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Cardinals, Rangers open World Series on Wednesday
It's a World Series straight out of Central casting.
Kansas State surges to No. 12 in The AP Top 25 poll
NEW YORK - Surprising Kansas State has climbed to No. 12 in The Associated Press college football poll, the Wildcats' best ranking since 2004.
No. 3 Sooners throttle Kansas 47-17
LAWRENCE (AP) - Oklahoma All-American Ryan Broyles became the NCAA's career receptions leader on a record-setting Saturday night, Landry Jones threw for 363 yards and three scores and the third-ranked Sooners rolled to a 47-17 victory over Kansas.
Rangers earn second consecutive World Series berth
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Nelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers are headed to their second straight World Series, finishing off the Detroit Tigers with a huge offensive burst to become the American League's first repeat champion in a decade.
Rangers slugger Cruz wins ALCS MVP
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Move over, Reggie, Babe and all those other October sluggers. Nobody has ever had a postseason power surge like Nelson Cruz just did in the AL championship series.
Teams asking who’s going to start this week?
Play a guy who's struggling, or try the guy you thought wasn't as good as the starter. That's been the quarterback quandary for plenty of coaches over the first part of the NFL season.
No. 17 Cats rally past Texas Tech 41-34 to improve to 6-0
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Collin Klein ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as No. 17 Kansas State came from behind to beat Texas Tech 41-34 on Saturday night.
Brewers win 4-2 over Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Randy Wolf outfoxed the St. Louis Cardinals for seven innings to earn his first postseason win at age 35 and the Milwaukee Brewers got two more hits from Ryan Braun in a 4-2 victory Thursday night that evened the NL championship series at 2-all.
Detroit holds off Texas in Game 5
DETROIT (AP) - One moment, Justin Verlander and the Tigers were on the verge of watching their season slip away.
Greinke done providing bulletin-board material
Zack Greinke apparently is done providing bulletin-board material.
Gill keeps positive attitude amid losing
LAWRENCE (AP) - When Turner Gill took over the head coaching position at Kansas last year, he brought a little piece of Buffalo with him.
No. 17 Kansas State credits defense for success
MANHATTAN (AP) - The most significant improvement in the Kansas State this season can't be found by scouring the stat sheet.
Is it time to sell high on Michigan?
If Michigan were a stock, and the better its ranking the higher the price, there would be a lot of traders wondering if now is the time to sell high on the Wolverines.
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UConn wins women’s title
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Geno Auriemma and Connecticut stand alone in women's college basketball, and they reached the top in unprecedented fashion.
UConn, Notre Dame ready for historic title game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Women's basketball came away a winner Sunday night. After a season-long buildup, the NCAA tournament will be decided by the perfect championship game.
Emmert: Player unionization ‘grossly inappropriate’
ARLINGTON, Texas - The NCAA president called an effort to unionize players a "grossly inappropriate" way to solve problems in college sports while insisting the association has plans to change the school-athlete relationship.
Rain washes out first day at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The first day of the Masters didn't last very long.
Mourning headlines HOF class
DALLAS - Alonzo Mourning went to Georgetown to play basketball, not discover the world.
Royals top Rays, 4-2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jason Vargas took a shutout into the ninth inning, Alcides Escobar hit a three-run double and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 Monday night in a game that included two significant injuries.
Gardenhire reaches 1,000 wins
CLEVELAND - His blue sweatshirt drenched with beer, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire picked up the boxed bottle of Dom Perignon off his desk and smiled.
Roberston: ‘One & Done’ no big deal
ARLINGTON, Texas - Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson doesn't see what the fuss is about over "One and Done" players.
Northwestern coach urges ‘no’ vote on players union
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald sided with his university against the formation of a players union in his first public comments Saturday, repeating what he already told his team: "I believe it's in their best interests to vote no."
Perez’s go-ahead double lifts Royals over White Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - While Salvador Perez came up with the winning hit right after Nori Aoki made the game-saving catch.
