National Sports

National sports stories from The Associated Press.

No. 2 Iowa State loses second straight, 79-70 to Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Day Day Thomas scored 19 points to lead Cincinnati to a 79-70 win Saturday over No. 2 Iowa State, which has lost two straight after winning its first 16 games. Milan Momcilovic scored a career-high 34 points, hitting eight 3-pointers, for the Cyclones (16-2, 3-2 Big 12) who ...

College football chaos will linger beyond Indiana-Miami title game

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Once the legal wrangling over paying players finally got settled last summer, there was hope that college football might finally stumble into something resembling stability. Or at least find its footing for a couple of months. It was too much to ask, at least right ...

Flag football becomes NCAA emerging sport for women

Flag football has been added to the NCAA's Emerging Sports for Women program and four other women's sports were elevated to championship status, the NCAA announced Friday. Flag football has been one of the fastest-growing sports at the youth, high school and collegiate levels and will debut as ...

NCAA basketball players and gamblers are charged for allegedly rigging games

PHILADELPHIA — An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The ...

FTC seeks info from universities about whether sports agents are following law

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is asking 20 universities with Division I sports programs whether agents working with their athletes are following a federal law tied to sports-agent conduct. The FTC's inquiry, announced Monday, began with sending letters to schools seeking ...