Andy Staples: Snap Judgments: Indiana’s gripe, Keenum’s big day and more

Thoughts, observations and helpful suggestions as the college football season hurtles toward the BCS apocalypse.

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Stewart Mandel: After Iowa’s latest comeback win, time to stop doubting Hawkeyes

You’d think I would have learned by now never to doubt Iowa. Silly me. Early in the third quarter Saturday, after Ricky Stanzi’s third of five interceptions set up Indiana at the Hawkeyes’ four-yard line with a chance to possibly go up 28-7, I made the mistake of posting this prophecy on Twitter: “I don’t [...]

Cory McCartney: Utah’s Smithson more than big brother; he’s guardian of 15-year-old

He prefers to be called Shaky. It’s the nickname that Antoine Smithson earned long before genetics kicked in and countless hours in the weight room packed 210 pounds onto his 6-foot-2 frame. As a six-year-old playing basketball and football in the projects of Baltimore, he displayed an innate skill for eluding trouble; he found he [...]

Sooners lead Kansas State 28-9 at halftime

Landry Jones has tossed three touchdowns, two to Ryan Broyles and one to Dejuan Miller.
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Huskers Fall at Texas

Despite a team-high 10 kills from Lindsey Licht, the eighth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team lost to second-ranked Texas, 3-0 Friday evening in Gregory Gymnasium.

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Rain puts Johnson, Martin on front row at Talladega

If Clint Eastwood had been at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday to ask Mark Martin his iconic movie question, “Do I feel lucky?” Martin’s answer would have been an emphatic affirmative.
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NASCAR to keep close eye on blocking at Talladega

Restrictor-plate racing presents a different set of variables for NASCAR officials, particularly when it comes to policing aggressive driving. And that was more than evident Friday at Talladega Superspeedway when Sprint Cup Series director John Darby warned drivers to tone down things after at least five cars were damaged in a crash just minutes after [...]

OU: 3 storylines

Kansas State’s strength is rushing the football, and it does it in a physical, punishing way. Oklahoma has had recent success defensively against finesse teams like Baylor, Texas and Kansas. The Sooners …
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OU: 3 storylines

Kansas State’s strength is rushing the football, and it does it in a physical, punishing way. Oklahoma has had recent success defensively against finesse teams like Baylor, Texas and Kansas. The Sooners …
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OU Notebook: Tickets available

Kansas State returned a limited number of tickets Saturday’s 6 p.m. home game and those be available for purchase.
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OU Notebook: Tickets available

Kansas State returned a limited number of tickets Saturday’s 6 p.m. home game and those be available for purchase.
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Ben Reiter: Yankees cornerstone Pettitte defined by single-minded focus

During the past few days, Pedro Martinez has spent a lot of time telling us — usually rather amusingly — about all of the things that Pedro Martinez is. He is the most influential player that has ever stepped in Yankee Stadium. He is the would-be King of New York. He is a Christian. He [...]

Joe Lemire: Umps can blame TV, Internet for increased scrutiny

PHILADELPHIA — The seeming increase in bad umpiring this postseason may just be a television- and Internet-created phenomenon.

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Joe Sheehan: Blown calls by umps are a problem, but one that can be easily solved

PHILADELPHIA — The first two games of the World Series have been, refreshingly, about the players. We’ve seen the artistry of Cliff Lee and A.J. Burnett, the power of Chase Utley and Mark Teixeira, the grace under fire of Mariano Rivera. We haven’t seen, for the most part, the fumbling by managers and stumbling by [...]

Whitlock | Jayhawks will win mediocre Big 12 Nortrh

At least on the University of Kansas campus, order has been restored.The Oklahoma Sooners pretty much ended the festering rivalry between the Kansas football and basketball players.

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