Why Clemson-Florida State has become college football's best annual game - CBS sports.com (blog) CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For years, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney faced questions at the ACC Kickoff about when the league's teams would win major nonconference games to make the league nationally relevant again. "My only message was, 'Listen, we've just got to go to work, keep our mouth shut, keep our … [Read more...]

Latest North Carolina, South Carolina sports - FOX Carolina ACC-PRESEASON PICKS Clemson, QB Watson headline ACC's preseason picks for 2016 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Clemson and quarterback Deshaun Watson are the preseason picks for Atlantic Coast Conference favorite and player of the year. The reigning champion Tigers were picked on 144 of 191 votes released Monday from media members attending last … [Read more...]

AFC West: Camp goals, roster breakdown - UPI.com AFC West camp capsules Advertisement DENVER BRONCOS CAMP CALENDAR: Full squad reports July 27; first practice July 28; practices with 49ers Aug. 17-18; camp breaks Aug. 18. TRAINING CAMP GOALS --Find a starting quarterback. Gary Kubiak must choose between Mark Sanchez, Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch. At the close of OTAs, Kubiak said Sanchez … [Read more...]

Korcek: Summitt's reach felt in DeKalb by former NIU coach Jane Albright - DeKalb Daily Chronicle Wisdom fosters tribute. Tribute fosters payback. Payback fosters memories. If anyone knows the number of doors the late Pat Summitt opened in women’s college basketball since the 1970s, former Northern Illinois University head coach Jane Albright would certainly know.   “There’s like 78-80 … [Read more...]

16U Hawks remind coach of '99 championship squad - Arkansas Online LAS VEGAS -- Arkansas Hawks founder and coach Bill Ingram has been coaching youth basketball since 1998 and has had numerous outstanding teams, but this year's 16-Under Hawks are among the best. His 1999 Hawks won the AAU national championship in Cleveland, led by former Little Rock Central and … [Read more...]

5 takeaways on Tim Kaine - Politico Tim Kaine is vanilla, but he’s the textured, whole-bean Breyer’s kind. The solid, occasionally stolid Virginia senator is fond of making fun of his own blandness ("boring is the fastest-growing demographic in this country," he wryly told an interviewer a couple of weeks ago). But his neutral-tone personality isn’t necessarily a bad thing in a year of nothing but … [Read more...]

Gosselin: If you don't have a present, give yourself a future -- and AJ Hammons gives Mavericks a brighter future - Dallas Morning News (blog) We've become accustomed to ruling out any draft picks by the Mavericks before they even step on the court. That's been the history of the Mark Cuban Mavericks -- youth is for others.The draft was designed as a tool to promote parity in sports. But … [Read more...]

NCAA FOOTBALL: UNC tries to stop revolving door atop ACC's Coastal Division - Your Houston News CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora knows all about the unpredictable nature of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Coastal Division after his Tar Heels made a surprise climb to the top last season. Staying there? Now that will be tough based on the division’s recent run. … [Read more...]

Recruiting Notebook: Tommy Amaker luring elite prospects to Harvard - Sports Illustrated Keep up with all the latest in college basketball recruiting news, rankings, and highlights at Scout.com. Harvard grabbing eye of top recruits Mohamed Bamba and Wendell Carter are two of the top three players in the 2017 recruiting class. They have their pick of colleges. Their suitors include the usual heavy … [Read more...]

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: BD's Cassidy Trotter picks Michigan Tech - WiscNews Like a lot of teenagers, Cassidy Trotter dreamed of going to college somewhere far away. Somewhere entirely new. Somewhere exciting, with endless possibilities. And that dream was close to being realized when Lehigh University came calling, trying to recruit the star player on Beaver Dam’s prep girls basketball team to … [Read more...]