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Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton addresses the media during the NCAA college Big 12 men's basketball media day Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Bigger, deeper and stronger: Big 12 welcomes 4 new schools to college basketball’s best league

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Boynton remembers vividly his first season leading Oklahoma State. He was just 35 at the time. Never been a head coach at any level, much less at a Power Five program. And with just one year on the Cowboys’ bench as an assistant, Boynton […]

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Utah Tech’s Beau Sparks Named To 2023 Jerry Rice Award Watch List

Utah Tech’s Beau Sparks Named To 2023 Jerry Rice Award Watch List

Wednesday, Utah Tech freshman receiver Beau Sparks and Southern Utah freshman wideout Zach Mitchell were named to the 2023 Jerry Rice Award List. This award is annually presented to the top freshman in NCAA FCS football. Sparks, a native of El Paso, Texas, has 39 receptions for 417 yards and […]

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Weber State Men’s Basketball Selected First In Big Sky Coaches/Media Polls Thursday

Weber State Men’s Basketball Selected First In Big Sky Coaches/Media Polls Thursday

FARMINGTON, Utah-Wednesday, Weber State men’s basketball was selected first in the Big Sky Conference coaches and media preseason polls. The coaches poll is as follows: Weber State 9 first place votes Montana 1 first place vote Eastern Washington Sacramento State Portland State Idaho State Montana State Northern Arizona/Northern Colorado (10) […]

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Wasatch Sports Roundup: 10/17

Wasatch Sports Roundup: 10/17

Girls Soccer 5A State Semifinals @ Zions Bank Stadium HERRIMAN, Utah-The No. 5 Bountiful Redhawks outlasted No. 8 Brighton 5-3 on penalty kicks Tuesday in the 5A state semifinals at Zions Bank Stadium. The Redhawks next face No. 10 Maple Mountain Friday at 5:00 pm at America First Field for […]

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FILE - LSU head coach Kim Mulkey celebrates after an NCAA college Women's Final Four semifinal basketball game against Virginia Tech, Friday, March 31, 2023, in Dallas. Coming off the school's first NCAA women's basketball championship, LSU is ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 preseason women's basketball poll, released Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Defending champion LSU is No. 1 in women’s preseason AP Top 25 for first time. UConn, Iowa next

Defending champion LSU is ranked No. 1 in the women’s preseason AP Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time in school history. LSU, which won its first NCAA title last April behind star player Angel Reese and Co., received 35 first-place votes from a 36-member national media panel in the poll released […]

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Colorado coach Deion Sanders, left, talks to quarterback Shedeur Sanders, his son, during the first half of the team's NCAA college football game against Stanford on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Pac-12 booming in attendance, ratings in last season before teams scatter to different conferences

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — For a conference with teams about to scatter in all directions, the Pac-12 sure looks rosy at the moment. Overall attendance is up around the league through the halfway mark ( thanks, Deion Sanders ). Ratings, too, are booming (tip of the cap to Sanders again). The league […]

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Central Florida quarterback John Rhys Plumlee (10) throws a pass as he is pressured by Kansas defenders during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley)

Newcomers BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF are floundering early in the Big 12

The new kids in the Big 12 couldn’t bring past success with them. Cincinnati went to the College Football Playoff in 2021. BYU won 10 games twice in the past three years. Houston is two years removed from a 12-win season. UCF had at least nine victories in five of […]

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Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic waits for play to resume in the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Nuggets become the pursued around league, Northwest Division after winning franchise’s 1st NBA title

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets will raise their championship banner on opening night — with LeBron James in the building to witness, no less. The players will also receive their rings. After that, no more mention of last season’s run that produced the franchise’s first NBA […]

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Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark addresses the media during the NCAA college Big 12 women's basketball media day Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Big 12 women’s hoops tourney poised to join men’s event at glitzy T-Mobile Center

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The home of the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament for most of its existence has been Municipal Auditorium, a Streamline Moderne and Art Deco archetype built during the Depression in downtown Kansas City. It had history. Some charm. An entirely unique feel. That feel also […]

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Georgia wide receivers Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint (1) and Dominic Lovett (6) celebrate a touchdown against Vanderbilt in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

AP midseason report: Biggest surprise, disappointment, Heisman favorite and top coach so far

Halfway through the 2023 season, the national championship race feels more wide open than it has been in years. But is it really? “I think I would say if there was a 12-team playoff this year, it would be tremendous,” Fox analyst and former Washington quarterback Brock Huard said. That […]

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