsburgh - The home rinks for Quinnipiac and Yale lay less than 10 miles apart.

It might as well be a chasm.

The two schools who will meet for the NCAA hockey championship tonight took very different paths to the brink of...

Quinnipiac crushes St. Cloud State 4-1

 April 12, 2013; Updated: 1:16 am

Pittsburgh — Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold isn't certain he has the most talented team in college hockey. He does believe, however, he's got the best.
At the moment, the Bobcats...

Yale edges UMass Lowell in overtime 3-2

 April 12, 2013; Updated: 1:09 am

Pittsburgh — The puck bounced to Andrew Miller’s stick, and Yale coach Keith Allain had little doubt where his captain was heading.
The senior forward swooped past a couple...

New teams, new site, new outlook for Frozen Four

 April 11, 2013; Updated: 11:58 pm

Pittsburgh - Cheerleaders and a pep band as soon as they stepped off the plane. A police escort on the ride in from the airport. Their school's logo plastered about eight feet wide across the Consol Energy Center atrium. NHL ice awaiting...

Louisville beats Michigan 82-76 in NCAA men's final

 April 9, 2013; Updated: 7:27 am

Atlanta — Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all.
Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and...

Louisville's Hancock wins Most Outstanding Player

 April 9, 2013; Updated: 6:57 am

Atlanta — Some might say Luke Hancock won the national title game for the Louisville Cardinals. Others might say he simply saved it for them.
With the game in danger of getting...

NCAA women's tournament

 April 9, 2013; Updated: 12:21 am

AT NEW ORLEANS

Semifinals

Sunday's Results

Louisville 64, California 57

UConn 83, Notre Dame 65

Championship

Today's Game

Louisville (29-8) vs. UConn (34-4), 8:30 p.m.

Louisville women prove they're pretty good too

 April 8, 2013; Updated: 3:18 am

New Orleans — The more Louisville extends its remarkable run, the more coach Jeff Walz wants to make sure his Cardinals enjoy every moment.
As long as they have one more upset in...

Louisville, Michigan hard to overlook now

 April 8, 2013; Updated: 12:34 am

Atlanta - The hoops teams at Louisville and Michigan are used to being overlooked.

The Cardinals may be a national powerhouse, but they're still considered second fiddle in their own state. The Kentucky Wildcats are the blue bloods...

Louisville battles its way back

 April 7, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

Atlanta - The deficit was getting bigger, the clock becoming an enemy and Louisville's options were dwindling.

"I just kept telling the guys ... 'We're going to make a run. It's about defense,'" coach Rick Pitino said. "The tempo is...

Michigan holds off Syracuse, 61-56

 April 7, 2013; Updated: 1:13 am

Atlanta — Michigan is more than just five fabulous players.
No, this is quite a team — all the way down the roster.
Fearlessly attacking...

AP's major awards go to Baylor's Griner, ND's McGraw

 April 7, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

New Orleans - Brittney Griner has had no equal in her stellar career at Baylor. Now she's part of a very select group.

The 6-foot-8 senior star earned The Associated Press player of the year award for the second straight season...

NCAA women's tournament

 April 7, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

AT NEW ORLEANS

All games on ESPN

Semifinals

Today's Games

California (32-3) vs. Louisville (28-8), 6:30 p.m.

UConn (33-4) vs. Notre Dame (35-1), 9...

NCAA men's tournament

 April 7, 2013; Updated: 11:44 pm

AT ATLANTA

Semifinals

Saturday's Results

Louisville 72, Wichita State 68

Michigan 61, Syracuse 56

Championship

Monday's Game

Louisville (34-5) vs. Michigan (31-7), 9...

NCAA Final Four men's capsules

 April 6, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Louisville (33-5) vs. Wichita State (30-8)

LOUISVILLE

Road to the Final Four: Beat No. 16 North Carolina A&T 79-48; beat No. 8 Colorado State 82-56; beat No. 12 Oregon 77-69; beat No. 2 Duke 85-63.

Star:...

Rutgers basketball scandal brings down AD Pernetti

 April 6, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

New Brunswick, N.J. - Rutgers' coaching scandal spiraled deeper Friday, bringing down the popular athletic director and a school vice president while donors threatened to cut off their contributions to New Jersey's largest public...

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