College Sports
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Suit: Activism got players tossed from women's college team
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Eight women's college basketball players and a manager were kicked off the team at a private North Carolina university because they organized ...
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Batavia grad Fruendt joins staff at TennesseeJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - When Liza Fruendt played basketball at Missouri State, coaches occasionally met with the team to talk about their academic progress, majors, and what they were preparing...
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Mountain West coaches look forward to time with players
Jul 21, 2021 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Nevada coach Jay Norvell remembers being overcome by heartbreak last season on senior night, when each honored player was introduced with nobody but tea...
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AP Top 25 Podcast: OU gets defensive; ISU goes next level
Jul 21, 2021 7:00 am - Oklahoma has won six straight Big 12 championships and the Sooners enter the 2021 season with the most well-rounded team coach Lincoln Riley has had. What can stop the ...
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Howell, King headline ACC's wealth of returning QB talent
Jul 21, 2021 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina linebacker Jeremiah Gemmel wants to make every possible stop. He also knows it's not that easy when working out against Heisman Tro...
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Cockburn's return has Illinois thinking big againJul 21, 2021 1:00 am - For the casual college basketball fans in the suburbs, whose focus shifted to the White Sox, Cubs and Justin Fields about the time Loyola ended the best Illinois season ...
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Deion Sanders: "Treat me like Nick" Saban
Jul 20, 2021 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Jackson State coach Deion Sanders walked out of the Southwestern Athletic Conference media day after a reporter twice called him by his first nam...
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Alabama, Georgia among SEC powers scoring in transfer portal
Jul 20, 2021 7:00 am - HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Southeastern Conference front-runners Alabama and Georgia upgraded their depth and talent, adding key players when the transfer floodgates opened wid...
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She played for Northwestern and now lives in Buffalo Grove, but she'll play for Italy in OlympicsJul 20, 2021 1:00 am - A star softball player at Northwestern, Buffalo Grove resident Andrea Filler got the opportunity to play professionally in Italy after she graduated about five years ago...
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Off at college: Wheeling's Blair honored for excellence on and off the trackJul 20, 2021 1:00 am - Ayana Blair, a track and field standout at Illinois Wesleyan from Wheeling, has earned a variety of accolades since finishing her senior season this spring. Blair was no...