College Sports Features
College Sports
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Judge refuses to delay Sandusky’s trial
The June child sex-abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will not be delayed, a judge ruled Monday.
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Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to square off in bowl game
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CUSA champion Rice to face UH in conference tournament
The University of Houston baseball team wrapped up the regular season and will take part in the C-USA Baseball Championship presented by Trustmark, which begins Wednesday at Trustmark Park in Pearl, Miss.
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UH softball gears up for NCAA Tourny run
The Univeristy of Houston softball team is on their way to Austin to face off against Auburn in the regional round of the NCAA Softball Tournament.
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Big 12 boon: TCU sells full allotment of season tickets
TCU announced Wednesday that it has sold out its full allotment of 30,000 season tickets for 2012, when the Horned Frogs begin Big 12 play in newly renovated, 45,000-seat Amon G. Carter Stadium.
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UCLA beats Rice women’s tennis in Sweet 16
Top-ranked UCLA deflected an early challenge by Rice and then rode a consistent effort throughout its talented lineup to down the Owls 4-0, ending Rice’s magical run through the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship on Thursday in Athens, Georgia.
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Bernie Fine's wife: ESPN ruined my life
The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys.
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Former Prairie View coach accused of assaulting wife
North Carolina Central football coach Henry Frazier III has been accused of assaulting his wife and ordered to appear in court next month.
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Ex-Aggie coach Slocum denies being candidate for AD job
Former Texas A&M head coach R.C. Slocum told KBTX-TV on Tuesday that he is not a candidate for the vacant athletic director position, despite many rumors that he is.
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Former Rice QB Kramer elected to College Football Hall of Fame
Record-setting quarterback Tommy Kramer is among 14 former college greats and three legendary coaches who make up the 2012 National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame class.
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Red River Rivalry staying put through 2020
The Texas-Oklahoma rivalry game will continue to be played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas through 2020.
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3 Razorback football players charged with burglary
Three Arkansas football players, including wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey, were arrested Saturday and charged with burglarizing dorm rooms.
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UH AD Rhoades signed deal this year, not interested in A&M
University of Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades signed a new contract with the school earlier this year.
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Judge in Sandusky case weighs defense subpoenas
The judge in Jerry Sandusky’s criminal case Wednesday did not immediately resolve remaining disputes over what information the defense is entitled to from schools, child services agencies and others.
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Griner in cast after breaking wrist on longboard
Brittney Griner has a broken right wrist sustained in a longboard accident.
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TSU Tigers take tour of BBVA Compass Stadium
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Penn St. ex-coach wants sex-abuse trial postponed
Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer on Wednesday asked for a delay in the former Penn State assistant football coach’s child sex-abuse trial, saying he needed more time to prepare and that he was still waiting for disclosure of prosecution material.
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Rice track star Wade set to travel the world for a year
Running is something you either love or hate. Rice senior Becky Wade falls in that first category every time she steps on a track.
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Penn State prosecutors change key allegation date
Prosecutors didn’t have all the facts before filing charges against two administrators in the Penn State sex abuse case, lawyers for the men said.
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Conference USA expands by 5 members
Conference USA announced Friday that it is adding five new schools in 2013.
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KHOU 11 Sports' Daniel Gotera sings 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame'
KHOU 11 Sports’ own Daniel Gotera needs your vote. He sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Wednesday at the Rice Owls game as part of the first annual Caray Cup.
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Big 12 hires Stanford AD Bowlsby as commissioner
The Big 12 Conference has made it official, announcing the hiring of Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby as its new commissioner.
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AP source: North Texas going to Conference USA
A person with direct knowledge of the plan says that North Texas is moving to Conference USA.
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Rice DL Solomon drafted by Titans in 7th round
Solomon brings 24 career sacks at Rice along with 43.5 tackles for loss. The 6-foot-3 Solomon worked with former NFL lineman N.D. Kalu.
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AP source: Stanford AD Bowlsby accepts Big 12 job
A person with direct knowledge of the situation says Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby has accepted the open Big 12 commissioner’s job.
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Texas State going to Sun Belt in 2013-14
The Sun Belt said Wednesday that Texas State will join the league in July 2013 and begin conference play for the 2013-14 academic year.
