Katie O’Donnell was a member of the Maryland field hockey program that captured NCAA championships in 2008 and 2010. But O’Donnell, who now goes by her married name Bam and is an assistant coach for the Terps, has refrained from sharing her memories from those days with the current players. “I...
Michigan and Northwestern lead the Big Ten football standings not only in wins but also in graduation-success rates, according to NCAA figures released Wednesday. Northwestern has the conference’s highest GSR (99 percent), while Michigan tops the East division with an 87-percent GSR, the figures...
Check out the top 10 things we learned during the college football weekend: 1. Alabama, Clemson get defensive. The top two teams in the College Football Playoff rankings made big statements during the weekend thanks to suffocating defensive play. Top-ranked Alabama posted its second consecutive...
The day after earning a spot in the Big Ten championship game, Northwestern is ranked in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season. The Wildcats (6-4) were No. 24 in the Top 25 after beating Iowa to clinch the Big Ten West with two games to play. The rest of the...
Louisville has fired coach Bobby Petrino with two games left in a spiraling season that includes five blowout losses in which the Cardinals allowed at least 50 points. The school announced Petrino's dismissal Sunday morning with statement from athletic director Vince Tyra, who said he "did not...
Five things you should know about Big Ten football after 11 weeks, including this: The color purple is trending. 1. Shea Patterson has become a lethal weapon. Nico Collins was so wide open for the Michigan quarterback’s first touchdown pass at Rutgers, 50 Cent could have completed it. Patterson’s...
UCF will host ESPN College GameDay, stepping into the national spotlight as the No. 12 Knights push to extend the nation’s longest win streak spanning 22 games during a showdown with potent Cincinnati. The Knights’ (9-0, 6-0) matchup with Cincinnati (9-1, 5-1) is set to kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday...
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Sunday he anticipates having quarterback Ian Book available when the Irish return to practice Tuesday. Book missed Saturday’s game against Florida State because of a rib injury. Former starter Brandon Wimbush threw for 130 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions...
It was a one-point game, USC trailing California in the final minutes of a Coliseum homecoming turned on its head, and many of the announced 56,721 alumni and fans already were heading for the exits. A Trojans win was still very much in play, but they seemed to know better. With 3:28 left, Iman...
One of Notre Dame’s goals this season was to win all of its home games. The third-ranked Irish completed a perfect 6-0 season at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night by defeating Florida State 42-13. Here are three takeaways from the game: 1. Ian Book’s absence wasn’t costly. With its starting...
ORLANDO – Navy’s offense may finally have found its stride during the second half of Saturday’s game against 12th-ranked Central Florida. Another big halftime deficit along with the continued inability to get a defensive stop doomed the struggling Midshipmen to a seventh straight defeat. However,...
Let us take a much-needed break today from all of the controversy and consternation involving UCF’s standing in the polls and playoff rankings and enjoy college football for what it was always supposed to be about in the first place. Let us close our eyes, take a deep breath and harken back to...
ORLANDO – Navy made a significant change on defense, coming out in a nickel package that uses Juan Hailey as the extra defensive back. Head coach Ken Niumatalolo said the Navy staff has been studying what teams around the country have been doing to counteract the proliferation of spread offenses...