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Power 5 conference rankings: Are Big 12, Pac-12 closing gap on SEC?
Larry Brown suspended by NCAA, SMU gets postseason ban (Yahoo Sports)
The NCAA banned the SMU men’s basketball team from postseason play Tuesday and suspended veteran coach Larry Brown for nine games after concluding that he lied to investigators, ignored academic fraud and fell far short of expectations in leading his staff when it came to compliance. In a scathing report, the NCAA noted that Brown had previously coached at Kansas and UCLA yet made ”choices against his better judgment when
Rodgers throws for 5 TDs, Packers beat Chiefs 38-28 (Yahoo Sports)
Packers coach Mike McCarthy is running out of superlatives to describe Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers threw for 333 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Randall Cobb, and Green Bay beat the Kansas City Chiefs 38-28 on Monday night. Rodgers led the Packers (3-0) on two successful first-quarter drives that ended with scoring passes to Cobb and rookie Ty Montgomery.
Roethlisberger frustrated but relieved after knee injury (Yahoo Sports)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger says he’s frustrated but relieved his knee injury is not more serious.
Cardinals inch closer to NL Central title, top Pirates 3-0 (Yahoo Sports)
The celebration the St. Louis Cardinals have been chasing all year is closer than ever. The Cardinals drew closer to a third straight NL Central title on Monday night with a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates, a triumph dimmed by a frightening collision between outfielders Stephen Piscotty and Peter Bourjos in the seventh that ended with Piscotty in the hospital. Piscotty and Bourjos were tracking a fly ball to
Greinke, Dodgers denied NL West as Giants win 3-2 in 12 (Yahoo Sports)
Zack Greinke, for one, has little concern about the Los Angeles Dodgers closing out another NL West crown soon. Greinke and the division-leading Dodgers were denied a playoff-clinching party for at least another day, losing to the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on pinch-hitter Alejandro De Aza’s 12th-inning sacrifice fly Monday night. ”Everyone wants to get another win and we’re playing as good as we can,” Greinke said.
No retirement decision yet for Kobe Bryant
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant said Monday he has not made any decision over his looming retirement as he prepares to embark on his 20th season with the franchise. Bryant’s future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent months as the 37-year-old enters the second year of a two-year contract deal signed in 2013 that will see him earn $25 million this season. Former Lakers coach Phil
Boomers leave generation's imprint on the U.S. landscape
U.S. baby boomers have been on the planet for nearly 70 years, long enough to reshape almost every aspect of American life. Now in their retirement years, boomers are putting their final stamp on the landscape even further out of town in age-restricted communities epitomized by The Villages, a massive master-planned retirement development in Florida. At 34 square miles (88 square kilometers) and still expanding, The Villages is already bigger
Los Angeles Dodgers kept waiting after Giants blow
San Francisco (AFP) – The Los Angeles Dodgers were forced to keep the celebrations on hold once more after suffering a 3-2 defeat against the San Francisco Giants which prevented them from clinching the divisional title.