South Carolina is a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll after a pair of victories to kick off its national championship repeat bid.

Both Stanford and UCLA were emotional when it sunk in that they had finished the last game between Pac-12 softball teams before the league splits up.

Stanford will now play on Tara VanDerveer Court.

As Oregon State and Washington State prepare to face the dissolution of the Pac-12, athletes have left in droves, including some of the schools' biggest names.

The CEOs of leading U_S_ technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.”.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates.

Aziaha James had 29 points and third-seeded North Carolina State earned its third trip to the women's Elite Eight with a 77-67 victory over second-seeded Stanford.

In a women’s NCAA Tournament where Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, LSU coach Kim Mulkey and undefeated South Carolina have dominated the headlines, the Pac-12 making sure it doesn’t go away quietly in its final season.

Stanford has hired Kyle Smith away from Washington State to take over its struggling men’s basketball program.

Freshman Audi Crooks scored a career-high 40 points on 18-for-20 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds in her sensational NCAA Tournament debut, and No. 7-seed Iowa State hit all the big shots in the second half to rally from 20 points down and beat 10th-seeded Maryland 93-86 in the first round.

Southern California has moved up to No. 3 in The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, its best ranking in 38 years.

No. 2Stanford and No. 3 Iowa have jumped up behind top-ranked South Carolina in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

South Carolina, Ohio State, Stanford and UCLA would be the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament if it began now.

South Carolina will try to wrap up the Southeastern Conference regular-season crown this week while Stanford attempts to move closer to winning its 27th regular-season Pac-12 title.

Southern California has climbed three spots to No. 7 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll while South Carolina remains a unanimous No. 1.

Tara VanDerveer became the all-time winningest coach in major college basketball history, passing former Duke and Army coach Mike Krzyzewski with her 1,203rd career victory when No. 8 Stanford beat Oregon State 65-56.

Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer tied Mike Krzyzewski as winningest coach in college basketball history with her 1,202nd victory, guiding the No. 8 Cardinal past Oregon 88-63 while losing leading scorer Cameron Brink for the final three quarters with a leg injury.

No. 5 Colorado rode a strong third quarter to a 71-59 victory over eighth-ranked Stanford, keeping Tara VanDerveer a win away from tying Mike Krzyzewski as the winningest coach in college basketball history.

Freshman guard Kanaan Carlyle scored 25 points, Spencer Jones added 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting and Stanford surprised No. 4 Arizona 100-82 in a Pac-12 matchup Sunday.

Oregon State has promoted defensive coordinator Trent Bray to head coach, quickly replacing Jonathan Smith after he left for Michigan State.

Oregon State and Washington State are moving toward keeping the Pac-12 alive as a two-team conference for as much as two years, while also entering a scheduling agreement with the Mountain West, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.

No. 5 Washington's treacherous November stretch returns home and features a matchup with always dangerous Utah.

Michael Penix Jr. threw four touchdown passes and No. 5 Washington held off a fierce comeback attempt to beat Stanford 42-33 for its 15th straight win.

Joshua Karty connected on a 31-yard field goal in the second overtime after tying the game in regulation, Elic Ayomanor had a school-record 294 yards receiving and Stanford rallied from a 29-point halftime deficit for a 46-43 victory over Colorado early Saturday.

University of Colorado two-way standout Travis Hunter returned earlier than expected after suffering a lacerated liver on an illegal hit Sept. 16 against Colorado State.

A Philadelphia police officer has been shot and killed and a second officer has been wounded after they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport.

The first season of an 18-team, bicoastal Big Ten Conference will include Oregon hosting Ohio State, Penn State at Southern California and Michigan going to Washington.

A month into the season, teams across the Pac-12 are getting a sense of where they stand.

No. 6 Southern California routed Stanford 56-10 in this century-old rivalry’s final chapter for the foreseeable future.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has voted to add Stanford, California and SMU next year.

With Atlantic Coast Conference university leaders seemingly on the verge of deciding whether to expand with Stanford, California and SMU, two members of North Carolina’s board of trustees announced their opposition to the move.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is making progress toward an expansion that could grab Stanford and California from the sinking Pac-12, a person with direct knowledge of the ACC’s potential move told The Associated Press.

