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No. 1 Miami to host Pitt, pay tribute to 2001 national championship team on Saturday

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The 2001 Miami Hurricanes, a group that went unbeaten, won a national championship, had a record 38 players selected in the NFL draft and certainly has a case to be called the greatest team in college football history, will reunite this weekend. Talk about perfect timing. They'll be watching the No. 1 team in the country. For the first time since that era, the Hurricanes will take the field as the nation's top-ranked team. No. 1 Miami (6-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) will play host to Pitt (5-2, 2-2), with the fabled '01 team set to be recognized in a ...

March Madness is bigger for 2027. It’s unclear exactly how that will look in terms of who gets bids

Virginia's Kymora Johnson remembers anxiously sitting through the unveiling of last season's NCAA women's tournament, unsure whether her Cavaliers would make the March Madness cut. Their name didn't pop up until the last slot, triggering a "we're going to show you" motivation that ultimately turned a 10th-seeded First Four team into a Sweet 16 party crasher. "We were very, very blessed with that opportunity last year," the all-Atlantic Coast Conference guard said. Stories like those have long been woven into the fabric of March Madness. Only now, the madness has grown with both the ...

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES

OHIO Anna 29, Versailles 22 Ansonia 48, Union City Mississinawa Valley 12 Antwerp 22, Defiance Ayersville 21 Arlington 27, Arcadia 26 Ashland 49, Lexington 7 Ashland Mapleton 30, Ashland Crestview 20 Ashtabula Edgewood 25, Jefferson Area 21 Ashville Teays Valley 55, Logan 21 Athens 14, Nelsonville-York 13 Aurora 28, Copley 24 Avon 55, Elyria 7 Avon Lake 31, Berea-Midpark 27 Barnesville 42, Belmont Union Local 35 Batavia Clermont NE 54, Lees Creek E. Clinton 0 Beaver Eastern 54, Franklin Furnace Green 8 Bellbrook 35, Hamilton Ross 0 Bellefontaine Benjamin ...

Golden Bears use big second half to win regional semi against Weir

NEW MANCHESTER — Sometimes it really is a tail of two halves. Thursday's Class AA/A Region 1 girls soccer showdown between Hancock County rivals Weir and Oak Glen certainly was. After a scoreless first half in which the Red Riders defended well and had some opportunities, the second ...

Red Knights sweep tourney opener

TORONTO - It has been said it is hard to beat a team three times in one season. The Toronto volleyball team was able to do just that in its match against Conotton Valley. The top-seeded Red Knights rolled to a victory in the first set, and the girls from the Gem City did not look back en route to taking down the ninth-seeded Rockets, 25-6, 25-20, 25-21, in an Ohio Division VII Eastern District Sectional Co-Final Thursday night inside the George J. Kunzler Memorial Gymnasium. "It was definitely a good night," Toronto (21-2) head coach Shannon Bahen said. "We wanted to stay focused. We ...

St. Clairsville withstands Edison’s best shot

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Edison punched St. Clairsville in the mouth early in Thursday’s Ohio Division IV, East 2 boys’ sectional tournament soccer tournament, but like a championship boxer, the Red Devils got off the artificial pitch and lived to play another day. Sparked by three goals from ...