Tarrion Adams rushed for 207 yards and 3 touchdowns as Tulsa defeated No. 23 Ball State, 45-13, in a soggy GMAC Bowl on Tuesday night....

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The first time Florida quarterback Tim Tebow faced a large crowd, he trembled with nervousness. Still months away from emerging as a high school star in northern Florida, Tebow, then 15, had never felt 10,000 sets of eyes upon him....

The first day of the year used to be a daylong celebration of foo’ball in warm places, but the N.H.L. has played carpe diem by giving us steambreath under a gray sky....

The pox that is the BCS is spreading. No longer does it ruin only the bowl season; its sinister influence is everywhere now. Take the Big 12....

The Big 12 shirked all responsibility and gutlessly cowed to a system unable to select two teams, let alone one, when it relied on BCS Standings to determine its South Division Champion....

The Big 12 shirked all responsibility and gutlessly cowed to a system unable to select two teams, let alone one, when it relied on BCS Standings to determine its South Division Champion....

In the initial moments of shock and heartbreak following Oregon State's regular season-ending, 65-38 loss Saturday night to rival Oregon, Beavers cornerback Keenan Lewis dropped to the ground and stared up at the sky. With a win, Oregon State would have advanced to the Rose Bowl for the first time.....

In the initial moments of shock and heartbreak following Oregon State's regular season-ending, 65-38 loss Saturday night to rival Oregon, Beavers cornerback Keenan Lewis dropped to the ground and stared up at the sky. With a win, Oregon State would have advanced to the Rose Bowl for the first time.....

Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops has been lobbying hard for his third-ranked Sooners, who are on the outside looking in with Big 12 rival Texas ahead of them in the polls....

Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops has been lobbying hard for his third-ranked Sooners, who are on the outside looking in with Big 12 rival Texas ahead of them in the polls....