College Sports News

Gamecocks' Spurrier says he's not going anywhere

AP - Fri Jul 18, 4:48 AM ET

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Steve Spurrier laughed off questions about speculation that he's grown frustrated with trying to build South Carolina into a championship contender and could walk away from the Gamecocks before his contract runs out.

  • UCF WR who died had condition worsened by stress AP - Thu Jul 17, 7:40 PM ET

    ORLANDO, Fla. - A University of Central Florida football player who died after spring drills had a pre-existing medical condition worsened by physical stress, autopsy results released Thursday showed.

  • Former ASU coach Snyder has cancer AP - Wed Jul 16, 4:04 PM ET

    TEMPE, Ariz. - Former Arizona State football coach Bruce Snyder says he has cancer.

  • Notre Dame hires Indianapolis lawyer as new AD AP - Wed Jul 16, 12:23 PM ET

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Jack Swarbrick, a lawyer who helped draw numerous sporting events to Indianapolis, including the 2012 Super Bowl, is the new athletic director at Notre Dame.

  • In this photo provided by the Guilford County N.C. Magistrate's Office, Sidney R. Lowe II is shown. Sidney Lowe II, the son of North Carolina State basketball coach Sidney Lowe, plans to plead guilty Monday, July 14, 2008 to a dozen charges connected to a March 2007 home invasion. (AP Photo/Guilford County N.C., Magistrate's Office, File)
    NC State coach Lowe's son sentenced to 15 months AP - Tue Jul 15, 5:26 PM ET

    GREENSBORO, N.C. - A judge has sentenced the son of North Carolina State basketball coach Sidney Lowe to 15 months in a low-security prison farm on dozen charges, including robbery and kidnapping.

  • In this March 12, 2006, file photo, CBS announcers Billy Packer, left, and Jim Nantz laugh during a break in the action in the championship basketball game in the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis. Packer is out after 27 years as the lead college basketball analyst for CBS, making way for Clark Kellogg. Kellogg has done game and studio analysis for CBS for 16 years. He will partner with Nantz on his first Final Four in April. Packer did 34 consecutive Final Fours. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
    Packer out, Kellogg in as CBS lead announcer AP - Mon Jul 14, 11:08 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended.

  • Former Florida basketball player Teddy Dupay listens in 3rd District Court in Park City, Utah, on Monday, July 14, 2008, during his initial appearance on charges of raping and kidnapping a woman at a Utah ski resort. The alleged incident occurred on June 19 at an upscale lodge at the Deer Valley Resort. Dupay did not enter a plea Monday. (AP Photo/David Ryder,pool)
    Dupay makes 1st court appearance on rape charges AP - Mon Jul 14, 5:09 PM ET

    PARK CITY, Utah - Teddy Dupay, who played on the Gators' runner-up team in the 2000 NCAA basketball tournament, made an initial court appearance Monday on charges of raping and kidnapping a woman at a Utah ski resort.

  • Mack returning to Tigers after announcing exit AP - Fri Jul 11, 1:52 PM ET

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Tigers coach John Calipari says guard Doneal Mack will return to Memphis for the 2008-09 season after all.

  • Eastward, ho! NJ school joins Great West AP - Thu Jul 10, 5:41 PM ET

    ELMHURST, Ill. - The Great West Conference is expanding — all the way to New Jersey.

  • In this Dec. 17, 2007 file photo, Rich Rodriguez, former head football coach at West Virginia, is introduced as the new Michigan football coach, in Ann Arbor, Mich. West Virginia University says ex-football coach Rich Rodriguez has agreed to pay a $4 million buyout clause after breaking his contract. That would settle WVU's lawsuit that had been set for trial this fall. WVU attorney Tom Flaherty says the tentative agreement was reached late Tuesday night July 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, file)
    Rodriguez, Michigan to settle with WVU for $4M AP - Thu Jul 10, 5:25 AM ET

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez and the University of Michigan have agreed to pay a $4 million buyout and settle a lawsuit that WVU filed after he broke his contract in December.

  • In this March 22, 2008 file photo, North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson listens to questions during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C. The 20-year-old Lawson was scheduled to have his first appearance in court Tuesday, July 8, 2008 following his June arrest for driving after consuming alcohol, violating a noise ordinance and driving with a suspended or revoked license. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
    Lawson's court appearance delayed until August 5 AP - Tue Jul 8, 5:32 PM ET

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson's traffic case has been continued for another month.

  • Steelers looking to restructure team ownership AP - Mon Jul 7, 6:05 PM ET

    PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney and his son, team president Art Rooney II, want to buy Dan Rooney's brothers' shares in the team.

  • In this March 19, 2008 file photo, Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey jokes with reporters during a news conference in Denver. Brey, the Big East basketball coach of the year the past two seasons, has agreed to a two-year contract extension to remain with the Irish through the 2014-15 season, the school announced in a statement on Monday, July 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Ross, File)
    Mike Brey agrees to 2-year extension at Notre Dame AP - Mon Jul 7, 5:53 PM ET

    SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame's Mike Brey, the Big East basketball coach of the year the past two seasons, has agreed to a two-year contract extension to remain with the Irish through the 2014-15 season.

  • Game over: struggling UK basketball museum closes AP - Wed Jul 2, 1:08 PM ET

    LEXINGTON, Ky. - The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum has shut its doors due to falling attendance and financial problems.

  • Fulmer, Pearl get new deals through 2014 AP - Wed Jul 2, 12:55 PM ET

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee signed football coach Phillip Fulmer and basketball coach Bruce Pearl to new deals Wednesday that will keep them with the Volunteers through 2014.

  • Longtime college coach John Pont dies at 80 AP - Tue Jul 1, 8:29 PM ET

    OXFORD, Ohio - John Pont, who guided Indiana to its only Rose Bowl appearance 40 years ago and also coached at Northwestern, Yale and Miami of Ohio, died Tuesday. He was 80.

  • UCLA, Howland agree to seven-year deal AP - Tue Jul 1, 2:50 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - UCLA coach Ben Howland, who has guided the Bruins to the Final Four each of the past three years, agreed to a new seven-year contract with the university Tuesday.

  • IU president: Sampson shouldn't have been hired AP - Mon Jun 30, 7:24 PM ET

    INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana University's president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was "a risk that should not have been taken."

  • Groce hired as men's basketball coach at Ohio U AP - Fri Jun 27, 3:19 PM ET

    ATHENS, Ohio - Ohio University has hired Ohio State assistant John Groce as its men's basketball coach.

  • In this Feb. 22, 2008 file photo, Indiana University athletic director Rick Greenspan listens to a question during a news conference in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University has announced Thursday June 26, 2008 that athletic director Rick Greenspan will resign at the end of December. The resignation comes amid NCAA allegations that former men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson committed four major recruiting violations during his 1½-year tenure at the school. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
    Indiana AD to resign amid NCAA basketball probe AP - Fri Jun 27, 12:06 AM ET

    INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan will resign at the end of December amid new NCAA allegations that the school failed to monitor the men's basketball team.