Dan Hurley turns down offer from Lakers, will stay at UConn to seek 3rd straight NCAA title
The Los Angeles Lakers offered Dan Hurley what would have seemed like a basketball coach's dream: a chance to coach one of the world's most popular franchises, possibly an opportunity to work with LeBron James and a salary that would have doubled his current one.
Colleges
Southern Mississippi defensive back Marcus "MJ" Daniels Jr. shot to death in Hattiesburg
Marcus ''MJ'' Daniels Jr., a defensive back at Southern Mississippi, was shot to death Tuesday night at an apartment complex in Hattiesburg, a coroner said.
Sports
College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field
The College World Series begins this week and only two conferences will be represented on the game's biggest stage for the first time since the event expanded to eight teams in 1950.
Sports
TNT Sports reaches 10-year deal to carry the French Open beginning next year
the French Open will air on TNT Sports in the United States beginning next year.
Sports
10 members of NC State's 1983 national champions sue NCAA over name, image and likeness compensation
Ten players from North Carolina State's 1983 national champion basketball team have sued the NCAA and the Collegiate Licensing Company seeking compensation for unauthorized use of their name, image and likeness.
World
Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition
Across the Chinese diaspora, racing in dragon boats has been a tradition reaching back thousands of years.
Colleges
Minnesota college sports: Scores, schedules and news
Tap here for links to scores, schedules and news from the MIAC, NSIC, UMAC, MCAC and the Summit League.
Sports
Florida St. and Virginia clinch spots in College World Series, Evansville's improbable run continues
Florida State and Virginia finished two-game sweeps in their NCAA super regionals on Saturday to become the first teams to advance to the College World Series.
Gophers
Scoggins: U will have to pay Gophers athletes. How will that work?
AD Mark Coyle, coaches and staff are trying to figure that out even before a historic decision is rendered.
Sports
No. 1 Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida State win their NCAA super regional openers
Tennessee shook off upstart Evansville in the middle innings Friday and moved within a win of a third College World Series appearance in four years.
Sports
Doug Porter, former HBCU coach who was the oldest living College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 94
Doug Porter, the longtime football coach at historically Black colleges who was the oldest living member of the College Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 94.
Sports
Surprising Evansville has a winning hand in getting to the super regional against No. 1 Tennessee
Evansville was an afterthought in the college baseball discussion two weeks ago.
Lynx
Souhan: Why the WNBA wins even when Caitlin Clark takes her lumps
A flagrant foul and the reactions have stirred controversy and over-analysis that only benefits a league that's always been strong.
Sports
Expanded College Football Playoff will begin with 1st-round game on Dec. 20 in prime time
The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game on Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta.
Sports
Batter up! Things to know as NCAA baseball tournament enters super regionals
Super regionals are the next stop on the NCAA baseball tournament's Road to Omaha.
Sports
Texas A&M president says traditional bonfire will not return as part of renewed Texas rivalry
Texas A&M;'s traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus for the renewal of the annual football rivalry with Texas, school President Mark Welsh III announced Tuesday.
Sports
Coming up Aces: Evansville wins regional and advances with N. Carolina, UConn, Florida, Oregon St.
Those pesky Purple Aces of Evansville earned their first NCAA regional title Monday, and their reward is a weekend trip to No. 1 national seed Tennessee for the next round.
Sports
Penn State found 'friction' between coach James Franklin, team doctor; could not determine violation
An internal review by Penn State in 2019 found evidence of ''friction'' between football coach James Franklin and a now-former team doctor, but it could not determine whether Franklin violated NCAA bylaws or Big Ten standards by interfering with medical decisions.
Colleges
Series: What's happening at the U as NIL rules rock college sports?
In this series of stories, Star Tribune reporters explain and measure the impact of the new and still evolving name, image and likeness rules that are bringing unprecedented change to college sports.
Sports
Heartbreaker: Birmingham-Southern's magical postseason ends with 11-10 loss in D-3 World Series
There is indeed crying in baseball, and for Birmingham-Southern, there were also many tears of joy.
Sports
'Chasing ghosts': How Minnesota's college sports leaders navigate NIL, constant chaos
Minnesota's two Division I athletic directors, Mark Coyle and Phil Esten, search for solid ground as college sports spins through one game-changing moment after another.
Sports
With his transgender identity public, skier Jay Riccomini finds success on and off the slopes
One of freestyle skier Jay Riccomini's priceless life moments came this year in Switzerland, when he was recognized on the podium for a third-place finish in a major global competition.
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- Southern Mississippi defensive back Marcus "MJ" Daniels Jr. shot to death in Hattiesburg
- College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field
- TNT Sports reaches 10-year deal to carry the French Open beginning next year
- 10 members of NC State's 1983 national champions sue NCAA over name, image and likeness compensation
- Taiwan nighttime dragon boat racing puts a modern twist on an ancient tradition
- Florida St. and Virginia clinch spots in College World Series, Evansville's improbable run continues
- No. 1 Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida State win their NCAA super regional openers
- Doug Porter, former HBCU coach who was the oldest living College Football Hall of Famer, dies at 94
- Surprising Evansville has a winning hand in getting to the super regional against No. 1 Tennessee
- Expanded College Football Playoff will begin with 1st-round game on Dec. 20 in prime time