A few hours after Texas Tech won an outright conference championship for the first time since Dwight Eisenhower was in office, the billionaire architect behind the playoff-bound Red Raiders' ...

LSU and new football coach Lane Kiffin have hired Sterling Lucas to his defensive staff, taking one of coach Shane Beamer's best coaches at South Carolina. The move was announced on Dec. 22. Lucas ...

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COLUMBIA — It's part of the game now. Teams and fans have to wait on official announcements that players are staying. Dylan Stewart's, a day after LaNorris Sellers,' arrived just in time for Christmas ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 18, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Iced out of Wrigley Field, the Chicago ...

VMI head coach Danny Rocco watches from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday ...

1933 — The Chicago Bears win the first NFL championship with a 23-21 victory over the New York Giants. The Bears score the winning touchdown on a 36-yard play that starts with a short pass from Bronko ...

The Chicago Bears are on the verge of doing something for the first time in franchise history. And beating one of the NFL's oldest franchises will go a long way toward erasing the ancient record. If ...