Stanford Cardinal

Wes Burtner didn’t compete in the NCAA Tournament as a player, but he is reaping the benefits as an administrator at Belmont University. The 1998 George Rogers Clark High School graduate and former Belmont standout serves as director of athletic...

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Chiney Ogwumike has been leading Stanford all season. Coach Tara VanDerveer wanted to see others contribute. "Coach pulled me aside just before the game and said, 'I have confidence in you,'" Bonnie Samuelson explained after No. 4...

He’s got to wear No. 55, one of the most historic numbers in the school’s history, and has become a defensive stalwart midway of his sophomore season. Yet none of that has totally surprised former Boyle County star Lamar Dawson as he continues...

Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart couldn’t help chuckling Sunday when asked what he thought this week would be like in Kentucky after UK advanced to a Final Four matchup with Louisville in New Orleans. “I think it will be pretty...

STANFORD - It was another tough night for the Lincoln County football team Friday as the Patriots dropped their fifth straight game. Lincoln started strong. Deon Shannon sprinted 41 yards to the end zone on the game’s first possession and...

Update on local athletes competing in college. Emily Tubert (Burroughs High, 2010) junior, University of Arkansas women's golf: The former All-Area standout for the Indians and her Razorback teammates are preparing for the 2013 NCAA Championships, which...

Bold non-conference schedules will serve Virginia Tech, Virginia and the ACC well as college football drives toward the playoff era. The challenge is in balancing that ambition with business and competitive concerns. Strength-of-schedule has long been a...

The Kings and the San Jose Sharks open their Stanley Cup playoff series Tuesday night at Staples Center. Pressure? Sure. This is Southern California’s last chance. Lose this series and Los Angeles is nothing more than the Bay Area’s lap...

Loyola saw its season come to an end Sunday in the second round of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament, losing to No. 3 seed North Carolina, 19-9, at Chapel Hill. The Greyhounds' Taryn VanThof scored the game's first goal, but North Carolina (14-3)...

The first time the Stanford women's lacrosse team made the NCAA tournament, in 2006, its reward was a first-round game against defending national champion Northwestern in Evanston - and an eight-goal loss.   The first time Stanford won a tournament...

Scott Hong (Glendale Community College, 2011) Occidental College baseball senior: Hong wrapped up a phenomenal senior campaign at Occidental with a fitting accolade, as the former Vaquero was bestowed an All-Southern California Interscholastic Athletic...

There are few turnarounds in sports as stunning as what the Northwestern women's lacrosse team pulled off Sunday. Two weeks after Florida had dealt the Wildcats a 22-4 defeat, the worst loss in Kelly Amonte Hiller's 12 seasons as head coach, NU executed...