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Big 12 coaches unanimously agree on their preference for a 24-team playoff

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches unanimously agreed Thursday on their preference for a 24-team College Football Playoff, a scenario in which the conference would have had five playoff teams last season instead of only league champion Texas Tech like it did in the current 12-team playoff format. When the 16 coaches were informally polled about doubling the size of the playoff field during one of their sessions at the Big 12 spring meetings, all of them raised their hands. "They should ask coaches for more opinions on what's best for college football," West Virginia coach Rich ...

UFC fighting cage rises on White House lawn for bout celebrating America’s 250th anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yet another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary. Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month's UFC bout, helping mark the nation's 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump 's 80th birthday. Online renderings depict what the completed, wire-mesh-fence-ringed fight space is expected to look like ahead of the June 14 event. It will be ringed by a red, white and blue stage under a towering arch featuring stars and stripes patterns and two large screens carrying ...

Geno Smith knows he can write a ‘superhero movie’ story in his return to the Jets

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Geno Smith knows what a lot of New York Jets fans are daydreaming about. The quarterback has been here before, a much younger and less-experienced version, of course. The Jets had only missed the playoffs the previous two years when Smith was selected by the franchise in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft. He has come and gone elsewhere — four other stops, actually — and that postseason drought has since reached 15 years, the longest among teams in the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball. Smith is now 35 years old and back where he began his ...

SEC formally eliminates ‘cupcake weekend’ beginning in 2027

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is eliminating "cupcake weekend." The league's athletic directors voted at their annual spring meetings for everyone to play conference games on the second-to-last week of the regular season beginning in 2027. It means no more Football Championship Subdivision or lower-tier Football Bowl Subdivision opponents before those rivalry games that typically take place during the final week of the season. "That's the end of cupcake weekend," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said. "We never got that one sponsored, though." SEC decision-makers ...

Golden Bears bounce back to stay alive

SOUTH CHARLESTON — Thanks to a big bounce back on Thursday night, the Oak Glen softball team remains alive in its bid to repeat as state champs. The Golden Bears dropped a tough loss in a pitcher’s duel between their ace Mattie Carney and top-seed Logan’s Myleigh Adkins in their first ...

Weir’s season ends on Day 2 of state tournament

SOUTH CHARLESTON — Weir High got off to a tough start to Thursday morning's elimination game and never were fully able to recover. Taking on Midland Trail in a battle of teams coming off tough losses a day earlier at the Class AA state tournament, the Red Riders fell behind early in the ...