ND’s Jeremiyah Love expected to play in Orange Bowl
NCAA, Sports
By By MICHAEL MAROT AP 
January 6, 2025
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday in the Orange Bowl against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to o...
FCS title game features same quarterbacks from 2021
NCAA, Sports
January 6, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — A matchup of undefeated Montana State and perennial champion North Dakota State in the Football Championship Subdivision title game is no real surprise. What is unique is that bot...
Notre Dame handles Georgia, Penn State next
NCAA, Sports
January 4, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish found the right balance of family and football to produce a memorable performance under unprecedented, emotionally trying circ...
CFP final four a collection of big programs
NCAA, Sports
By By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer 
January 4, 2025
In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won. In the second round, they all won again. The moral of this story: Who knows, other than something doesn’t totally add ...
Oregon sees title hopes dashed with knockout loss
NCAA, Sports
January 3, 2025
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Oregon withstood many challenges en route to being the only unbeaten team and the top seed in the College Football Playoff. However, Ohio State’s opening flurry on offense and ...
Pitt battles back to beat Cal
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
January 2, 2025
For the first 16 minutes of Pitt’s 86-74 victory Wednesday against California, the Panthers were late to loose balls and rebounds, handled the opponent’s defensive pressure like they were wearing glov...
Buckeyes hammer Oregon; Texas survives Sun Devils
NCAA, Sports
January 2, 2025
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jeremiah Smith caught two of Will Howard’s three long touchdown passes during Ohio State’s sensational 34-point first half, and the No. 6 Buckeyes roared into the College Footb...
Penn State bottles up Jeanty, beats Broncos
NCAA, Sports
TUESDAY’S LATE GAME
January 2, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Penn State defenders clogged every hole, stretched out every outside run, closed with ferocity. Everywhere that Ashton Jeanty turned, he ran into Nittany Lions. The Heisman Trop...
Jeanty falls short of Sanders’ record
NCAA, Sports
January 2, 2025
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ashton Jeanty took the handoff on Boise State’s first play and made it just a few steps before being greeted by a wall of dark blue Penn State jerseys that swallowed him up and ...
Penn State’s Allar focused on silencing critics
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2024
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Even when Penn State quarterback Drew Allar gets some praise, it’s usually a backhanded compliment. They say he’s a good game manager and stays within himself, or that he does...
Arizona State hoping to defy odds again facing Texas
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — As they prepare for Arizona State’s biggest game in nearly three decades, the guys who made it happen aren’t the least bit surprised to be rated a two-touchdown underdog in the College ...
Missouri, Iowa to play years after canceled Music City Bowl
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Missouri Tigers and Iowa Hawkeyes finally get to make up for a missed opportunity on Monday at the Music City Bowl. The teams originally were set to play each other here in...
Jeanty’s journey has pushed Boise State to new heights
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2024
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ashton Jeanty’s athletic arc took him from the bowels of an Italian volcano to the Heisman Trophy stage in New York City. As the son of a Navy chief petty officer, Jeanty boun...
Franklin recommends Saban for CFB commissioner role
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2024
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Penn State coach James Franklin believes college football needs a commissioner and he even has a candidate in mind: former Alabama coach Nick Saban. “I think he’s the obvious ...
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Program milestones are on the line Saturday when Louisiana-Lafayette and TCU meet in the New Mexico Bowl. In the first meeting between the two schools, the Ragin’ Cajuns (10-3...
Colorado, BYU set to meet in entertaining bowl matchup
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Colorado is relishing the chance to end its season on a high note regardless of the outcome of the Valero Alamo Bowl. While a number of teams are shuffling their roster with players...
DeSean Jackson set to take over as HC of Delaware State
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Former NFL receiver De-Sean Jackson is taking over the football program at Delaware State. The school announced Jackson’s hire Friday in the latest move by a Mid-Eastern Athletic Co...
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Cam Ward missed out on the College Football Playoff, the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game and the Heisman Trophy. He’s not missing one more chance to play for Miami. Wa...
Cristobal speaks on longtime Miami basketball coach Larrañaga
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Miami football coach Mario Cristobal wants now-retired Miami men’s basketball coach Jim Larrañaga to do at least one more thing for the Hurricanes. Cristobal wants him to share al...
Navy stops 2-point try to defeat Oklahoma 21-20
NCAA, Sports
December 28, 2024
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Blake Horvath set a Navy record with a 95-yard touchdown run and then scored a go-ahead 6-yarder with 4:34 left as the Midshipmen overcame an early two-touchdown deficit and s...