College Sports Archive

  • Rutgers: Hermann visit expected this week

    Embattled incoming athletic director Julie Hermann plans to visit Rutgers this week.

    Jun 4 1:19 AM ET

  • Hays: Beating Sooners might be relative

    If Tennessee has a chance against No. 1 Oklahoma, it will be because it can throw aces Ellen and Ivy Renfroe at the Sooners. The sisters have a combined 169-39 career record heading into Monday's championship series.

    Jun 3 11:24 PM ET | By Graham Hays

  • OVC enacts new entrance, change in exit fees

    Schools wanting to join the Ohio Valley Conference will have to pay new entrance fees, while members wanting to leave face new exit fees.

    Jun 3 11:01 PM ET

  • Ohio St. prez withdraws as graduation speaker

    Ohio State University's president has withdrawn as commencement speaker for a parochial high school after being reprimanded for making disparaging remarks about Notre Dame, Catholics and the Southeastern Conference.

    Jun 3 8:49 PM ET

  • Delany: Troubled Rutgers will be in Big Ten

    Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany says recent troubles for the athletic programs at Rutgers will not interfere with its entry into conference.

    Jun 3 8:05 PM ET

  • Georgia names Stricklin as baseball coach

    Scott Stricklin, who led Kent State to five NCAA regionals and the 2012 College World Series, is taking over the Georgia program.

    Jun 3 6:44 PM ET

  • NCAA baseball: UNC, Vandy face elimination

    North Carolina and Vanderbilt were cruising along in the NCAA baseball tournament, looking every bit like the top two national seeds. Now, they're suddenly facing elimination.

    Jun 3 12:20 PM ET

  • Ohio St. president apologizes for comments

    The president of Ohio State University has apologized to the Big Ten conference for "hurtful remarks" he made last year about some university athletic programs.

    Jun 3 10:43 AM ET

  • Tennessee, Oklahoma reach finals of WCWS

    Lauren Gibson hit a solo home run in the first inning, Tennessee's Renfroe sisters combined on a five-hitter and the Lady Vols reached the Women's College World Series finals by beating Texas 2-1 on Sunday night.

    Jun 3 2:15 AM ET

  • WCWS: Florida outlasts Nebraska in 15 innings

    Lauren Haeger and Jessica Damico scored on shortstop Alicia Armstrong's fielding error in the 15th inning, and Florida eliminated Nebraska from the Women's College World Series with a 9-8 victory Saturday night.

    Jun 2 10:11 PM ET

  • Softball resumes after Oklahoma tornadoes

    The clear blue sky above ASA Hall of Fame Stadium on Saturday offered little hint of the chaos the night before.

    Jun 2 10:09 PM ET

  • Tornadoes postpone Women's College WS

    The NCAA postponed Friday night's games at the Women's College World Series until Saturday after severe weather in the Oklahoma City area.

    Jun 2 10:03 PM ET

  • Hays: Michigan super-fan inspires team

    When she's not in the hospital courageously battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Emily Hepker has been a fixture in Michigan's dugout and serves as an inspiration to the Wolverine coaches and team.

    Jun 2 9:22 PM ET | By Graham Hays

  • Bama beats Illinois for first men's golf title

    Alabama has won its first national championship in men's golf.

    Jun 2 3:10 PM ET

  • Hays: Florida outlasts Nebraska in 15 innings

    The first elimination game of the Women's College World Series was the fourth-longest in WCWS history, lasting five hours and 20 minutes, and featured several bizarre moments and comebacks.

    Jun 2 10:46 AM ET | By Graham Hays

  • NCAA baseball: Columbia earns first victory

    Valparaiso won an NCAA tournament game for the first time since 1966, scoring four times in the seventh inning and holding on to eliminate Florida with a 5-4 victory Saturday in the Bloomington regional.

    Jun 2 9:51 AM ET

  • Hays: Tennessee, Oklahoma in WCWS driver's seat

    While Tennessee managed to hold off Washington long enough to push the game's only run across in the seventh, Oklahoma scored six third-inning runs in the blink of an eye in its rout of Texas.

    Jun 2 12:10 AM ET | By Graham Hays

  • Voepel: Rutgers AD Julie Hermann faces tough road

    It looks as if Rutgers is going to stand by its hire of Julie Hermann as athletic director. Hermann will tackle an already tough job made more difficult by missteps she's had even before officially taking over.

    Jun 1 5:41 PM ET | By Mechelle Voepel

  • Illinois knocks off Cal, reaches NCAA golf final

    Thomas Pieters of Illinois beat Max Homa with a par on the 20th hole to give Illinois a 3-2 victory over top-seeded California on Saturday in the NCAA golf semifinals.

    Jun 1 5:27 PM ET

  • Cal golf gains NCAA semifinals thanks to Hagy

    Top-seeded California survived a quarterfinal scare from Pac-12 rival Arizona State on Friday to advance to the semifinals in the NCAA golf championship.

    Jun 1 12:18 AM ET

  • Keown: Lies about sports accomplishments easy to tell, easy to swallow

    Most bogus claims of athletic feats are innocuous, just some guy trying to convince everybody he played "a couple of years in the minors" so you'll take him seriously. But not everyone is harmless.

    May 31 6:18 PM ET | By Tim Keown

  • New Orleans fires baseball coach Peddie

    Bruce Peddie, who coached New Orleans' baseball team through an uncertain period in which the university applied with the NCAA to drop from Division I to Division III, has been fired after four years on the job.

    May 31 5:50 PM ET

  • Hays: Texas hitters do their part in WCWS opener

    Led by Kim Bruins' home run, Texas hitters finally supported their ace, Blair Luna, in a Women's College World Series game.

    May 31 5:22 PM ET | By Graham Hays

  • Powell: Rooting for Rutgers

    This is a humiliating series of embarrassments for Rutgers, and much of it was born in a college sports culture gone mad. We need Rutgers to come clean, own its mistakes. We need an institution, a culture, that will not tolerate abuse or hate in any form.

    May 31 2:07 PM ET | By Kevin Powell

  • Ex-Colorado AD Bohn blindsided by decision

    Mike Bohn said he was blindsided by the University of Colorado's decision to make a change at athletic director.

    May 31 12:52 PM ET