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Charlotte, NC (Worldwide Gamble) - The Big South Conference has added Longwood
University as a new member, effective with the 2012-13 academic year.
Longwood, which sponsors 14 varsity sports at the Division I level, will give
the Big South a total of 12 members.
The school, located in F... |
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Lausanne, Switzerland (Worldwide Gamble) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport
has delayed the publication of its decision in the Alberto Contador
clenbuterol case, another postponement in a saga more than a year old.
CAS said in a statement Monday that the release of its final de... |
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St. Louis, MO (Worldwide Gamble) - Duke junior Andrew Wenger and Stanford senior
Teresa Noyola won the Hermann Trophy on Friday night as the best male and
female NCAA Division I soccer players, respectively.
Wenger led the Atlantic Coast Conference with 17 goals and 42 points, good
e... |
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Miami, FL (Worldwide Gamble) - Bowling legend Don Carter died Thursday night at
his home in Miami. He was 85 years old.
According to the Professional Bowlers Association, Carter had recently been
hospitalized with pneumonia complicated by emphysema.
Carter was among bowling's top sta... |
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San Diego, CA (Worldwide Gamble) - San Diego State has accepted an invitation
to join the Big West Conference for 14 of its sports beginning in the 2013-14
academic year.
The move comes just six days after the school announced that its football
team will join the Big East and will be... |
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Hoover, AL (Worldwide Gamble) - North Carolina held on despite some late
pressure to secure a 1-0 win over Charlotte in the NCAA Men's Division I Final
on Sunday.
Ben Speas provided the lone goal for the Tar Heels with 25:50 remaining in the
second half, scoring against the run... |
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Orlando, FL (Worldwide Gamble) - The Amateur Athletic Union opened an
investigation Friday into allegations made by two former basketball players
that ex-president Robert "Bobby" Dodd molested them as children in the 1980s.
ESPN's show "Outside the Lines" reported that 43-year-o... |
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Hoover, AL (Worldwide Gamble) - North Carolina will face Charlotte in the final
of the men's College Cup after the Tar Heels beat UCLA in penalty kicks 3-1 in
Friday's semifinal with the two sides finishing 2-2 in regulation.
UNC goalkeeper Scott Goodwin saved the first two attempts from th... |
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University Park, PA (Worldwide Gamble) - The Penn State women's volleyball team
will not win a record fifth consecutive national title.
The Nittany Lions were stopped by UCLA, 3-0, in the NCAA regional semifinals
Friday night. The ninth-seeded Bruins snapped Penn State's record 26-game... |
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Hoover, AL (Worldwide Gamble) - Charlotte secured a spot in the men's College
Cup final on Friday after beating Creighton 4-1 in penalty kicks in the first
semifinal.
The match finished scoreless after 110 minutes of play but the 49ers converted
all four of their penalty kicks in the s... |
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Kennesaw, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Teresa Noyola scored the lone goal in the 53rd
minute and Stanford, which lost the last two years in the championship, capped
an undefeated season with a 1-0 win Sunday over Duke at KSU Soccer Stadium for
its first women's College Cup title.
Stanford entered ... |
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Kennesaw, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Mollie Pathman scored twice in the second half
and Duke advanced to the women's College Cup final for the second time with a
4-1 win Friday night over ACC rival Wake Forest at KSU Soccer Stadium.
Kim DeCesare opened the scoring in the 43rd minute for Duke, an... |
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Kennesaw, GA (Worldwide Gamble) - Chioma Ubogagu and Kristy Zurmuhlen scored in
a 2-minute stretch of the first half, and Stanford reached the women's College
Cup final for the third straight year with a 3-0 win over Florida State at KSU
Soccer Stadium on Friday.
Ubogagu opened the scoring i... |
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