Villanova's two-sport standout Matt Szczur
has passed on a possible professional football career to accept a reported
$1.5 million contract to remain with the Chicago Cubs organization.

The ninth-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys
fully expect to challenge for the Big 12 Conference title this season, and
they open the 2011 campaign with a non-league bout against the visiting
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns.

There is a tendency in today's
sports world to overreact. In an era when we want everything and we
want it yesterday, too often teams and players are considered all-time
greats one day and crippling disappointments the next, with little in
between.

One of the Big 12's marquee matchups this
weekend pits the sixth-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys against the 22nd-ranked
Texas Longhorns.

It didn't take long.

Another postseason college football game will
hit the landscape next year, as the Miami Beach Bowl will begin play in 2014.

At every turn in the days leading up to the NCAA
Division I Football Championship Game, North Dakota State running back D.J.
McNorton seemed to be wearing a baseball cap.

The Eastern Kentucky offensive linemen try
to keep running back Matt Denham humble.

Blake Cundiff says it happens often in the
weight room used by University of Albany football players.

As if the 150th meeting between the
Lafayette and Lehigh football teams wasn't special enough ...

Florida State wide receiver Taiwan
Easterling, who was second on the Seminoles with five touchdown catches last
season, announced he has signed a professional contract with the Chicago Cubs
and will not return to school.

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
2010 SEASON IN REVIEW: The 2010 season was a revival of sorts for the Florida
State Seminoles, who returned to national prominence under first-year head
coach Jimbo Fisher. The Seminoles captured...

Recent NFL Draft choice Daniel Kilgore of
Appalachian State hosted a field trip for special-education students at the
university's athletics facilities on Monday.

The University of Rhode Island announced the
hiring of Central Florida defensive coordinator Jim Fleming as its new head
football coach on Friday.

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) -
2010 SEASON IN REVIEW: Tom O'Brien was able to keep his team healthy in 2010
and the result was a squad that managed to produce nine victories and finish a
solid 5-3 in ACC play, good for a tie...