Rose Bowl (Game)

Less than a week ago, Texas coach Rick Barnes turned down Kentucky, in part, because he didn't want to leave UT on the chance that Kevin Durant would return. On Tuesday, Barnes expressed nothing but happiness for the...

1. Stepping up: Cardinals shortstop David Eckstein may be gritty and gutty, but he's also quite short. Fortunately he has a sense of humor about it, judging by his willingness to go along with the Lowell (Mass.)...

USC and Michigan both saw their national championship hopes go up in smoke the final weekend of the regular season -- the Trojans by losing to UCLA, the Wolverines by not playing. There are worse consolation prizes,...

The call in the UCLA defensive huddle was "Sam Gold," which sounds like a malt liquor, but was in fact an instruction for Bruins weak side (Will) linebacker Eric McNeal to blitz.

The 10 teams that will go to the five BCS bowl games are set in stone at this point; the only mystery is whether Michigan or Florida will wind up the title game.