Prairie View Brandon Webb scored 27 points and pulled down 13 rebounds as Prairie View raced past Alcorn State 96-77 on Thursday night. Webb was one of three Panthers (9-21, 6-11 Southwest Athletic) to post double-doubles. Duwan Kornegay had 23 points and 13 rebounds, while Michael Griffin had 13 points and 12 assists. Trant Simpson […]
Grambling State Lance Feurtado scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half as Grambling State roared back from a double-digit halftime deficit to defeat Alabama A&M 76-69 Thursday night. The Tigers (9-20, 7-10 Southwestern Athletic Conference) trailed 40-25 at halftime after Alabama A&M shot 59.3 percent (16 of 27) in the first 20 […]
Connecticut’s Kemba Walker, left, speaks during a news conference as teammate Roscoe Smith looks on before a practice session for the men’s NCAA Final Four college basketball championship game Sunday, April 3, 2011, in Houston. Connecticut plays Butler in the championship game Monday night. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Butler coach Brad Stevens loves an underdog, whether […]
This March 13, 2009, file photo shows former University of Virginia and NBA basketball star Ralph Sampson reacting in the second half during an NCAA college basketball game between Minnesota and Michigan State. (AP) Bob Knight, who coached Indiana to three national titles and had 902 wins in 41 seasons, and Virginia great Ralph […]
Doug Williams is returning to Grambling and will coach the Tigers football team. Grambling spokeswoman Debra Johnson said Monday that the school is “in the process of making the announcement” that Williams would be the university’s next head coach. Williams was the general manager of UFL’s Virginia franchise in 2010. The former Grambling quarterback was […]
Te’o’s once-heartwarming tale of inspired play after the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day in September was exposed as a bizarre hoax on Jan. 16. (Photo: AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Manti Te’o told Katie Couric the feelings he had for what turned out to be a fake, online girlfriend were […]
Leslie Frazier can finally exhale. The former Alcorn State All-American cornerback is no longer the NFL’s most interviewed coaching candidate of the last decade now that he is interim coach of the Minnesota Vikings. He had interviewed seven times for NFL head coaching jobs and had been passed over seven times before Vikings owner Zygi […]
