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By RALH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer The NCAA football oversight committee on Thursday approved a waiver to the deadline for bowl certification so another game can be added to this season's lineup, upping the number to 42 and ensuring all teams that finished 6-6 can play in the postseason. The additional game, likely to be held in Texas, was a late replacement for the bowl that was scheduled to be played in San Francisco this season. The Redbox bowl was canceled in early September. “This is utilizing an existing license that was held by the San Francisco bowl,” Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said. The MAC, Mountain West and Conference USA made the waiver request. After last Saturday's games, there were 83 bowl Dr Marte...

And just like that, the U.S. medal hopes in bobsledding at the Beijing Olympics just got much stronger. The reigning world champion in both monobob and women’s bobsledding was sworn in as a citizen in San Diego on Thursday, ending her long saga to become an American and have the right to compete for the U.S. at the Olympics. She does not yet have her passport, but that is likely to be little more than a formality. Without the passport, there was almost no chance the Canadian-born Humphries would have been allowed to slide at the Olympics. “Most stressful morning ever, but it’s done,” Humphries told Hey Dude Shoes The Associated Press from the plane as she was leaving San Diego. It was a whirlwind finale to the process. Humphries raced in a World Cup stop...

By HANK KURZ Jr., AP Sports Writer Bronco Mendenhall said the thought that it was time to do something else first came to him the day after his team's dispiriting loss to Virginia Tech. In the ensuing days, Virginia's coach considered other solutions, but as the week progressed he felt more clarity. He announced Thursday he's stepping down. Mendenhall will coach the Cavaliers in their bowl game,NFL Jerseys for Cheap then abruptly end a six-year tenure during which “earned, not given” became a mantra for the program, and an upward trajectory slowed considerably the last two years. "I would love to say there’s been this buildup and a long amount of epiphanies and thought, but clearly this week there was a sense of clarity to me that I needed to step back f...

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Jake Dickert was introduced Thursday as the new head football coach at Washington State and vowed to “bring the Pac-12 championship back here to Pullman, Washington.” Dickert was elevated last week from interim coach after the Cougars pounded rival Washington 40-13 in the annual Apple Cup game in Seattle. “My main goal is to re-energize and refocus our program,” Dickert said at a news conference with former WSU coaches Mike Price and Jim Walden in the audience. “We're going to have a lot of success.” Dickert is a product of small-town Wisconsin, Hey Dude Women's Shoes and said rural Pullman "fits me. I'm excited about setting down roots.” Dickert posted a 3-2 record after he was appoint...

By IAN HARRISON, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 13 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and the Toronto Raptors took advantage of Giannis Antetokounmpo sitting out with a sore right calf to beat Milwaukee 97-93 Thursday night, ending the Bucks’ winning streak at eight. Antetokounmpo sat one day after he scored 40 points as Skechers Shoes Outlets Milwaukee beat Charlotte 127-125. The two-time NBA MVP didn’t play for the first time since Nov. 12, when he missed an overtime loss at Boston because of a sprained right ankle. “He’s got some soreness,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “He feels it on certain things. I think we feel like it’s hopefully something that’s very short term and that a day or two and hopefully he’ll be ready to go.” ...

By BOB HUHN, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Cam Johnson and Cameron Payne both scored 19 points to lead the Phoenix Suns to their franchise-record 18th win in a row, beating the Detroit Pistons 114-103 on Thursday night. Johnson and Payne sparked a stellar effort from the Suns bench, which finished with 48 points. Deandre Ayton had 17 points and 12 rebounds as Phoenix improved to 19-3 for the season. “I haven’t talked about streaks of any kind just because Hoka Sneakers we have been so focused on improving,” Suns coach Monty Williams said of the run that's lasted more than a month. “But it is really cool to be a part of something like that.” Phoenix won despite not having leading scorer Devin Booker for the first time this season. The two-time All-Star ...