Stanford, Notre Dame Extend Annual Football Matchup
Stanford has announced it is extending its annual football series with Notre Dame through the 2019 season.
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Stanford has announced it is extending its annual football series with Notre Dame through the 2019 season.
The TV contract, which will begin with the 2012-13 season, combined with the Pac-12 Network will allow the conference to air every football and men's basketball game.
The Pac-10 agreed to a 12-year television contract with Fox and ESPN on Tuesday worth about $3 billion, allowing the conference to quadruple its media rights fees and start its own network.
Cal on Monday hired Gottlieb away from UC Santa Barbara to replace the departed Joanne Boyle, who accepted the Virginia job earlier this month.
Nearly two months after the university reinstated three other teams that were slated for elimination, the school said Friday that baseball would survive after a massive fundraising effort by alumni, former players, parents of current players and other team supporters.
Texas A&M's defense was good enough to upset two No. 1 seeds. The Aggies will find out Tuesday night if it is good enough to win their first national championship.
VanDerveer should have quite a week ahead. Her top-seeded Cardinal (33-2) take on No. 2 seed Texas A&M in the national semifinals at the Final Four. She could also be named to the Naismith Hall of Fame on Monday night.
Tara VanDerveer remembers the moment almost as if it were yesterday: Candice Wiggins and her fellow starters huddled in a circle, holding hands in close-knit celebration after finally ending Stanford's 10-year Final Four drought.
Top-seeded Stanford overcame a slow start to reach the NCAA tournament's round of 16 with a 75-49 win over St. John's on Monday night.
John Madden talked about the NCAA basketball tourney, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzkewsi, and NFL coaches Jerry Glanville and Marty Shottenheimer.
Top-seeded Stanford has the remarkable winning streak at Maples Pavilion, the marquee victory over mighty UConn and the pedigree that comes with being a perennial national powerhouse with Final Four experience.
Another San Francisco Giants rookie phenom, the NCAA tournament, and the mystery of truTV were among the items discussed on the daily John Madden's chat on KCBS Radio Thursday.
John Madden talked about finding NCAA games on TV, coaches griping to referees, and disappointment in the NFL.
Stanford's NCAA run toward a fourth straight trip to the Final Four begins with UC Davis.
St. Mary's fell just short of winning the West Coast Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament last week, and the Gaels watched in agony Sunday as 68 other teams were invited to the dance.
A talk with Jacob Tucker, NCAA division-3 dunk specialist who has become an Internet sensation.
Maurice Jones scored 16 points, Alex Stepheson added 14 points and 16 rebounds in a strong low-post game, and Southern California advanced to the Pac-10 tournament semifinals Thursday with a 70-56 victory over California.
San Jose State (16-14), the eighth seed, trailed most of the way before a late run put the Spartans up five with less than 2 minutes left.
Gonzaga (24-9) received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament for its 13th straight appearance. Saint Mary's (24-8) will have to hope for an at-large berth.
Omar Samhan scored more than 700 baskets, grabbed over 1,000 rebounds, scored nearly 2,000 points and played on the winning side in nearly 100 college basketball games at Saint Mary's.
He knows there will be a ton of pressure and pageantry that will follow him next fall as the presumptive Heisman Trophy favorite, a year after being the runner-up to Cam Newton for college football's most prestigious award.
The NCAA has placed the California men's basketball program on two years probation for making more than 300 impermissible recruiting phone calls.
Tai Wesley and Brockeith Pane overcame horrid first halves to score 22 points apiece and Jardine's dunk capped the 75-65 victory over Saint Mary's on Saturday night that bolstered the Aggies position for an NCAA tournament bid.
he Orange Bowl trophy is displayed inside Stanford's football offices, a powerful, glistening symbol of the rapid resurgence of the program that new coach David Shaw passes every day.
Cal athletic officials announced plans Friday to save three intercollegiate athletic teams that had been slated for termination at the end of the academic year - the baseball team was not among them.
