Category: NCAA Sports

This week’s College Baseball Top 25

Billy Kennedy is replacing Mark Turgeon as head coach of the Texas A&M basketball team. Kennedy, who left Murray State to take the position, was a former assistant at A&M. At Murray State he won the Ohio Valley Conference Coach […]

Former University of Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier will not join the Miami Hurricanes football program due of personal reasons. Miami announced in February that Forcier had signed an aid agreement and planned to transfer, but he has not been on […]

N.C. State received a waiver from the NCAA Friday, allowing an American Idol finalist to throw out the first pitch. The waiver was necessary because the NCAA doesn’t allow schools to publicize visits from high school players. School spokeswoman, Annabelle […]

The BCS oversight committee handed down it’s decision that the Fiesta Bowl will be allowed to remain part of the Bowl Championship Series. The only caveat, the Fiesta Bowl must pay a $1 million fine for apparent illegal campaign contributions […]

Good news for some Beaver fans. Hot off the AP Wire: Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis has signed a five-year contract extension. Oregon State announced that the deal, which continues De Carolis’ tenure with the school through June 30, 2016, […]

Popular play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson has left CBS and moved to the FOX network. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Reports of Johnson move were deemed premature when they initially surfaced last week. However CBS reportedly decided not to […]

Northwestern University has agreed to a new 10-year contract extension with head football coach Pat Fitzgerald. The new 10-year deal begins immediately. Salary figures were not disclosed. Via ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg: “There is no better individual to lead Chicago’s Big […]

The University of Maryland has named former Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon as their new head basketball coach. A news conference to introduce Turgeon is set for Wednesday at noon in College Park. “We’re thrilled to bring Mark to the […]

According to Andy Katz of ESPN.com, the University of Maryland has offered Mark Turgeon their vacant head coaching position. The same source told Katz that the current Texas A&M coach had not accepted yet. Turgeon has coached the Aggies to […]