In the fall of 1997, Tom Jurich had been directing athletics at the University of Louisville for just a matter of days when he made the two-hour trip to Cincinnati to get his first look at the football program he had inherited; or been saddled with, as it were. "They beat the hell out of Chris Redman," he recalls ruefully of Rick Minter's Bearcats. "I've never seen a quarterback take a beating
An upset in tomorrow’s final non-conference game of the season at Illinois is by no means a guarantee, but in the eyes of Ohio Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt, the Bobcats have already won — financially that is.
Dennis Dodd covers college football. But don't be surprised to see a little something on college baseball, or maybe hockey, as he shares his thoughts on the sports world.
In women's soccer Thursday night, Jessica Rostedt had a goal and an assist as No. 15 Virginia (9-4-2, 4-2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat visiting Virginia Tech 2-1. ...
Rapid City's Mark Ellis is on the sidelines as the Oakland Athletics are in the midst of the American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers.
In the world that is Duke University athletics, football can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. That’s to be expected with men’s and women’s basketball programs that are annually among the best in the nation.
Security measures for tonight's nationally televised football game against Virginia Tech have been heightened in order to ensure fan safety and deter unsportsmanlike conduct, as the University looks to direct its attention to the behavior of fans in the stands.
The University of Tennessee has banned a newspaper reporter from covering its football team for two weeks for interviewing a player about injuries suffered in the Vols' game against Air Force last month.
On any given day, the craggy mountains, shaggy, horned highland cows and imposing stone castles of Scotland are a bit out of reach at more than 3,600 miles from Blacksburg; nevertheless, every year, the Radford Highlanders Festival brings Scottish tartans, bagpipes, heavy athletics and Celtic rock music within less than 20 miles of Blacksburg.
After 26 years as head coach at North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, Bill Dooley's ACC loyalties run deep. Now you can add Duke to the list of schools close to his heart. In April, doctors at the Duke University Medical Center performed an emergency procedure after the 71-year old Dooley suffered two abdominal aortic aneurysms. The surgery has a low success rate. Doctors in Burbank,
