INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers will honor Jerry West with an empty seat at their new arena and a court decal with the Hall of Famer's initials this season. He served as a consultant for the franchise from 2017 until his death in June at age 86. The team will debut the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Big 12 Conference may have lost longtime members Oklahoma and Texas and welcomed four new teams this season, but there are still a bunch of familiar women's basketball programs that are expected to contend for the title in ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — No. 17 Kansas State knew that West Virginia would try to shut down Big 12 rushing leader DJ Giddens, and that enabled quarterback Avery Johnson to put together a career game. Johnson threw three touchdown passes in the Wildcats' 45-18 win over West Virginia on ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — No. 17 Kansas State knew that West Virginia would try to shut down Big 12 rushing leader DJ Giddens, and that enabled quarterback Avery Johnson to put together a career game. Johnson threw three touchdown passes in the Wildcats' ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kansas State's Avery Johnson had a feeling several months ago that running back DJ Giddens was going to regularly wear down opponents. Giddens has proven his quarterback right. The junior has two straight games of at least 182 ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht believes the Cyclones have yet to hit their peak during their best start in 86 years. Carson Hansen rushed for three scores, Becht threw a touchdown pass and No. 11 Iowa State beat West Virginia 28-16 on Saturday night. The ...
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches have tabbed Kansas as the preseason favorite to win a conference that had nine of its current teams make the NCAA Tournament last season. The Jayhawks were picked ahead of Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and league-newcomer Arizona in a vote that was released ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell knows how good his team has been on the road. He also needs no reminder what happened to the Cyclones the last time they traveled to West Virginia. The Mountaineers picked apart the Big 12's top ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State football players get a short history lesson almost every day from Matt Campbell. Very short. "133 years!" the coach might say or shout at practice or during a meeting. ISU has played 133 seasons and is yet to win an ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Texas Tech leads several holdover programs standing tall in the new-look Big 12. The conference has added eight schools the past two years, and several are affecting the race to reach the title game. But longtime members Tech, ...
By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer Big 12 football figured to seem a tad strange without Texas and Oklahoma hanging around the top of the league standings after the Longhorns and Sooners defected to the Southeastern Conference. No one, however, could have forecast some of the early-season ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Garrett Greene threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gallagher with 26 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 32-28 victory over Kansas in their Big 12 opener Saturday. The Mountaineers (2-2) overcame an 11-point deficit and withstood a lightning delay of about ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Garrett Greene threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Gallagher with 26 seconds left to lift West Virginia to a 32-28 victory over Kansas in their Big 12 opener Saturday. The Mountaineers (2-2) overcame an 11-point deficit and ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — No. 3 Ohio State had an unusually early bye last week in the midst of a tune-up schedule that has already seen the Buckeyes outscore opponents by a combined 108-6. The Buckeyes dropped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the AP poll while other ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A linebacker at Division II West Virginia State was fatally shot during what the university said Thursday is being investigated by police as a home invasion. The body of Jyilek Zyiare Harrington, 21, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was found inside an apartment ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trailing by 10 and the clock dwindling, there was no panic on the Pittsburgh sideline. No nervousness. No anxiety. Given the way Eli Holstein is playing, why would there be? Twice in eight days, the Panthers have been down big late to a longtime rival. And twice in eight ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trailing by 10 and the clock dwindling, there was no panic on the Pittsburgh sideline. No nervousness. No anxiety. Given the way Eli Holstein is playing, why would there be? Twice in eight days, the Panthers have been down big late to a ...