College Sports News

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Damian Saunders had 24 points and 11 rebounds in Duquesne's 70-52 win over Binghamton on Monday.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - Kwadzo Ahelegbe scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half to lead Northern Iowa to an 81-69 victory over Boston College on Monday in the fourth place game of the Paradise Jam.

BOSTON - Northeastern University is ending its football program after 74 seasons because the investment required to make it competitive was too high.

TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona is out of the Pac-10 race, and it's easy to see why.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - Jontae Sherrod hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points to lead East Carolina to an 82-73 victory over South Dakota State on Monday in the seventh place game of the Paradise Jam.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - It seems unlikely Michigan will fire Rich Rodriguez after two awful seasons with an NCAA investigation looming, a search for a new athletic director under way and luxury boxes to fill at the Big House.

NEW YORK - Dorin Dickerson of Pittsburgh, Florida's Aaron Hernandez and Dennis Pitta of BYU are the finalists for the John Mackey Award presented to the nation's top tight end.

DALLAS - Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy are set for at least one showdown off the field.

They don't all need glasses. But if you always suspected basketball referees are biased — well, you're right, according to a couple of professors who've studied the matter.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina forward Dominique Archie is out indefinitely with a sprained right knee.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida "as long as they'll have me."

CINCINNATI - Barring a problem in practice, quarterback Tony Pike will start for fifth-ranked Cincinnati against Illinois on Friday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Western Kentucky has hired Stanford assistant Willie Taggart as its football coach.

San Diego State cracked the AP women's basketball Top 25 for the first time in 14 years, while Connecticut remained a unanimous No. 1 for the 18th consecutive poll.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Prosecutors have dropped attempted aggravated robbery charges against Tennessee freshman safety Janzen Jackson.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Larry Bird finished his speech, walked back to his seat and received a fist bump from the man sitting next to him on the dais.

NEW YORK - Iowa and Penn State ended their seasons eligible for an at-large BCS bid, and Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech are also in position to be eligible for invites to the four big-money bowl games even though they have no shot to win their conferences.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Charlie Weis wouldn't blame Notre Dame for firing him.

SALT LAKE CITY - Eddie Wide rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns and No. 23 Utah scored all its points in the first half and coasted to a 38-7 win over San Diego State Saturday.

CLEMSON, S.C. - C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown Saturday in his final game at Death Valley and No. 18 Clemson beat Virginia 34-21 on the day the Tigers wrapped up their first trip to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game.

OXFORD, Miss. - About a dozen hooded Ku Klux Klan members rallied briefly at the University of Mississippi before Saturday's football game with No. 10 LSU.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - No. 2 Alabama's Javier Arenas set a Southeastern Conference record with his seventh punt return for a touchdown.

ROCKVILLE, Conn. - A man who allegedly was with the man charged with killing University of Connecticut football Jasper Howard, has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The Game has lost a lot of luster.

CHICAGO - Alabama's Rolando McClain, Florida's Brandon Spikes and Missouri's Sean Weatherspoon are once again finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top linebacker.

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Rose Bowl is out of reach for Penn State and Michigan State.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - James Webster Jr. has resigned as Tennessee State's football coach after five seasons.

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Tyrel Reed hit four 3-pointers for 12 points and No. 1 Kansas scored 23 straight points in the first half to overwhelm Central Arkansas 94-44 Thursday night.

MINNEAPOLIS - Freshman Rodney Williams had 17 points, six rebounds and four steals in his first career start, helping 24th-ranked Minnesota pull away from Utah Valley in the second half of a 76-51 victory on Thursday.