”state” News

Arizona St. defeats No. 7 Stanford in OT

TEMPE, Ariz. - After two Arizona State starters had fouled out, James Harden knew it was up to him to carry the Sun Devils.
02 15 2008 11:31PM (...more)

Projecting the Field of 65: Texas, Louisville moving up

By Ryan Fagan -   This is based on records and accomplishments through today, not a prediction of what the final seeds will be at the end of the conference tournaments. No. 1 seeds: Memphis (C-USA), Kansas (Big 12),
02 13 2008 10:47PM (...more)

California Senate Approves Bill To Outlaw Skimming RFID Tags

The California State Senate voted to make it a crime to skim information stored on RFID tags.
02 1 2008 10:10PM (...more)

Boston College upsets No. 21 Miami

BOSTON - Boston College coach Al Skinner challenged his players after two embarrassing losses, and point guard Tyrese Rice took the brunt of it.
01 17 2008 12:26AM (...more)

UNC, Memphis, Kansas lead AP poll

The last of the unbeatens are 1-2-3 in the Top 25 — again.
01 15 2008 12:43PM (...more)

Our view on college football: Student-athletes? Colleges use them then lose them

When the NCAA released its annual report on graduation rates for college athletes in October, President Myles Brand proclaimed that "in the athletic culture, the idea of academic performance is taking hold." He couldn't have been thinking of the universities profiting so handsomely from the current lineup of bowl games.
01 3 2008 4:59AM (...more)

Baker, Bowman among five Penn State players to miss Alamo Bowl

SAN ANTONIO - Two Penn State players charged with assault in connection with a campus fight will miss the Alamo Bowl .
12 27 2007 2:23PM (...more)

UCLA football must spend big time to reach the big time

By Tom Dienhart -   Everyone has heard the adage: You usually get what you pay for. No school is a better example of that than UCLA. The UCLA name has lots of glitz and sex appeal. But the program lacks sufficient infrastructure to be consistently successful. It's
12 11 2007 3:39PM (...more)

Washington state's primary system argued

WASHINGTON - To Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed, Washington's long tradition of a wide-open primary system represents the old-fashioned individual freedoms championed in the West.
10 2 2007 11:23AM (...more)

Cities to receive money for fighting homelessness

State-by-state look at cities, counties and communities where stimulus money will be distributed to combat homelessness and the dollars for each location, according to the Housing and Urban Development Department: ___ ALASKA Alaska state program: $1,143,986 Anchorage:
07 14 2009 10:29PM (...more)