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We need more athletes like Benjamin Watson.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Wilson ran for 178 yards and three touchdowns and No. 12 Arizona claimed the Pac-12 South title by holding on for a 42-35 victory over No. 13 Arizona State on Friday.

MADISON -- More than eight months after the University of Wisconsin lost to Penn State in 2013’s regular-season finale, Gary Andersen wanted his team to relive it.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Hogan passed for 234 yards and two touchdowns, and Stanford crushed No. 9 UCLA's hopes for the Pac-12 South title and a College Football Playoff spot with a 31-10…

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Marcus Murphy scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 12-yard run with 4:38 remaining and Markus Golden recovered a fumble to seal No. 17 Missouri's 21-14 victory Friday agains…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — D'Angelo Russell scored 14 points, Sam Thompson had 13 points and No. 16 Ohio State got big contributions from its big men in beating James Madison 73-56 on Friday.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Western Kentucky coach Jeff Brohm didn't want a crazy game with No. 19 Marshall to go on any longer.

We need more athletes like Benjamin Watson.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Brooks scored 24 points, Jessica Jackson added 22 and Arkansas pulled away from No. 17 Iowa 77-67 on Friday at the South Pointe Thanksgiving Shootout.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — As if there weren't already enough humiliating elements to San Francisco's lopsided loss to its biggest rival on Thanksgiving night, owner Jed York weighed in on an …

BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler hit four free throws late in the game and finished with 22 points, Derrick Rose scored 21 points and the Chicago Bulls pulled out a 109-102 win over the Boston Celti…

NEW YORK (AP) — Ray Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, which has been "vacated immediately," the players' union said Friday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnny Manziel says he tried to avoid an altercation with a man who was "very aggressive" when he approached the Browns' rookie quarterback in the lobby of his apartment build…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Perry Ellis scored 24 points, Cliff Alexander added 16 and No. 11 Kansas beat Tennessee 82-67 Friday in an Orlando Classic semifinal.

Grambling's proud football program is back to its winning ways.

FAENZA, Italy (AP) — Scuderia Toro Rosso says 20-year-old Spanish driver Carlos Sainz Jr. will pair with Max Verstappen for the Formula One team in 2015.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Thunder say point guard Russell Westbrook will return to action Friday night against the New York Knicks.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The sister of an Ohio State football player says his family has reported him missing after he left his apartment, then uncharacteristically missed two practices and didn'…

SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian hospital says Pele's condition is improving as he undergoes temporary kidney treatment in an intensive care unit.

LONDON (AP) — Susie Wolff has been promoted to official test driver for Williams for the 2015 Formula One season, increasing her chances of becoming the first female racer on the grid since 1976.