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Packer Is Leaving CBS After 27 Seasons

Billy Packer, the occasionally controversial CBS Sports college basketball analyst, is leaving the network and will be replaced by Clark Kellogg.

Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 9:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, NCAA Basketball Tournament, CBS Corp|CBS|NYSE, Packer, Billy

Sports of The Times: Old World Lesson for the New N.B.A.

Some young players may decide that it makes more sense to play professional basketball in Europe than to play semipro, N.C.A.A. basketball for free.

Posted Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:56 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, Education and Schools, Jennings, Brandon

Tv Sports: NBC Remains Faithful to Struggling Notre Dame

Notre Dame and NBC Sports reached a deal Thursday guaranteeing that the university’s home football games will remain on the network through the 2015 season.

Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:04 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Television, University of Notre Dame, National Broadcasting Co

Pacific-10 Commissioner to Announce His Retirement

The Pacific-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen will announce his retirement on Monday afternoon, in the second major change to college athletics leadership in less than a week.

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 4:02 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Hansen, Tom

Tranghese, Commissioner of Big East, to Step Down in 2009

Mike Tranghese joined as the Big East’s first full-time employee in 1979, and has served as commissioner since his friend and mentor Dave Gavitt left in June 1990.

Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Big East Conference, Tranghese, Mike

East Carolina 9, Columbia 0: Breakthrough Season Is Over for Columbia

John Baumann allowed one run in four innings in an N.C.A.A. Division I regional game Saturday, but he could not save the fourth-seeded Lions from elimination.

Posted Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Baseball, Columbia University, Baumann, John

Coastal Carolina 10, Columbia 2: Columbia Takes an Early Lead, but Loses Its N.C.A.A. Opener

Coastal Carolina caught up to Columbia in the third inning and never looked back as it sent the Lions into the losers’ bracket in N.C.A.A. Division 1 regional play.

Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 10:09 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Baseball, Columbia University, Coastal Carolina

Trinity 5, Johns Hopkins 4: Trinity Loses, but Wins Title

Trinity College rallied for two runs in the ninth inning to take the N.C.A.A. Division III baseball title, after a loss earlier in the day broke its 44-game unbeaten streak.

Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Baseball, Trinity College

Northwestern 10, Pennsylvania 6: In Game of Keep-Away, Northwestern Wins Title

Northwestern did all the right things Sunday night in frustrating and beating Pennsylvania for its fourth consecutive N.C.A.A. women’s lacrosse title.

Posted Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:12 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Lacrosse, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania

Lone Stumbling Block Stands in Front of Northwestern’s 4th Title

Northwestern has won the last three N.C.A.A. titles. The Wildcats (20-1) are seeded No. 1 here (Penn is No. 2). Northwestern’s offense is frenetic, its defense relentless in double teaming.

Posted Saturday, May 24, 2008 3:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Lacrosse, Northwestern University

A Final Four That Is Filled With Talent and Tradition

Marquee matchups on Saturday kick off the weekend in Massachusetts as lacrosse’s premier event returns to New England for the first time in more than two decades.

Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 9:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Lacrosse

Northwestern Keeps Hope Alive for 4th Title in a Row

Northwestern, trying for its fourth straight women’s lacrosse title, is still on course, but it got a scare before beating Syracuse, 16-8, on Friday night in the national semifinals.

Posted Friday, May 23, 2008 9:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Women, Lacrosse, Northwestern University

Making Opponents See Double

Rhamel and Shamel Bratton, identical twins from Huntington, N.Y., have helped Virginia’s lacrosse team reach the Final Four.

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Lacrosse, University of Virginia

Picture Columbia as Ivy Champion

Columbia University is preparing for its first N.C.A.A. Division baseball tournament appearance since 1976.

Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 10:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Baseball, Colleges and Universities, Coaches and Managers, Brown, Mike, Columbia University

St. John’s Walk-Ons Fill the Basepaths to Success

The Red Storm’s baseball program has become a consistent winner in the Northeast by relying largely on local players from what is considered by many scouts to be a shallow talent pool.

Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:40 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Baseball, St John's University

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