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Paying college athletes to play won't work, will never work. But paying them to earn a diploma -- to actually learn -- is a concept that's time has come. A former player has a plan.

After the Big Ten went 0-5 in New Year's Day bowl games, I suggested the league change its recently announced division names to "Legends and Losers." Tonight, Ohio State will try to stay out of the losers bracket in the Sugar Bowl.

Every year, the Basketball Hall of Fame presents the Cousy Award to the nation's top point guard. I'm not sure college hoops needs all that many position-specific awards -- like in-stadium gardening and mediocre bowl games, this is another thing coll...

The University of Utah has accepted an invitation to join Pac-10, conference officials said Thursday.

Plenty of college football players are forced to sit out bowl games because of poor academics. Basketball players sitting out March Madness? That's not happening. And the much-heralded APR? More bark than bite when it comes to hoops. Is there a solution?

Keys to the game: Rushing attacks vital to Independence for Texas A&M, Georgia.

Bowl Championship Series officials want instant replay used in all bowl games starting this season, and are confident it can be done.

Kenny Boynton snapped a shooting slump Saturday with three 3-pointers in the second half, when No. 14 Florida pulled away to beat Air Force 78-61 in the second game of the Orange Bowl Basketball Classic.

Florida St. 82, Tulsa 63

UTEP 68, Nebraska 52

Cent. Michigan 62, Ark.-Pine Bluff 45

Nebraska 89, Cent. Michigan 75

Last season's inaugural Crossroads Classic was a whopping success, with a packed house full of fans and some great basketball (particularly that Butler-Purdue game) on offer. The idea is a great one, and the way it was executed - with lower-bowl fans...

UTEP 79, Ark.-Pine Bluff 58

Sunday afternoon hoops fans of all ages hit up the Bracket Town fan fest in downtown Houston to recreate the shots, dishes and dunks they saw in Saturday night's Final Four games.

Won't get much argument that something must be done about the recent scandals in big-time college football and basketball. Trouble is, when we finally get a grip on reform, we won't like the way it feels.