The Big 12 Primer: Week 14

Here’s when and where you can see this week’s games. There aren’t many, and it’s the last week of the season.

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Sam Amick: Suitors line up for free agent West

With the official end of the NBA lockout near, some 400-plus players are eager to get back to work. Two-time All-Star and longtime New Orleans forward David West might top that list, having missed out on the Hornets’ playoff run with a late-March injury that required surgery and six months of rehabilition.
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Stewart Mandel: Washington State scores biggest win in years by landing Leach

It’s remarkable, really. Washington State has not been to a bowl game in eight years, going 9-40 over the past four seasons. Tucked in one of the most remote towns of any BCS conference, the school would seemingly be hard-pressed to attract a high-profile coach.
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Brian Cazeneuve: U.S.’s Julia Mancuso, Mikaela Shiffrin take third, eighth in World Cup’s slalom event

The World Anti-Doping Agency announced this week that it would extensively review its code of international rules. Recently, the agency’s policies have come into sharp conflict with the more restrictive rules of the British Olympic Association, next summer’s Olympic hosts.
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Chris Mannix: Cotto, Margarito ready for buzzworthy rematch

The fire in Miguel Cotto’s eyes smolders, eclipsed emotionally only by the tears and anguish expressed by his wife, Melissa, when the subject turns to Antonio Margarito.
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Eric Mack: Giants’ offense will push Packers to usual fantasy heights

Fantasy teams are dropping off the map. The bye weeks are over. And the stakes are the highest in leagues as the calendar flips to the final month.
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The Bonus: John Lucas has become sports whisperer for stars, projects alike

It would be a perfect setting for a basketball-based reality show, one that brings together a deliberately diverse assortment of players: different ages, different genders, different levels of talent, different strengths and — weaknesses — both physical and psychic. Sharing little besides a passion for basketball, 22 players file onto the court of the [...]

Big 12 Awards Update: Week 14

We were off last week in the awards update, but we’re back with one week of games left.

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Report: Bradley to coach Penn St. through bowl

Penn State interim coach Tom Bradley has been informed he will be in charge of the program through the Nittany Lions’ bowl game, according to a source, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Wednesday.
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Sources: Leach agrees to coach Washington St.

Mike Leach has agreed to become the new coach at Washington State, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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West Virginia seeks to dismiss Big East’s lawsuit

West Virginia is seeking to dismiss a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by the Big East after the university sued the conference in a bid to make a quick exit for the Big 12.
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ORU’s Luper, two Sooners on Naismith Women’s watch list

Oral Roberts guard Kevi Luper is among three state college basketball players included on the Naismith Women’s watch list for the 2011-12 season.
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Calls for end to hazing at drum major’s funeral

The funeral for a Florida A&M University drum major turned into a call for action Wednesday as speakers urged for an end to the hazing linked to the death of Robert Champion.
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New accuser of Sandusky sues, feels tormented

The man who filed the first sex-abuse lawsuit against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky says he feels tormented after learning others were allegedly abused after him.
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Teams under consideration for BCS bowls

The BCS has announced that 22 teams remain under consideration for BCS bowl berths, and that list includes Oregon, Stanford and, yes, UCLA.

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