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Boise State silences Colorado State in MWC tournament

LAS VEGAS â€” Zach Haney had 16 points and seven rebounds and Derrick Alston posted 17 points as Boise State defeated Colorado State 66-57 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Air Force beats San Jose State in MWC tournament

LAS VEGAS â€” Chris Joyce had a career-high 20 points as Air Force easily beat San Jose State 87-56 in the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament on Wednesday. Rya...

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

College admissions scandal exposes class divide in America

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The families ensnared in the college bribery scandal embody wealth and privilege in America: CEOs, Hollywood stars, Wall Street millionaires. A California vineyard owner. ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA Tournament committee convenes with attention for LSU

The NCAA Tournament selection committee has convened, and one of the trickiest teams to evaluate this week will be LSU. The ninth-ranked Tigers, who won the SEC regular season tit...

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Oklahoma State’s Waters draws focus to Native American players

STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State guard Lindy Waters III thinks there are many capable Native American basketball players who are getting overlooked. He wants to change that by d...

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

TV celebrities and coaches charged in college bribery scheme

BOSTON – Fifty people, including Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insi...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

How the college bribery scheme worked for celebrities

Fifty people were charged Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents allegedly bribed college coaches and other insiders to get their children into some of the nation’s most elite universi...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Washington looking to pad NCAA Tournament resume in Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Washington last won the Pac-12 regular-season title seven years ago. The Huskies are hoping to avoid a repeat in history. Not the title. What happened after. ...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA Tournament selection on CBS to show bracket first

NEW YORK – The NCAA Tournament selection show is returning to CBS and its traditional bracket-first format for revealing the field for March Madness. The plan for Sunday is to dro...

DATE: Mar 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Fort Lewis College women’s lacrosse can’t handle Rockhurst

Skyhawks fall to RU for first time in program history

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

College basketball AP Top 25: No changes in top three

Conference tournaments can help, harm teams in final week

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

No. 3 North Carolina beats No. 4 Duke for share of ACC title

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Freshman Coby White scored 21 points and third-ranked North Carolina hung on to beat fourth-ranked Duke 79-70 on Saturday for a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference reg...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports