STANFORD, Calif. - Football players at almost every level subscribe to the 24-hour rule. The celebration of any win or dejection over a loss needs to be out of the system within a day so a team can move on to its next task.
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas quarterback Colt McCoy doesn't have many losses
WACO, Texas - For Baylor freshman sensation Brittney Griner, it was just another dunk. Something she is used to doing.
FULLERTON, Calif. - Aaron Thompson tied his career high with 22 points, Jacques Streeter added 20 and Cal State Fullerton overcame a 25-3 deficit to beat New Mexico State 84-73 Tuesday night.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the CBE Classic.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Demetri McCamey scored 21 points and No. 20 Illinois used a second-half run to beat Wofford 78-64 in the Las Vegas Invitational on Tuesday night.
MOSCOW, Idaho - Idaho's Luiz Toledo scored 15 points en route to a 75-61 victory over Sacramento State on Tuesday.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Shamari Spears scored 26 points to lead Charlotte to an 80-72 victory over Hofstra on Tuesday night.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Porter Braswell made four free throws and had a key steal in the final 13 seconds to lift Yale to a 69-65 victory over Elon on Tuesday night.
MONROE, La. - Lawrence Gilbert scored 18 points and Dynile Forbes added 17 to lead Louisiana-Monroe past Grambling State 76-66 on Tuesday night.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina coach Roy Williams is recovering after undergoing surgery on his left shoulder.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio says running back Glenn Winston and safety Roderick Jenrette have been dismissed from the team for violating team rules.
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Two players defended embattled Kansas coach Mark Mangino on Tuesday as an internal investigation into claims that he mistreated his team entered its second week.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says Charlie Weis will return with the football team after the Stanford game instead of staying on the West Coast to recruit.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen was sporting a black eye behind the tinted visor he wore to practice Tuesday.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - There could be a blackout at Florida Field on Saturday.
CINCINNATI - Coach Brian Kelly is so accustomed to hearing rumors about him leaving Cincinnati that he pays little attention to what he calls the "silly season" of college football.
Southern California, LSU and Miami are among eight teams that cannot earn an automatic BCS bid, but are still in contention for an at-large invite to a marquee bowl game.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin says freshman safety Janzen Jackson will be allowed to return to team activities immediately and will start Saturday at Kentucky.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - From the start of the season, North Carolina's players and coaches knew their success largely would be determined by how well their talented defense carried the burden for a young offense.
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska's Alex Henery says he always looks forward to kicking in the thin air at Colorado.
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.
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.
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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.