Articles filed under Sports
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Ohio State, Notre Dame to meet for title, long after upset lossesJan 11, 2025 3:33 pm - Two upset losses stood out among the rest in college football this season. Notre Dame suffered one of them. Ohio State the other. In years past, that might have been enough to knock both teams out of the hunt for a national title.
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Desmond Claude scores 31 to lead Southern California over No. 13 Illinois 82-72Jan 11, 2025 3:19 pm - Desmond Claude scored a season-high 31 points to lead Southern California to an 82-72 win over No. 13 Illinois. Wesley Yates III had 15 points — shooting 7 of 8 from the field — while Rashaun Agee had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Trojans on Saturday.
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Bears Film Study: This season was a tough watch, but here are best players of 2024Jan 11, 2025 3:14 pm - With a disappointing season complete, Bears Film Study pores through the evidence and ranks the team’s 25 best players of 2024.
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Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has diedJan 11, 2025 11:02 am - ill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died. He was 84. McCartney died "after a courageous journey with dementia," according to a family statement. His family announced in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's.
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Independent streak helped build Notre Dame into football’s historic and now modern behemothJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - It was some combination of religion, a grudge involving Knute Rockne and a rival, and maybe the simple time-honored notion that some people just don't like Notre Dame. Back in the 1920s, the Fighting Irish made what might have been their biggest push to join what would become the Big Ten but the athletic director at Michigan blocked it.
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Beware the latest TV gimmick: indoor golfJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - I have not seen everything, but I have seen indoor golf and I shrug. Indoor golf is usually found on cruise ships and in sports bars. Now it is a TV gimmick, like poker a...
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Jim O’Donnell: Freeman, Irish need a chunk o’ Northern Illinois at the CFP title gameJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP IRISH for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. Still, that shamrock quake leaves no one backing off fro...
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Lakers coach JJ Redick confirms his family's home was lost in the Pacific Palisades fireJan 10, 2025 11:00 pm - Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick confirmed his family lost its home in the raging wildfire in Pacific Palisades this week. Redick spoke about the fire's impact for the first time Friday after practice with the Lakers, whose scheduled game Saturday against San Antonio was postponed late Friday.
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Ohio State getting shot at 6th national title after 28-14 win over Texas in CFP semi Cotton BowlJan 10, 2025 10:52 pm - Quinshon Judkins ran for two touchdowns before Jack Sawyer forced a fumble by his former roommate and Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers that he returned 83 yards for a touchdown with 2:13 left as Ohio State beat Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl.
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Boys basketball: With neither team healthy, Warren cruises past StevensonJan 10, 2025 10:25 pm - All-state sophomore guard Jaxson Davis scored 25 points to lead Warren past Stevenson 67-51 on Friday.