Cincinnati Bearcats

Bruising BearcatsCincinnati has clawed to No. 5 with good defense and an uncanny toughness

Jumping Through HoopsI found your college basketball preview issue (Nov. 19) quite interesting. My alma mater, Purdue, is not listed in the men's top 65 (Scouting Reports), nor is the women's team—runner-up in last...

Perpetually dyspeptic Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins was so angry at his Bearcats after their Dec. 30 loss to Toledo that he booted them out of their locker room at the Shoemaker Center. Their new digs? The men's...

Alarmed that roughness had gotten out of hand, college basketball's rules makers have told referees to crack down so that the game again will be played as it was meant to be

For eight months Texas coach Mack Brown equivocated about whether sophomore Chris Simms would replace junior Major Applewhite at quarterback. Simms started the Longhorns' opener last Saturday but was benched after...