College sports

No announcement on Blount yet, Oregon coach says

EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon coach Chip Kelly says there’s nothing to report about the possible reinstatement of suspended running back LeGarrette Blount.Kelly spoke to reporters… Continue reading

Harangody leads AP preseason All-America team

Luke Harangody should get used to being on top of lists.The senior forward from Notre Dame was the leading vote-getter Monday on The Associated Press… Continue reading

Browns owner sickened by losing

CLEVELAND — Browns owner Randy Lerner says he is “sick” about the state of his NFL team but he will not make a coaching change.Cleveland… Continue reading

Gillispie pleads guilty to DUI charge

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. — Former Kentucky men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol.Gillispie was given the maximum penalty… Continue reading

Commentary: Top schools getting BCS protection?

The Bowl Championship Series can probably survive controversy and silliness and talk-radio arguments and, more than likely, political bullying from windbag representatives interested mainly in… Continue reading

Texas passes Alabama, moves to No. 2 in BCS standings

NEW YORK — Texas took a small step forward in the Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday, and the remaining unbeaten teams held down the first… Continue reading

Texas back to No. 2 in AP poll

NEW YORK — Texas is back to No. 2 in the AP college football poll.The Longhorns jumped Alabama and landed right behind top-ranked Florida on… Continue reading

Call Oregon the Jolly Green Giants

EUGENE, Ore. — The best team in the country right now wears green and goes “quack, quack.”The school has the same name as the state:… Continue reading

USC leads 17-14 at half

Early in the week, Pete Carroll mentioned that turnovers were a problem for his team, and they have cost the Trojans big in this game.… Continue reading

USC answers

USC just put together a nice drive to tie the game. Jason Wells is on crutches, so his return seems rather unlikely. The better news… Continue reading

More injuries

It seems to be a bad day to be a center. USC’s center, Kristofer O’Dowd, went down with a knee injury earlier (which probably attributed… Continue reading