Stanford has not given up on getting an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference as its fellow Pac-4 members wait and hope to rebuild their plundered league.

What's next in conference realignment.

The Atlantic Coast Conference presidents have chosen not to vote on whether to add Stanford and California to the league.

Atlantic Coast Conference presidents and chancellors held a conference call but took no action on West Coast expansion with California and Stanford.

The four remaining Pac-12 schools, California, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State, will have options if they are looking for another conference.

The Woodlands alum Ethan Bonner was signed as a free agent out of Stanford during the NFL Draft and now heads to the Miami Dolphins after a solid Organized Team Activities (OTA) showing leading up the training camp.

A Delaware man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a drug-related street feud that resulted in the kidnapping and slaying of a woman and the shooting of a 6-year-old boy.

The batting statistics for the College World Series teams suggest there will be home runs aplenty at Charles Schwab Field over the next 10 days.

Tiare Jennings doubled in the ninth inning to score two runs to lead the top-seeded Sooners past No. 9 Stanford 4-2 for a shot at their third straight Women’s College World Series title.

Rose Zhang has been the No. 1 female amateur golfer for the last 141 weeks.

The son of another NBA great says he'll play for Southern California next season.

Authorities say two teenagers have been charged with firearms and related offenses following the slaying of three people and the wounding of a fourth person at a northeast Philadelphia home.

Destiny Harden made a shot in the lane with 3.5 seconds left to send ninth-seeded Miami past top-seeded Indiana 70-68, lifting the Hurricanes to their first Sweet 16 since 1992.

Madison Scott hit a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left that gave Mississippi the lead for good, Angel Baker scored 13 points, and the Rebels delivered on their declaration to get defensive, stunning top-seeded Stanford 54-49 on Sunday night to reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 for the first time in 16 years.

Gianna Kneepkens scored 28 points to lead No. 8 Utah to an 84-78 victory over No. 3 Stanford that gave the Utes a share of their first regular-season Pac-12 Conference title.

Utah would join South Carolina, Indiana and Stanford as No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament if it began now.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago, U.S. companies, nonprofits and individuals have responded with donations, including of equipment like bulletproof vests and drones.

South Carolina, Stanford and LSU are the top teams in the latest women's AP Top 25 college basketball rankings.

Cameron Brink had a remarkable first career triple-double with 16 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 blocked shots to lead No. 3 Stanford to a 62-54 win over Oregon for its 21st straight Pac-12 home win.

Cameron Brink had 25 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots, Haley Jones added 25 points, 12 boards and a pair of blocks, and the fourth-ranked Stanford women bounced back from a loss at USC by beating eighth-ranked Utah 74-62.

Destiny Littleton scored 18 points with six assists as Southern California pulled off a program-defining victory Sunday with a 55-46 upset victory over No. 2 Stanford.

Stephen Curry is back for the Golden State Warriors after an 11-game absence with a partially dislocated left shoulder, rejoining the starting lineup as the defending champions hosted the Phoenix Suns.

Marcus Carr had 17 points and five assists as seventh-ranked Texas, playing again without suspended coach Chris Beard, beat Stanford 72-62.

Kansas has cracked The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly 10 years.

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer stands atop The Associated Press women’s basketball poll with the most appearances all-time, breaking a tie with the late Pat Summitt.

South Carolina remains the unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll.

Stanford coach David Shaw resigned after finishing his 12th season at his alma mater with a 36-25 loss to BYU that dropped the Cardinal to 3-9.

South Carolina and Stanford are still 1-2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll after their game over the weekend.

Bree Hall hit a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left in overtime, Aliyah Boston overcame early foul trouble to score 14, and No. 1 and defending champion South Carolina rallied past second-ranked Stanford 76-71 in an early-season showdown.

South Carolina remains the unanimous choice at No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.

Joshua Karty kicked five field goals, lifting Stanford to a come-from-behind, 15-14 win over Arizona State.

South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women's basketball poll.

Multiple people have been injured in a major crash caused by a wrong-way driver on Allen Parkway and Stanford Street near downtown Houston Monday, officers with the Houston Police Department said.

