ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico says it has reached an agreement in principal with former men’s basketball coach Steve Alford over his buyout. Alford said in April he was willing to pay a $200,000 buyout for leaving the Albuquerque school to take a job at UCLA, but he wouldn’t pay the [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After losing money during its first season of selling alcohol at stadiums on campus, the University of Minnesota has renegotiated its contract with the company that provides it to allow it to turn a profit. The university announced on Tuesday that after losing $16,000 during the year Aramark has agreed to pay [...]
Rutgers has introduced Julie Hermann as its new athletic director. University President Robert Barchi made the announcement during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., first reported the hire. Hermmann has been senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator at the University of Louisville. She becomes the third female athletic director [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. is moving on to the next challenge, well aware that he’ll still need to prove himself if he’s going to follow his father’s footsteps in the NBA. “Everybody’s going in there with the same mindset,” Hardaway said. “There’s no leeway.” Hardaway announced Wednesday that he’ll forgo his [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan coaches knew they would have to replace some key players, including Denard Robinson, because they were out of eligibility. The Wolverines have also had serious setbacks this spring, losing standout linebacker Jake Ryan and backup quarterback Russell Bellomy with torn knee ligaments. They have held running back Fitzgerald Toussaint [...]
ASSOCIATED PRESS Every time Northwestern’s football players slip on their workout shirts, they see just how close they came to an undefeated season in 2012. Stamped on the back of each one is “5:03.” It stands for the total of 5 minutes, 3 seconds the Wildcats trailed at the end of their three losses. “I [...]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana’s Cody Zeller turned down one chance to play in the NBA. He couldn’t say no twice. The 7-foot sophomore center who returned to school last fall for one more shot at a national championship announced Wednesday he is leaving college early to enter the NBA draft. The reason was simple. [...]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana junior Victor Oladipo is heading to the NBA. Cody Zeller could be next. Oladipo made his announcement official Tuesday at a news conference inside Assembly Hall. He is the Hoosiers’ first underclassmen to leave school early since Eric Gordon and D.J. White departed after the 2007-08 season. Zeller’s announcement is [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Standing barely chest-high to his Nebraska teammates, 7-year-old Jack Hoffman was the star of the Cornhuskers’ spring game this weekend after taking home the title of leading rusher. And now his 69-yard touchdown, along with his story about fighting brain cancer, is attracting millions of fans Video of Jack dressed in [...]
NEW YORK – Pierre Jackson had 24 points and 10 assists to lift Baylor back into the National Invitation Tournament title game for the second time in five years with a 76-70 win over BYU on Tuesday night. Baylor’s Cory Jefferson scored 21 points and Isaiah Austin had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the [...]
