Andrew Bagnato

They were repainting the sign atop Beaver Stadium the other day. The sign used to read: WE ARE PENN STATE. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1982, 1986. A visitor wondered whether the Nittany...

Big Ten football is the scent of grilled bratwurst wafting through the tree-lined streets outside Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. It's the sight of pancake-flat farmland, punctuated only by grain...

Jim Cummins, who scored the game-winning goal for the Blackhawks Tuesday night, doesn't get much playing time on the fourth line. But, he says "it's not tough at all to...

Trapped: The Blackhawks acknowledged Tuesday they were surprised by the Canucks' neutral-zone trap defense in Game 1 of their semifinal series. The Canucks are better known as a freewheeling offensive...

Unlike many Notre Dame quarterbacks, Joe Montana wasn't a household name by his sophomore season. In fact, he wasn't even the undisputed starter as his junior year began. After sitting...

Baseball used a three-week spring training in 1990 after the owners locked the players out of camp. Most veteran players and pitchers said then that they had plenty of time...

The major-league baseball players' 232-day strike ended Friday, but the game's labor dispute did not. Shortly after a Manhattan federal judge ruled against the owners, major-league players declared an end...

Men's gymnastics received a two-year reprieve Tuesday. The NCAA agreed to continue sponsoring through at least 1996-97 championships in sports with fewer than 40 teams. Only 36 schools, seven of...

It's been a while: San Diego will play in only its third AFC championship game. The Chargers lost conference title games after the 1980 and 1981 seasons. Miami hasn't won...

A month after controversy erupted over 6-4-1 Notre Dame's invitation to the Fiesta Bowl, the College Football Bowl Alliance has raised the standards for the Irish to qualify for a...