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Local college players sign with various NFL teams
The NFL Draft has come and gone, but that doesn't mean the guys that didn't get picked aren't finding work somewhere else. Here is a list of players from local colleges that have signed with various NFL teams.
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Video: RG3, Tannehill talk about 2012 NFL Draft
Former Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III and former Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill were in New York on Wednesday as they prepare for Thursday’s first round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
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Keenum on NFL Draft: "I’m open to go wherever"
Former University of Houston quarterback Case Keenum took some time on Thursday morning to talk to KHOU 11 Sports reporter Matt Musil about the upcoming NFL Draft.
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Rice, Texas A&M to play during 2013 football season
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Petrino detailed affair to boss before firing
The details are in 25 pages of handwritten notes kept by Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long during meetings with Petrino on April 10 and also with Jessica Dorrell, the football department employee
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Source: Colts picking Andrew Luck at No. 1
A person with direct knowledge of the situation said Thursday that the Colts have notified Luck that they plan to take the Stanford quarterback with the No. 1 pick in next week’s NFL draft.
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Petrino’s ex-mistress resigns from Arkansas team
The former mistress of fired University of Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino has resigned from her position with the program, school officials announced Tuesday.
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Pat Summit steps aside as Tennessee women's coach
The iconic Pat Summitt is stepping aside, a moment fans of the Tennessee Lady Vols and women’s basketball have been dreading since August.
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Levine likes what he sees from young UH Cougars
UH head football coach Tony Levine was promoted back in December when Kevin Sumlin was hired at Texas A&M. He picked up a 30-14 victory in the TicketCity Bowl and now is looking to rebuild a team which lost a lot of seniors.
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Oops! Aggie T-shirt botches SEC locales
An apparel company has recalled a handful of Texas A&M T-shirts touting the school’s move to the Southeastern Conference after they were ridiculed online for having a botched map of the league.
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UH introduces new logo, Cougar design
With a new conference in the Big East and a new stadium on the horizon, the University of Houston on Tuesday unveiled a new logo and Cougar design.
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Petrino, mistress exchanged 100s of calls, texts
Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino went out of his way to refer to his relationship with Jessica Dorrell in the past tense when he was put on paid leave.
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Judge limits lawyer comments on Sandusky case
The judge overseeing the child sex abuse case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky issued a gag order Monday that severely limits what attorneys on both sides may say to reporters.
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NCAA puts Baylor basketball on 3 years’ probation
The NCAA put Baylor on three years of probation Wednesday after an investigation turned up hundreds of impermissible telephone calls and text messages sent to prep recruits by coaches and assistants on the basketball teams.
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Texas A&M hires firm to study renovation of Kyle Field
Texas A&M has picked a firm to study the renovation of Kyle Field.
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Few issues resolved at Sandusky pretrial hearing
The judge overseeing former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s child sex-abuse case said he would rule later on a number of issues raised at a pretrial hearing Thursday, including a request to have the charges dismissed.
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Perfect! Baylor beats Notre Dame 80-61 for title
Brittney Griner and Baylor left no doubt they’re head and shoulders above any team in the country. In fact, they’re perfect.
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Kentucky tops Kansas 67-59 for NCAA title
No matter where Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol’ Kentucky home will long remember this championship season.
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Kansas, Kentucky to meet in power-program final
Kentucky and Kansas meet Monday to decide the national championship—a game between the Wildcats and their cadre of NBA-caliber talent and the Jayhawks and their unending supply of high-wire comebacks.
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Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino crashes motorcycle
Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino veered off a two-lane highway and crashed his motorcycle over the weekend, sending him to a hospital and leaving him in what his family described only as "stable condition." He is expected to make a full recovery.
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Ky. fans celebrate win; dozens arrested swiftly
Police in Kentucky say they have arrested several dozen people following the Wildcats’ 67-59 win over Kansas in the NCAA championship game.
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Griner has Baylor one win away from perfect season
Brittney Griner insists perfection has never been Baylor’s goal this season.
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Texas G Brown to skip senior year, enter NBA draft
Texas guard J’Covan Brown says he will skip his senior season and enter the NBA draft.
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Calipari (and Kentucky) get Kansas again for title
John Calipari and his Kentucky juggernaut will face Kansas for the national championship on Monday night. That would be the same school that beat Memphis in overtime for the NCAA title in 2008, back when Calipari was coaching the Tigers.
