Anthony Dell’Orso tied a season high with 22 points and No. 4 Arizona toppled second-ranked Houston 73-66 on Saturday to move into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 Conference. Arizona (25-2, 12-2), which opened the season 23-0, won its second straight game following consecutive losses to then-No. 9 Kansas and then- 16th-ranked … Read more
Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 20 points and Braden Smith added 15 points and eight assists Friday night, helping No. 7 Purdue produce a historic rout over rival Indiana 93-64 to earn a split in this season’s series. The Boilermakers emphatically ended their two-game losing streak against the Hoosiers by producing their highest point total in the … Read more
What is happening with Kansas star Darryn Peterson, arguably the nation’s best college basketball player? How can a player so talented be so averse to showcasing those skills? “He’s getting terrible advice,” Danny Parkins said on “First Things First.” “He’s making millions of dollars to play basketball. He has an agent who reps NBA people … Read more
Anthony Kim walked out of a PGA Tour scoring trailer at Quail Hollow and straight to the parking lot on May 4, 2012. He put his clubs in the trunk and drove away, vanishing from golf and from public view for 12 years. Kim was all the way back Sunday in Australia, full of swagger … Read more
Acaden Lewis scored 21 points, including five in the overtime, as Villanova knocked off Xavier 92-89 on Tuesday night. Lewis also contributed seven rebounds, six assists, and four steals for the Wildcats (21-5, 12-3 Big East Conference). Tyler Perkins scored 17 points while going 6 of 15 from the floor and 4 for 5 from … Read more
All the free throws, the timeouts, the fouls and even a coach’s challenge made the end of Tuesday’s highly anticipated game between No. 1 Michigan and No. 7 Purdue felt somewhat anticlimactic, a sluggish march across the finish line. When the buzzer finally sounded — crystalizing the Wolverines’ 91-80 victory that keeps them firmly in … Read more
Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Fla.) — Brad Keselowski couldn’t believe it Sunday when he saw Riley Herbst come up from the inside to him as they headed toward the finish line for the Daytona 500. Herbst was running third and Keselowski fourth as they were coming toward the finish line, when Herbst slid up … Read more
Oklahoma used an 18-0 second-half run to beat Georgia on Saturday, 94-76, in a game that was delayed after a popcorn machine at a concession stand in the 50-year-old Lloyd Noble Center caught on fire. The incident occurred during a media timeout a few minutes into the game, with Georgia leading 11-7. Things were paused … Read more
Malik Thomas and Sam Lewis each scored 13 points and No. 15 Virginia beat Ohio State on Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena in the Nashville Hoops Showdown, 70-66. The Cavaliers (22-3) extended their winning streak to six. Bruce Thornton scored 28 points for Ohio State (16-9). He also had an assist, the 500th of his … Read more
JT Toppin scored eight of his 31 points in a dominant overtime performance and No. 16 Texas Tech sent No. 1 Arizona to its second straight loss, shocking the Wildcats 78-75 on Saturday. Texas Tech (19-6, 9-3 Big 12) beat the No. 1 team for the third time in school history. The Wildcats (23-2, 10-2) … Read more