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College Football Bowl Roundup: No. 25 Boise State tops Oregon in Las Vegas Bowl

LAS VEGAS – Cedrick Wilson caught 10 passes for 221 yards and a touchdown, Kekaula Kaniho returned an interception 53 yards for a score and No. 25 Boise State beat Oregon 38-28 in the Las Ve...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Marshall holds off Colorado State in New Mexico Bowl

ALBUQUERQUE – Leading up to the New Mexico Bowl, Marshall wide receiver Tyre Brady kept hearing about Colorado State’s explosive offense. Doubters were overlooking the Thundering Herd’s own ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Texas A&M-Commerce wins NCAA Division II football championship

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Texas A&M-Commerce had this celebration planned for a long time. A year after watching the Division II title game from the stands, Luis Perez led the Lions to ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Alkins leads No. 23 Arizona past New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Rawle Alkins lit it up in his second game back from a broken foot. Alkins scored a career-high 26 points lead No. 23 Arizona to an 89-73 win over New Mexico on Satur...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Chiefs rout Chargers to seize control of AFC West race

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Alex Smith threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, Kareem Hunt ran for 155 yards and a score, and the Kansas City Chiefs routed the turnover-prone Los Angeles Chargers 30-...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lions beat Bears to stay in playoff picture

DETROIT – Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes and avoided mistakes, allowing the Detroit Lions to stay in the playoff picture with a 20-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on Saturday ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

American downhiller ‘brothers’ gain speed in Olympic ski season

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy – With the Pyeongchang Olympics less than two months away, a pair of young skiers who consider themselves “brothers” shook up the struggling U.S. downhill team on...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lindsey Vonn takes World Cup super-G ski race

Win No. 78 for Colorado star

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Aksel Lund Svindal dominates 50th anniversary of Val Gardena skiing downhill

SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy – Aksel Lund Svindal knows the recipe for success on the Saslong Classic course and he wasn’t about to let his latest knee injury slow him down. It’s n...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports