ATLANTA — To add another championship to the greatest dynasty college football has ever seen, Alabama turned to its quarterback of the future, and Tua Tagovailoa proved that his time is now. The freshman quarterback, who had played mostly mop-up…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse’s Frank Howard was blunt in his assessment of the Orange’s two-game skid in Atlantic Coast Conference play. “We’ve got to make a decision as a team,” the junior guard said. “We got comfortable and you can…

Auburn men’s basketball player Mustapha Heron was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The sophomore averaged 16.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game during a 2-0 week, with wins wins at No. 23 Tennessee…

ATLANTA – The College Football Playoff is here to stay. The national championship game is still trying to make its mark. The 4-year-old title game remains a bit of an afterthought compared to the well-entrenched bowl system, from its lack…

Shakyla Hill got 2018 started with a rare quadruple-double. Grambling State’s star had 15 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals in the team’s win over Alabama State last Wednesday. She became the fourth player in Division I women’s…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Keita Bates-Diop had a career-high 32 points, and Ohio State stunned No. 1 Michigan State 80-64 on Sunday. The overachieving Buckeyes put together an electrifying 12-0 run to finish the first half and kept their foot on…

ATLANTA – To win national championships the old-school, SEC way, you must have a smothering defense packed with big plays and a strong kicking game. Most importantly, you must run the ball. Then run it some more. Georgia’s running game…

ATLANTA – Alabama and Georgia should know a lot about each other when they meet in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night, even though the teams have not played in a few years. With Nick Saban on…

ATLANTA – Nick Saban’s greatest rival, his most persistent foe, is human nature. So far, Saban is winning that matchup. Alabama’s coach has his Crimson Tide back in the College Football Playoff national championship game for the third straight season….

RALEIGH, N.C. – There’s no questioning the talent or the offensive potential for No. 2 Duke with its star freshman class. Finding the defensive play to go with all that hasn’t been easy. The Blue Devils allowed North Carolina State…

ATLANTA – Alabama’s vaunted defense is about to face perhaps college football’s best running back duo. Those kinds of matchups tend to work out pretty well for the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide, which shuts down opposing ground games better than anybody_…

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Sophie Cunningham was too much for South Carolina to handle for the second straight year, scoring 27 points to lead No. 15 Missouri to an 83-74 victory over the fourth-ranked Gamecocks on Sunday. Cunningham, who suffered a…

ATLANTA (AP) – As Alabama All-America defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick watched a YouTube video of last week’s thrilling Rose Bowl between Georgia and Oklahoma, there was a sense of familiarity with the Bulldogs. “We basically run the same defense. They…

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NEW HAVEN (AP) — Longtime Yale football coach Carmen “Carm” Cozza has died at 87. The university says he died Thursday. Cozza led Yale to a share of 10 Ivy League titles during 32 years as coach. He was inducted…

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