A'ja Wilson scored 23 points to help coach Dawn Staley and South Carolina win their first national championship with a 67-55 victory over Mississippi State on Sunday night. Staley made the Final Four three times as a player at Virginia…
Lawyers for former NFL star Aaron Hernandez have begun presenting their defense in his double-murder trial. After prosecutors rested their case Monday, Hernandez's lawyer called their first witness, a fan who had his photo taken with Hernandez the night prosecutors…
The NCAA Tournament is ready to carve out its finalists from among the Final Four. South Carolina, Gonzaga, Oregon and North Carolina are the last teams standing in a March Madness field that started with 68 teams. There are three…
Mark Few, who led Gonzaga to a 36-1 record, is The Associated Press' Coach of the Year. Few has taken the Zags to the NCAA Tournament in all 18 of his seasons there. He was a runaway winner Thursday receiving…
Frank Mason III, who led Kansas to its 13th consecutive Big 12 title, is The Associated Press' Player of the Year. The senior point guard averaged 20.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists while shooting 48.7 percent from 3-point range.…
The Sun Belt Conference says it wants college sporting events exempted from a new Arkansas law expanding where concealed handguns are allowed, the second conference to call for changes to the gun rights measure. Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson said…
Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has been cleared for non-contact basketball drills and could return from his knee injury before the end of the regular season. The Warriors said Wednesday that Durant will be re-evaluated in the next seven…
The Auburn Tigers continued their dominance in the MAX Capital City Classic, winning the rivalry game for the eighth time in nine years of its history, 4-3, over the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday night at Riverwalk Stadium in downtown…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State University will hold its annual Black and Gold Spring Football game inside ASU Stadium on April 29. The game will begin at 1:30 pm inside the stadium and will give fans an inside…
NFL owners approved the Oakland Raiders' move to Las Vegas at the league meetings on Monday. The vote was a foregone conclusion after the league and Raiders were not satisfied with Oakland's proposals for a new stadium, and Las Vegas…
South Carolina has completed its surprise run to the Final Four. The seventh-seeded Gamecocks held on down the stretch to beat 4-seed Florida 77-70 in the East Region final in New York. The Gamecocks' tournament run included upsets of 2-seed…
Sportscasters rehearse calling big moments over and over in their heads, but few ever get the chance to make a call that will echo through the years. CBS Sports’ Verne Lundquist is one of the lucky ones, who, in a…
Former Alabama receiver Antonio "A.C." Carter has filed a fraud suit against Florida Atlantic, coach Lane Kiffin and the state of Florida. The lawsuit accuses Kiffin and the school of offering him a job to get him to help sign…
The NFL is making plans to speed up the pace of games, including changing how video replays are handled and using a time clock for extra points. The league also is discussing with the TV networks how to make commercial…
Brandon Crawford scored the tiebreaking run when Nobuhiro Matsuda bobbled Adam Jones' grounder to third in the eighth inning, and the United States reached the championship game of the World Baseball Classic for the first time by beating Japan 2-1…
About 40,000 college football and basketball players won't have submit a claim form to receive a portion of the $208.7 million the NCAA will pay to settle a federal class-action lawsuit that claimed the value of their athletic scholarships was…
Meals on Wheels has confirmed a $50,000 donation from former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The group that provides food for seniors in need thanked Kaepernick for his donation on Tuesday. It came a day after President Donald Trump…
The rebuilding Chicago White Sox and promising shortstop Tim Anderson have agreed to a $25 million, six-year contract. Anderson will receive $850,000 in 2017, $1 million in 2018, $1.4 million in 2019, $4 million in 2020, $7.25 million in 2021…
Tim Tebow is joining the Columbia Fireflies. The former two-time Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback will start his pro baseball season with the Mets Class A franchise in Columbia. New York Mets manager Terry Collins announced the move Monday.…
NEW YORK (AP) - The search for Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey is over. The NFL says it was in "possession of a credentialed member of the international media." Houston police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted Monday that it was…
Grayson Allen had 21 points off five 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and second-seeded Duke continued its perfect postseason with an 87-65 victory over Troy in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night to start the East…
Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament won't have much work to do if it wants to top a decidedly staid Day 1. The higher seeds went 14-2 on Thursday, the only upsets coming by 12th-seeded Middle Tennessee and 11th seeded…
The graduation rate of African-American men's basketball players from teams participating in the NCAA Tournament is 74 percent compared to 93 percent for white players. That's according to a study by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES).…
Federal prosecutors have told jurors that a Florida sports agent and a baseball trainer orchestrated an illegal smuggling ring to get rich by bringing Cuban ballplayers to the Major Leagues. Defense lawyers for agent Bartolo Hernandez and trainer Julio Estrada…
Eddie Lacy's agent says the former Green Bay running back is joining the Seattle Seahawks. Lacy's management group, Sports Trust Advisors, said Tuesday on Twitter that the four-year veteran has agreed to terms with the Seahawks. Seattle has been plagued…
