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Willie Burton returns to Minnesota . . . to a degree

Willie Burton will walk across a stage Saturday morning to receive his University of Minnesota diploma, and it will not be difficult to distinguish him from his classmates.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Buffs hoping to stampede way back to respectability

It's been more than two decades since the football team at the University of Colorado hoisted its one and only national championship trophy, and the program has struggled to remain relevant ever since.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Big money to be made for USC figures

LOS ANGELES-Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions.
MENS BASKETBALL

Chip Scoggins: Pitino Ball will look foreign to Minnesota Gophers fans

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. ï¿½ Richard Pitino walked into a community center banquet room and a group of fans immediately surrounded him in search of autographs, pictures and a few words with the new Minnesota Gophers basketball coach.
MENS BASKETBALL

Former Tulane standout joins San Diego State

Josh Davis, formerly of Tulane, was added to the San Diego State roster after the school granted him an Athletic Offer of Aid.
FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES

Dick Vitale Gala | At 83, Bobby Bowden has no regrets, still feisty

Bobby Bowden is not sure the new college football playoff is a good thing, but he is certain he doesn't want to be on the selection committee.
STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA

Juco baseball | Palm Beach State ace stops SCF just shy of World Series

They didn't run out of gas. They just ran into a buzzsaw.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Big Ten may shake up its bowl lineup

Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Penn State defends medical changes after report

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Column: Notre Dame not chicken, just greedy

Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

CU's Webb, Lewis charged with assault in brawl

Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former Buffaloes offensive lineman Alexander Lewis were both charged with second-degree assault on Wednesday after prosecutors alleged they knocked a man unconscious in a weekend brawl.