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NEW YORK (AP) ? Mike Krzyzewski will keep adding to his record victory total. There is no doubt about that.How long he stays on the Duke bench and how far he goes past No. 903 is anyone?s guess.?I just play every game the same and they just kept adding up,? Krzyzewski said after the sixth-ranked Blue Devils? 74-69 victory over Michigan State on Tuesday night in the State Farm Champions Classic. That win ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg hadn?t been sleeping well.The Cyclones were preparing for their first road game of the year at Drake, a game many thought they would win with ease. The source of Hoiberg?s restlessness was witnessing sloppy practices throughout the week, all the while sensing that the focus just wasn?t there.Imagine how poorly Hoiberg slept Tuesday night.Ben Simons scored ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? The former Penn State assistant football coach at the heart of a massive sex scandal said he showered with young boys and hugged them but called the allegedly criminal contact ?horseplay.?Jerry Sandusky told NBC News? ?Rock Center? on Monday night that he was not a pedophile but, in retrospect, should not have showered with the boys he?s charged with sexually assaulting.In an interview with ...

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) ? The Big Ten has taken Joe Paterno?s name off the Big Ten?s football championship trophy.League commissioner Jim Delany said Monday that it is ?inappropriate? to keep Paterno?s name on the trophy that will be awarded Dec. 3 after the first Big Ten title game.Penn State fired Paterno, its longtime head coach, last week and investigations are under way into allegations of child sex-abuse...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State sophomore Royce White has been named the Big 12?s Rookie of the Week following his strong debut for the Cyclones.White scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Cyclones got past Lehigh 86-77 on Saturday.White, a Minneapolis native sat out last season after transferring from Minnesota, was 9-of-15 shooting and added two assists and three blocks in the victory.White...

The U9 Thunder of the Fairfield Area Soccer Association won all three of their tournament games Nov. 5 to finish first in division play. Members of the team are, from left, front row: Ailene Carlos, Eli Moore, Luke Teeple, Yana Gaskell; back row: Dagan Burnett, Landen Schafer, Kyle Schubick and Budhil Thijm. Not pictured: Sage Cenatori.

NEW YORK (AP) ? The NBA players rejected the league?s latest offer Monday and have begun the process to disband the union.The decision likely jeopardizes the season.?We?re prepared to file this antitrust action against the NBA,? union executive director Billy Hunter said. ?That?s the best situation where players can get their due process.?He said players were not prepared to accept the NBA Commissioner ...

About 12 Fairfield wrestlers could be found in the padded little space known as the FHS wrestling room Thursday in an attempt to shake off the offseason cobwebs.While practice for the Trojan wrestling program doesn?t officially begin until Monday, it hasn?t stopped a slew of dedicated individuals from meeting one day per week over the past three months. New head coach Steve Miller and a couple assistants also ...

CEDAR FALLS (AP) ? Northern Iowa football player Varmah Sonie has been stabbed during a street fight in Cedar Falls.Police say 21-year-old Sonie was being treated Sunday for a non-life-threatening injury. Football coach Mark Farlay told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (http://bit.ly/sfQed9 ) that Sonie was expected to be released from a hospital later in the day.Police say the large fight broke out on West ...

Pictured are award winners from the Fairfield cross country banquet held Monday evening, from left: Jonah Marks (Rookie of the Year), Andrew Kessel (Perfect Teammate Award) and Brandon Taglauer (Most Improved and Most Valuable Runner).

NEW YORK (AP) ? David Stern is ready to start a 72-game season on Dec. 15.Players, however, aren?t prepared to make that happen just yet.If they choose to reject the league?s latest ultimatum, they will get a far harsher offer, one that could put the entire NBA season in jeopardy.The answer should come early next week ? and Stern made it clear: Yes or no, no more negotiating.?I would not presume to ...

Fairfield football players receiving awards at Thursday night?s end-of-season banquet are pictured, from left: Jake Mineart (Mark Campbell Memorial Most Outstanding Lineman), Spencer Peterman (Most Outstanding Receiver), Dillon Fry (Most Outstanding Offensive Back), Davis Lowenberg (Brad Wickliff Memorial Attitude Award and Offensive MVP), Zach Vivier (Duke Bisbey Memorial Senior Leadership Award), Corbin Harwood ...