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NBA Draft: Cavaliers select Andrew Wiggins with No. 1 overall pick
The Cleveland Cavaliers took Kansas small forward Andrew Wiggins with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. The draft has shaped up to be one of the most open ended in years because the presumed No. 1 overall pick, Kansas center Joel Embiid, suffered a stress fracture in his foot and had surgery last week. Today is a key day as well for the Lakers, who have the seventh overall pick. It’s the first time since 2007 that the Lakers have a first round pick; every year since then they have either sold or traded away their selection. FIRST ROUND No. 1 -- Cleveland Cavaliers -- Andrew Wiggins, 6-8, 200, Kansas, small forward Before his freshman season at...
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NBA Draft: Cavaliers select Andrew Wiggins with No. 1 overall pick
The Cleveland Cavaliers took Kansas small forward Andrew Wiggins with the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. The draft has shaped up to be one of the most open ended in years because the presumed No. 1 overall pick, Kansas center...
Kansas falls, Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid out of NCAA tournament
More top prospects fell on Sunday, as the NCAA tournament wrapped up the first weekend of play. The Kansas Jayhawks were defeated by the Stanford Cardinal, 60-57, knocking freshmen Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid out of the tournament. ...
Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart suspended three games for pushing fan
Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State's All-American guard, has been suspended three games by the Big 12 Conference for going into the stands and shoving a Texas Tech fan near the end of the 19th-ranked Cowboys' 65-61 loss Saturday night in Lubbock, Texas,...
NCAA women: No. 12 BYU upsets No. 5 N.C. State in L.A.
Brigham Young of the West Coast Conference never looked the part of an underdog as it knocked off No. 5-seeded North Carolina State, 72-57, Saturday at Pauley Pavilion to pull off the biggest upset of the first day of this year's NCAA women's...
NCAA tournament: Baylor makes quick work of Creighton, 85-55
SAN ANTONIO -- Isaiah Austin and Brady Heslip each scored 17 points and Baylor shut down Creighton's Doug McDermott with suffocating defense, ending the career of one of college basketball's most prolific scorers with an 85-55 win Sunday night in the...
Baylor defeats Nebraska, 74-60
SAN ANTONIO — Cory Jefferson scored 16 points and No. 6 seed Baylor kept 11th-seeded Nebraska winless in its NCAA tournament history with a 74-60 second-round victory Friday. The Bears (25-11) kept up a two-month tear and will play...
NCAA tournament preview: West Regional matchups
No. 1 Arizona (32-4) vs. No. 4 San Diego State (31-4) Thursday, 7:17 p.m. TV: TBS. Update: This has been some rebuilding season for San Diego State, which was supposed to fall back after losing...
NCAA tournament: Who will win today's Sweet 16 games? [poll]
The NCAA tournament resumes today with four games on the schedule in the Sweet 16 round: Dayton vs. Stanford, Baylor vs. Wisconsin, UCLA vs. Florida and San Diego State vs. Arizona. Who do you think will win each game?
Wisconsin finds the right middle ground to beat Baylor, 69-52
There wasn’t anything too complicated about Wisconsin’s game plan. The Badgers wanted to pound straight ahead — a basketball version of blunt-force trauma — softening Baylor’s normally stingy defense from the...
NCAA tournament preview: West and South Regional finals
A look at the NCAA tournament regional finals on Saturday. West Regional at Honda Center, Anaheim NO. 1 ARIZONA (33-4) VS. NO. 2 WISCONSIN (29-7) WHEN: 5:49...
Connecticut women roll into NCAA regional final
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 19 points to lead four Connecticut players in double figures Saturday, and the defending national-champion Huskies shook off Brigham Young early in the second half to win, 70-51, and reach the Lincoln (Neb.) Regional final...
Connecticut, Notre Dame women's teams stay unbeaten, reach Final Four
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis continued her splendid run through the NCAA tournament with 17 points, and Connecticut advanced to the women's Final Four for the seventh straight year with a 69-54 victory against Texas A&M on Monday night in Lincoln,...
No. 1 Florida, No. 6 Virginia get narrow victories
Patric Young scored 16 points and No. 1 Florida turned up the defensive pressure in the second half to rally for a 56-49 victory over Tennessee on Saturday in Atlanta to advance to the finals of the Southeastern Conference tournament against...
NCAA tournament preview: East Region
1 Virginia (28-6, ACC champion) vs. 16 Coastal Carolina (21-12, Big South champion) Virginia must prove it deserves a No. 1 seed, even after beating Duke in the ACC tournament Sunday. Winning big over...
UCLA cracks top 10 in both major college football polls
UCLA didn't play its best game of the season Saturday night against Cal but a solid victory and a series of shakeups helped lift the Bruins into the top 10 in Sunday's Associated Press and USA Today coaches' polls.
Chris Petersen decision has USC fans piling on Pat Haden
So much news broke this week it was easy to forget the reason we all get called together each fall: the games. USC started it by calling a news conference to announce interim coach Ed Orgeron was out and Steve Sarkisian was in as head coach...
Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt pull off SEC shockers
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Nick Marshall accounted for four scores and No. 24 Auburn battered Johnny Manziel in a 45-41 win over No. 7 Texas A&M on Saturday. Tre Mason's 5-yard score with less than two minutes to play was first ruled...
College football top 25 countdown: No. 22 UCLA
We have never been so excited to rank a team riding a three-game losing streak and coming off a 23-point Bridgepoint Holiday Bowl defeat to five-loss Baylor. UCLA had never made the Holiday Bowl before last season and, at this rate, a first...
Miami upends No. 12 Florida, 21-16
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Stephen Morris threw two first-quarter touchdown passes, and Miami took advantage of Florida turnovers during four red-zone opportunities on the way to knocking off the 12th-ranked Gators, 21-16, on Saturday. Duke...
With Florida State vs. Auburn in BCS title game, the system works
There were eight undefeated teams on Oct. 27 and six left on Nov. 17 and it appeared the last year of the Bowl Championship Series might get the fist in the face it deserved. Then Auburn's moon jumped to the seventh house, Jupiter aligned...
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