Connor Noland allowed one run over 7 2/3 efficient innings, Chris Lanzilli hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and Arkansas beat No. 2 national seed Stanford 17-2 in the most-lopsided College World Series game in 34 years.

The South Carolina Gamecocks have had the top spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll the entire season.

Paige Bueckers scored 14 points and UConn advanced to the national championship game with a 63-58 win over defending champion Stanford.

There was a time, not that many years ago, when predicting who would win the women’s NCAA Tournament was not that difficult.

Lexie Hull scored 20 points in front of her hometown crowd, Haley Jones added 18 points and defending national champion Stanford is headed back to the women’s Final Four after toppling No. 2 seed Texas 59-50.

Lexie Hull scored 19 points in her hometown, Haley Jones added 17 points and 10 rebounds, and top-seeded Stanford rolled into the regional final with 72-66 win over No. 4 seed Maryland.

Francesca Belibi blocked a shot at the 3-point line then drove the length of the floor and slammed the ball home with one hand for her third career dunk in the second quarter of top-seeded Stanford’s 78-37 win against 16th-seeded Montana State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

ESPN has treated the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on the same level as the College Football Playoff and “Monday Night Football.”.

South Carolina finished the season where it started — at No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll.

Christian Koloko scored 24 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 20 and No. 2 Arizona held off Stanford 84-80 in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.

South Carolina is still No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll despite suffering its second loss of the season.

Stanford soccer star Katie Meyer’s death has been ruled a suicide.

A year after the NCAA got called out for gender inequities between its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, the organization has made changes over the past six months to make the events more equitable.

South Carolina, Stanford, North Carolina State and Tennessee would be the top seeds if the women’s NCAA Tournament began today.

Harrison Ingram and Spencer Jones scored 21 points apiece and Stanford beat No. 5 Southern California 75-69 for its first win over a top five team in nearly 15 years.

A relatively quiet week because of the holidays left The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll mostly unchanged.

Aliyah Boston made the go-ahead layup with 1:05 to go and No. 1 South Carolina rallied from 18 points down to upend defending national champion and second-ranked Stanford 65-61 on Tuesday night.

UConn’s record 16-year run in the top 10 is over.

Andrew Jones scored 13 points and No. 17 Texas beat Stanford 60-53 on Sunday in the Pac 12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge.

Maryland dropped six spots to eighth in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll after losing two games in a week that saw eight of the top 10 teams change places.

LJ Cryer scored 21 points, and No. 9 Baylor took control early in the second half of an 86-48 victory over Stanford.

Seven Lakes’ District 19-6A game against Mayde Creek on Friday night was not only consequential locally but held statewide ramifications as well.

Anthony Brown scored on an 11-yard keeper with 4:50 left and ninth-ranked Oregon held off surprisingly tenacious California 24-17.

Olympic gold medalist Caster Semenya is working on a book about her triumphs as a runner and her experiences as an intersex woman with naturally high testosterone levels.

Tanner McKee threw a TD pass on an untimed down at the end of regulation to tie the game and another on the opening possession of overtime to lead Stanford to a 31-24 victory over No. 3 Oregon.

The NCAA is exploring the idea of holding a joint Final Four.

The NCAA women’s basketball tournament will start using “March Madness” in marketing and branding beginning this season.

Jin Young Ko chipped in for eagle on the par-4 15th and finished a bogey-free 32-hole Saturday in near darkness with a one-stroke lead in the Volunteers of America Classic.

Brody Malone’s rise is no fluke.

Spencer Jones scored on Brendan Beck’s wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep Vanderbilt alive in the College World Series with a 6-5 walk-off victory over Stanford.

Jonny Butler homered and drove in a career-high five runs, Reid Johnston pitched six strong innings and North Carolina State opened the College World Series with a 10-4 victory over Stanford.

What a year it was at Fort Bend Christian Academy!

The Dallas Wings basically control the WNBA draft on Thursday night with the top two picks and four first-round choices.

Shane Griffith recently captured the 165-pound title at the NCAA wrestling championships wearing a black singlet minus the Stanford logo.