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Fortuna: Fighting Irish lay groundwork for future with ambitious plans
2 Feb 2012 at 1:44pm
Notre Dame's ambitious plans, including a new stadium, television deal and plans to change conferences, have the Fighting Irish feeling positive about their future.

Hays: 2012 Arizona Wildcats softball preview
3 Feb 2012 at 3:47pm
Editor's note: Graham Hays is counting down to the start of the 2012 college softball season with a look at each of the teams in his Top 20. Check back daily for updates.

No. 6 Arizona Last year: 43...

ACC sets scheduling plan for 14-team league
3 Feb 2012 at 3:59pm
The Atlantic Coast Conference will play a nine-game schedule in football and every team will compete in the ACC basketball tournaments once Syracuse and Pittsburgh join the league.

Tressel taking non-athletics position with Akron
2 Feb 2012 at 7:45pm
Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel is going back to school -- in a newly created position at the University of Akron.

Minnesota AD Maturi announces plan to retire
3 Feb 2012 at 12:28am
Joel Maturi's decade as University of Minnesota athletics director required a constant balance between running two-dozen teams with integrity and keeping the department solvent in the big business ...

Alabama, artist in court over football paintings
2 Feb 2012 at 12:55pm
Daniel Moore made a name for himself drawing iconic images of famous University of Alabama sporting events. But his work has also drawn the ire of school administrators, who claim his artistry viol...

NCAA puts Nebraska on probation, allows fine
1 Feb 2012 at 6:35pm
The NCAA has put Nebraska on two years' probation and agreed to a self-imposed fine of $38,000 as part of an impermissible benefits case involving textbooks and school supplies.

Recruits wait for Schiano, who never arrives
26 Jan 2012 at 6:40pm
Greg Schiano was supposed to be at Don Bosco Preparatory School promptly at 8 a.m. Thursday morning to recruit some key prospects. He never showed up, as he was finalizing a deal to coach the Tampa...

Report alleges Wisconsin official's misconduct
25 Jan 2012 at 3:40am
A University of Wisconsin student alleged that an athletic department official grabbed his crotch at an alcohol-fueled party during the football team's trip to the Rose Bowl, according to an indepe...

Recruit in tweet scandal commits to Colorado
26 Jan 2012 at 3:01am
Cornerback Yuri Wright, the 40th-ranked player on the ESPNU 150, has committed to Colorado, his former high school coach confirmed Tuesday.

ECU suspends baseball coach over NCAA rules
24 Jan 2012 at 8:21pm
East Carolina has suspended baseball coach Billy Godwin two weeks without pay for an NCAA violation regarding improper housing benefits for volunteer coaches.

Penn St. fans honor Paterno at wrestling match
22 Jan 2012 at 6:19pm
At the first athletic event on Penn State's campus since Joe Paterno's death Sunday, Nittany Lions fans remembered the football coach with a moment of silence -- and a standing ovation.

Penn St. trustees hope to address alumni angst
20 Jan 2012 at 1:50pm
Penn State president Rodney Erickson is trying to address the perception that the university isn't being as open and honest as it could be in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.

Penn St. faculty concerned over investigation
19 Jan 2012 at 6:49pm
Some Penn State Faculty Council members are challenging the independence of Penn State's handling of child sexual-abuse allegations after the lead investigator told them he would present his findin...

Yale tightens tailgating rules after woman killed
20 Jan 2012 at 11:12am
Yale University has tightened its policy on tailgating after a Massachusetts woman was killed and two others injured when a U-Haul truck drove through a tailgating area at the Harvard-Yale football...