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Thanks for the welcome back today. Your emails of marriage advice while I was away were awful, but I appreciate the sentiment, folks. Sporting News' impact transfers for 2013 have one quarterback coming into the Big 12, and two skill-position pla...

The Big 12's second day of spring meetings came and went on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo., with no real news after the conference reaffirmed its commitment to 10 members on Wednesday. Until the new configuration of the BCS is settled (i.e., what fo...

Charlie Hoag, a four-sport standout at Kansas who helped the United States win the gold medal in basketball at the Helsinki Olympics, died late Thursday after a long illness. He was 81.

I'm back from an extended weekend jaunt to the Midwest from Texas, and a new BBQ discovery. Bogart's Smoke House in St. Louis gets my highest recommendation. Ribs: it's what's for... lunch? (They're only open until 4 p.m.) Here's a bit of what we ...

The Big 12 won't be changing its name once it officially begins play with 10 members. It won't change the logo, either. But at Big 12 Media Days in Dallas on July 25-26, it will debut its new "branding initiative," which will project a message ...

It's been nearly 119 years since James Naismith wrote down 13 rules for a new game he devised. On Dec. 10, those rules -- considered "the birth certificate of one of the world's most popular sports" -- will be put up for auction.

THAT'S A WRAP: The silver medal the U.S. hockey team earned on Sunday was USA's 37th total medal of the Vancouver Games. That's not only the most of any country in Vancouver, it's the most by any country in any single Winter Olympics. It's the second...

(1) Kansas 59, (23) Texas AandM 54 JAYHAWKS SURVIVE SCARE: Trailing by 4 with 6 minutes to go, top-ranked Kansas rallies to defeat Texas A&M 59-54 and improve to 11-0 in the Big 12 and 25-1 overall. Kansas' 11-0 mark in conference play is tied...

Texas and Maryland have requested an exemption on the rule limiting recruiting for coaches-in-waiting. Looking for all of the articles regarding Texas and Big Ten expansion? Well, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has put them all in one handy blog. ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Here are some Tuesday lunch links for your lunchtime edification. Enjoy them. Jake Trotter of the Oklahoman reports that former Oklahoma lineman Brandon Walker was arrested on a complaint of driving while intoxi...

While in Italy covering the Olympics, our columnist realized how hard it must be for foreign players to leave everything behind to come play in the United States.

Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington retired Friday, a month after taking a medical leave of absence.

Kansas women's basketball coach Marian Washington is taking an indefinite leave of absence for medical reasons.

North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell and three other active college coaches are among six people who will be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame next year.

USA Basketball has extended invitations to Elton Brand, Richard Jefferson and Nick Collison.