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SALT LAKE CITY - As expected, Boise State was the top choice by both the media and coaches to win the 2009 Western Athletic Conference football championship.

ROME -- Down goes Phelps.It was bound to happen some day to Michael Phelps. But not this way and not in this race and certainly not at the hands of a relatively anonymous German swimmer with an exceedingly modest resume.

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois and Northwestern are talking about moving their annual Big Ten football game to Wrigley Field.

There is almost no mode of transportation not being used to right now to tell the world that Brett Favre has retired - again.

Jesse Rasner pitched a complete game for the Nevada Bighorns summerbaseball team in a 10-6 win over the Redding Colt 45s on Saturday inRedding, Calif.The Bighorns ended up losing two of three in the weekend series as the

The annual Western Athletic Conference Media Day is Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City.

RENO (AP) - Nevada athletic director Cary Groth has been voted into the athletic hall of fame at her alma mater, Northern Illinois.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Boise State will head east to play Virginia Tech in 2010.School officials announced the matchup Thursday.

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . .

SAN FRANCISCO - The West Coast Conference tournament is staying in Vegas.

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) - TCU football coach Gary Patterson said Tuesday he was happy that college football media picked his Horned Frogs as the preseason favorite to win the 2009 Mountain West Conference.

BOSTON - The Boston College football team has its eye on a new recruit: You.

Do you remember when Pele was supposed to make soccer mainstream in the United States? And what about when, 30 years later, David Beckham was supposed to do the same thing?

It was a tough day for the Nevada Bighorns summer college baseball team which dropped a doubleheader against the Redding Colt 45s on Saturday at John L. Harvey Field.The Bighorns lost the opener 11-3 and the nightcap 6-1.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Former Ohio State coach John Cooper remembers when he was a young assistant going to coaching conventions hoping to catch a glimpse of Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, Bo Schembechler and Bear Bryant.

Once again, Northern Nevada racers and race fans are short one track. Nevada Motorsports Productions, the operators of the clay oval at Reno-Fernley Raceway have ceased operations and will not re-open this season. I received an e-mail from promoter...

NEW YORK (AP) - Notre Dame and Army will play the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium next year, rekindling a tradition that took off after Knute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech more than 80 years ago.

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Only 14 shopping days remain for the San Francisco Giants to prove to their loyal fans they are serious about getting to the National League playoffs. The Giants, as usual, need our help. So we have a...

RENO - Coaches in the Western Athletic Conference often praise their conference rivals, but most of the time it is to avoid ruffling any feathers. Mike Leach, though, sounds genuine when he tells people that he has much respect for the Nevada...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A state prosecutor said Wednesday a complaint filed by a woman in an alleged extortion attempt of Louisville coach Rick Pitino won't be prosecuted because it lacks supporting evidence.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Spinal surgery for former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian has been delayed.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been voted the Golden Spikes Award, presented each year to the top amateur player in the United States by USA Baseball.

Eric Maupin and Derek Mayer combined on a four-hit shutout as theNevada Bighorns summer college baseball team rolled to a 19-0 win overthe Sacramento Red Sox on Monday in Sacramento.

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil.

After playing Little League as a child, and yes there was a Little League back then, I'll throw out some suggestions that should be heeded. The first one is get rid of the mandatory play rule in all-stars. The whole notion behind all-stars is...

Jesse Brinkley has been on the outside looking in ever since season one of NBC's "The Contender," wrapped up in 2005.

The Nevada Bighorns summer college baseball team made two comebacks on Saturday against the Southern Oregon Riverdawgs of Medford at Western Nevada College's John L. Harvey Field.

INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Peirsol broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke at U.S. nationals Saturday night, beating previous owner Ryan Lochte and lowering his second world mark in three days.

A four-run eighth inning was enough to support the complete-game,two-hit effort of Jon Flinn as the Southern Oregon Riverdawgs ofMedford beat the Nevada Bighorns summer college baseball team 5-1 on

There was no knockout. The crowd didn't have the same fire. But the final result was what Jesse Brinkley wanted.Consider the southpaw test passed.