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Butler to move to Atlantic 10
Butler U. will join the Atlantic 10 conference in the 2013-14 academic year. Wednesday afternoon, university officials announced at a conference that Butler would move out of the Horizon League and join the likes of Xavier University and University of Dayton and 11 other institutions.
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Four-team college football playoff system on the horizon
The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision is steadily progressing toward a four-team playoff system to crown a national champion.
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Maroon and White game displays Texas A&M’s strengths, weaknesses
The White team — offense — nipped the Maroon team — defense — 48-44 as head coach Kevin Sumlin’s Aggie football team trotted onto Kyle Field Saturday for the annual Maroon and White game that marks the end of the spring practice slate.
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LSU’s Claiborne, Brockers go in first 14 selections of NFL Draft
Leading up to the NFL Draft, most experts had former LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne landing in situations of relative familiarity. Would he continue to don the purple and gold as a Minnesota Viking? Or would he follow his defensive backs coach, Ron Cooper, to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
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Luck taken first overall in NFL draft
NEW YORK -- Andrew Luck is heading into his rookie season with big expectations to live up to. The Indianapolis Colts made Luck, a quarterback out of Stanford, the first overall selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, which began Thursday in Radio City Music Hall.
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Mariota stars in Oregon’s spring football game
In the biggest game of spring football season, Chip Kelly barely got to watch his own team. He was busy throughout the abbreviated scrimmage, roaming from sideline to sideline and being interviewed via headset by ESPN broadcasters up in the press box.
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Schools lose out at BCS
UConn’s trip to the 2011 Fiesta Bowl was a milestone for the football program. It marked the first time the school had earned the Big East’s automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series, and meant the school would play Oklahoma, one of the nation’s most prestigious teams, in a nationally telev...
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Top-ranked recruit Tony Parker commits to UCLA basketball
In an offseason that has seen the Bruins put together an already impressive recruiting class, UCLA’s basketball program received another big addition Monday when center Tony Parker announced his plans to attend the university. Hailing from Lithonia, Ga., Parker, who was rated the country’s No.
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USF lands marquee transfer in defensive end Lynch
The USF football team landed a major transfer Monday, as defensive end Aaron Lynch committed to play for the Bulls following his departure from Notre Dame earlier this month.