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Georgetown and Marquette, who tied with departed Louisville for the title last year, will have to battle Missouri Valley champion Creighton and a Villanova team that has already defeated No. 2 Kansas. Georgetown won at No. 10 VCU 84-80 for

The Big Ten took the ACC-Big Ten challenge from the ACC for the first time in 2009, and has never given it back as they start their defense Tuesday. Ohio State’s destruction of No. 17 Marquette on the road and

In most states the big dollars go to the State University, with the agricultural/engineering university (Purdue, Texas A&M, Iowa State and Auburn) receiving the second most money, and then the sectional schools getting the crumbs. That is why the site

The new Big East took two Top-5 teams from the Big 12 to the wire Friday, with Oklahoma State having to block a last second shot to hold on against Butler and No. 2 Kansas being stunned by Villanova. The

Andrew Wiggins (Kansas) is considered the top NBA prospect, but Jabari Parker (Duke Freshman) and Jordan Adams (UCLA Sophomore) are the two prospects who have made the the strongest cases through the opening weeks of the season. The table below

UCLA’s Jordan Adams broke his foot to end UCLA’s title hopes then lost teammate Shabazz Muhammad to the NBA. But www.valueaddbasketball.com projects him as the second best returning player this season behind only Michigan’s Glenn Robinson, and with Kyle Anderson also back,

ZZ Top tried to keep Randy Johnson in Houston 25 years ago to give their Astros a chance at a World Series. Now their RBI (Rock Beard Index) has them rooting for the Boston Red Sox in the Fall Classic

In July, we reported on bankrupt Detroit’s request for $444 million from taxpayers for a new stadium for the Red Wings even though the team was fine where it was and was turning a profit. Now taxpayers in Houston are

AUBURN – As late as 2008, Grambling’s football team was named the national champion among Historically Black Colleges. However, the school has continued to struggle like other HBC schools who now have to compete with once-segregated state schools in the

Grambling forfeiting their football game Saturday would be like Alabama players deciding not to play in a few years. In comparing the program Eddie Robinson built consider that Nick Saban would have to win every game he coached through the

Mark Sanchez’s best chance to start again for the Jets might rest on Geno Smith getting injured trying to run over a defender. Smith had plenty of help from a great defensive line rushing Tom Brady, a powerful running back

For the second time in the American League Championship Series, Detroit’s Max Scherzer left with a lead only to watch a reliever give up a grand slam – this time to Shane Victorino to give the Red Sox a 5-2

When Cam Newton led Auburn to a national title they were often criticized for injuring opposing quarterbacks. Saturday they took out the biggest name in the game in Johnny Manziel in a game Newton predicted Auburn would win on al.com.

The rookie duo of the portly Hyun-Jin Ryu and sculpted Yasiel Puig helped pull the Dodgers within 2-1 in the NLCS. Ryu returned to the dominant form that ranked him No. 6 among all pitchers through August 16, and Puig

As if Michigan fans had not had a bad enough week with their upset loss to Penn State and the  SEC having a record eight teams in the Top 25, a conservative Virginia legislator is now predicting even the Wolverines

The top two pitching teams in baseball are squaring off against the top two hitting teams in baseball to try to make the World Series, and so far the batters have the edge. The best hitting team in all of

Anibal Sanchez flirted with a no-hitter again, then had to watch from the bench as Boston’s Daniel Nava fought a pitch into center field to break it up in the ninth, and Quintin Berry came in as a pinch runner to

Michael Wacha did not allow a run for the fourth time in seven starts – and that was what it took to outduel Clayton Kershaw 1-0 and give the St. Louis Cardinals a two games to none lead in the

Adrian Peterson tragically met his son who died on Friday because he was allegedly beaten by his mother’s boyfriend for the first time on his death bed. The woman had believed another man was the father until the boy was

Two of Detroit’s biggest stars came through when it mattered most on Thursday, as Justin Verlander took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Miguel Cabrera clobbered a two-run home run at Oakland to lead Detroit to a 3-0 victory

The only reason Jose Lobaton (.184 average with one home run in September, hitless in playoffs) was in the game to face Koji Uehara (1.09 ERA, 21 Saves this season), was a little known rule turned the Tampa Bay Rays

Those cynical about politicians’ inability to cut spending amid the government shutdown only need to look at the A’s and Raiders wins Sunday in the Oakland Coliseum. It used to be taxpayers might be asked to subsidize one stadium to

Breitbart Sports drew some negative comments when we proclaimed on July 23 that the Los Angeles Dodgers, with a mediocre 51-47 record, were the best team in baseball. Some said we were over reacting to a hot streak, but what

Tampa Bay pitcher David Price apologized via twitter just before 3 p.m. EDT Sunday for previous tweets that caught the attention of a Boston radio station and others. Price was not happy about David Ortiz watching to see if his

The Value Add game-by-game breakdown for Sonny Gray’s great first season shows that he had only gone eight innings twice – both times against the hapless Houston Astros. It also shows that he was receiving 10 runs of support a game

Breitbart Sports noted Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Max Scherzer was one of only five pitchers in baseball to have a winning record when his team only scored one to three runs. On Friday he became the first to do it

CLEVELAND – Just 15 days ago the biggest thing fans had to look forward to was Thursday’s halftime celebration of Jim Brown’s great career (1st photo below). Instead, the team won their third straight since trading away Trent Richardson Thursday

CLEVELAND – Many offices here told employees to wear Indians gear to work, and fans who couldn’t get tickets watched a few blocks away at places like a luxury bowling alley (photo above). However, just before midnight fans cleared out

The Dodgers are being given a huge edge by many in Game 1 due to having the best pitcher on the mound in Clayton Kershaw, but in pitchers’ duels this year the Braves starter Kris Medlin has been much better.

When a team scored four runs their pitcher was able to get them the victory 56 percent of the time this season. The final 2013 game-by-game tab on the final database at www.valueaddbaseball.com is complete, and it also shows that

Like Tampa Bay the day before, the Pittsburgh Pirates won a do-or-die game with the opposing ace unavailable. Francisco Liriano shut down the Reds, whose Johnny Cueto gave up second-inning home runs with Marlon Byrd and Russell Martin filling in

Due to the federal government shutdown, this weekend’s college football game between Air Force and Navy has been canceled as the Department of Defense temporarily suspends intercollegiate athletics at its service academies. According to the Air Force Times, “the sold-out contest

Despite missing a half dozen starts this season, David Price surged to a No. 34 ranking in the www.valueaddbaseball.com database after winning the final start of the season and 4,728th start in the database. Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer finished

Rays ace David Price dominated the tie-breaking game Monday to send the Rays to Cleveland Wednesday. Price surprised many when he came out for the eighth and ninth innings to finish a dominant performance against a great hitting Rangers team