COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BOWLS      Northern Illinois busts the BCS, going to Orange Bowl                                                   MIAMI (AP) – Northern Illinois out of the Mid-American Conference has busted the BCS, and is heading to the Orange Bowl to play ACC champion Florida State.      Northern Illinois actually finished ahead of two conference titlists, […]

Dec 3, 2012 COLLEGE FOOTBALL-AP POLL 　 UNDATED (AP) – Notre Dame ends the regular season as the No. 1 team in the AP college football poll. It’s the first time the Fighting Irish have done that since their national championship season in 1988. 　 Notre Dame finished up a […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP Dec 1 ,2012) — Drake Caggiula scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift North Dakota over Colorado College 3-2 Saturday in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game. Caggiula, who finished the weekend with three goals, helped seventh-ranked North Dakota avoid a weekend sweep at the hands […]

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Unless NHL owners and players settle their dispute, Minnesota Wild staff will take a 20 percent reduction in pay next month. Team spokesman Aaron Sickman confirmed employees were told of the cutbacks yesterday. All NHL games through December 14th have already been cancelled.

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP Nov 30, 2012) – Ricky Rubio says his left knee feels great and he can’t wait to get back on the practice court with his Minnesota Timberwolves teammates for the first time this season after nearly nine months on the sideline.      Rubio met with reporters on Friday […]

ATLANTA (AP) – The New Orleans Saints players say their bus was pelted with eggs by airport workers after they touched down in Atlanta. Tight end Jimmy Graham, linebacker Will Herring and quarterback Chase Daniel tweeted about the incident last night at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The Saints (5-6) face […]

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen has been fined $21,000 for a hit on Chicago Bears guard Lance Louis on Sunday.      A person with knowledge of the fine tells The Associated Press that it was levied Wednesday, three days after he knocked Louis out […]

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) – Golf is proposing to ban the putting stroke used by three of the last five major champions. The sport’s ruling bodies announced a new rule Wednesday that would make it illegal to anchor the club in making a stroke. The proposed rule is aimed at […]