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ORLANDO — A team trailing by seven points in the final three minutes of a basketball game could do a lot worse than to turn loose Brad Beal and invite him to lead a comeback with a barrage of 3-point jumpers. Brad Beal, a Florida Gators commitment, is ranked by Rivals.com at No. 6 in the [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Georgia Tech defensive end Jason Peters broke out the aviator sunglasses for his trip to the ACC Football Kickoff. That’s how serious he is about the task of helping his Yellow Jackets repeat as conference champs. “I made the joke to my friend that when I wear the aviators, I mean business,” Peters [...]

Elite high school football players can have their cake and eat it, too. They can complete their senior seasons, play in national all-star games and then head to college early for spring practice. As a power forward rather than a linebacker, though, James McAdoo did not have that luxury. James McAdoo delayed his North Carolina [...]

Some applause, please, for Notre Dame, which retained its independent status this summer—and saved the Big Ten’s strength of nonconference schedules in the process. Without Notre Dame’s three annual rivalries—vs. Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue—the Big Ten would have fewer than 10 games against BCS schools. Thankfully, Ohio State has played at least one heavyweight every [...]

A Kansas City judge chastised Redskins running back Larry Johnson for his halfhearted community service efforts with the Police Athletic League (PAL). Johnson, who was sentenced to 40 hours of community service due to two convictions of disturbing the peace in 2008, refused [...]

Sporting News previews the Huskies as we count down our preseason top 100 college football teams leading into the season opener on Sept. 2. Last year: 7-6, 5-3 MAC (Lost to South Florida in International Bowl) 2010 projected record: 9-3, 7-1 (1st MAC West) Chandler Harnish has to shake his injury history to lead Northern Illinois to [...]

Thanks to newfound continuity, four fallen college football powerhouses – Nebraska, Florida State, Miami and Washington – are ready to party like it’s 1999. Why this is Washington’s year Jake Locker has had three dismal seasons as a stater, but he finally has the talent around him to succeed. 1. Jake Locker is the man. LSU cornerback Patrick [...]

The ninth inning between the Mets and Giants on Sunday afternoon in San Francisco was exciting enough, but thankfully Phil Cuzzi — who was once fired as a minor league umpire and is no stranger to controversial (read: bad) calls — and [...]

In the first episode of the second season of The T.O. Show, free-agent receiver Terrell Owens rounds out his single year in Buffalo by apparently throwing in the towel: “I don’t really think I can do the whole new team, new city. This year’s just not been up to my expectations. So, mentally, I’m done.” Terrell [...]

Pete Carroll led USC to a dominant nine-year stretch before departing for the NFL. It turns out Carroll’s departure was just in the nick of time, as the Trojans were penalized rather severely by the NCAA for lack of institutional control, stemming [...]