(Late Saturday) FOOTBALL Crusaders finish regular season strong STEUBENVILLE — Catholic Central entered Saturday’s regular season finale with a clear mission - win and earn a home playoff game. After some early stumbles, the Crusaders were able to accomplish that mission quite ...

(AP) — Jeff Gordon was in the thick of dissecting Hendrick Motorsports’ prospects for the NASCAR championship when he was interrupted by a text message from his team’s chief rival. This wasn’t any typical trash talk about the title. Joe Gibbs Racing president Dave Alpern instead was ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers spent the week insisting his first-ever game against the Green Bay Packers wasn’t personal. That he wasn’t looking for revenge against the team he defined for the better part of two decades. Good thing, because there was none to be had on Sunday night in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU fired coach Brian Kelly during the fourth season of a 10-year contract worth about $100 million, athletic director Scott Woodward announced Sunday night. The move comes on the heels of Saturday night’s 49-25 loss to No. 3 Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium — a second ...

(AP) — No. 2 Indiana expects linebacker Aiden Fisher to be available for Saturday’s game at Maryland. “I’d list him as probable,” coach Curt Cignetti said during his weekly news conference Monday. Fisher has been a key cog in the Hoosiers historic turnaround, and he jump-started ...

(AP) — The Houston Cougars quietly went about their business the first half of the season, posting six wins against undistinguished opponents and losing to a Texas Tech team that was on the ascent to the top 10. A road game against Big 12 defending champion Arizona State would provide a ...