Idaho surges into bowl picture
MOSCOW, Idaho ” Everyone s smiling at Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle these days. The surprising Vandals (6-1) are already bowl eligible and lead the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-0 record, ahead even of archrival No. 6 Boise State. It...
 4.7K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 609.0 Idaho surges into bowl picture
MOSCOW, Idaho ” Everyone s smiling at Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle these days. The surprising Vandals (6-1) are already bowl eligible and lead the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-0 record, ahead even of archrival No. 6 Boise State. It...
4.7K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 609.0 College Picks: TCU can make its case for a BCS bid
Boise State better watch its back. TCU is trying to bust into the BCS, too. The sixth-ranked Broncos have drawn the most attention of the teams from the non-automatic BCS qualifying conferences this season. Boise State started the season with a convi...
5.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 718.0 Boise State surges into BCS discussion
The Boise State Broncos are breathing some rare BCS air. The fifth-ranked Broncos have climbed higher and faster than any non-BCS team in the controversial system s 12-year history. The Broncos, pride of the Western Athletic Conference, have shoulder...
5.5K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 680.0 Salmon restoration effort begins on California river
FRESNO, Calif. When Darrell Imperatrice was a boy, California s San Joaquin River teemed with so many king salmon his father could catch 40-pound fish using only a pitchfork. Then the salmon vanished from the icy river for nearly 60 years, after a ...
5.2K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 334.0 College Picks: Miami can enter BCS discussion
It s one of the most asked questions by college football fans and media members: Is (insert lagging program name here) back? as in back to being one of the elite program it once was. Alabama has been back and forth a bunch over the last decade or...
4.4K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 661.0 Broncos win in high-scoring shootout
FRESNO, Calif. Just when it looked like another Boise State blowout against Fresno State, the game turned into a wild WAC shootout. Jeremy Avery scored on a 67-yard screen pass and added a 74-yard run, providing two of the many highlight-reel plays...
2.6K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 890.0 College Picks: Top teams aim for revenge Saturday
Florida has a score to settle. Texas, too, but for a different reason. Coach Urban Meyer and his top-ranked Gators welcome (sort of) Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin to Gainesville, Fla., and the Southeastern Conference on Saturday. Kiffin took aim at the...
4.6K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 635.0 Several teams depleted by swine flu outbreaks
NEW YORK Helmets and shoulder pads and hand sanitizer. College football players are protecting themselves from more than bruising hits and tackles this season. Swine flu can flatten them, too. With outbreaks reported at the universities of Missis...
6.1K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 387.0 Breakaway Episcopalians look to U.S. high court
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. ” Marcia Kear s three daughters were married at St. James Anglican Church. Her mother s funeral was there. She said she found the Holy Spirit there. But she may have to give up the bayside sanctuary, where sunlight fi...
4.6K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 259.0 Calif. firefighters wage fierce wildfire battles
LOS ANGELES (AP) Firefighters beat back flames licking at ocean-view estates Friday, while another wildfire raged through a dry forest above Los Angeles foothill suburbs. Residents nervously watched aircraft drop loads of water and retardant on ne...
5.6K - Aug. 29, 2009; scored 387.0 Boise State favored again in WAC
Tuning out preseason buzz should be getting easier for Boise State. The Broncos are set to open another season as the Western Athletic Conference favorite and defending champion, again a potential BCS buster. Boise State has won six of the last seven...
7.2K - Aug. 26, 2009; scored 710.0 TCU hopes to end Utah s run in MWC
The Mountain West Conference title has spent all but one of the last six years in the state of Utah. TCU s 2005 championship was the only one since 2003 not won by Utah or BYU. The Horned Frogs came painfully close to winning another last year, but a...
7.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 578.0 Officials: 28 sick from Calif. beef in 3 states
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 28 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella. On Thursday, Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. recalled nearly 826,000...
1.7K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 259.0 Boise State again picked to win WAC football title
SALT LAKE CITY Defending champion Boise State has been picked to repeat in the Western Athletic Conference. The Broncos went 8-0 in the conference last fall and has won six of the last seven WAC titles. Boise State was No. 1 in both the coaches an...
2.9K - Jul. 30, 2009; scored 669.0 Olympian trains wrestlers in Bay Area
Some laughed and some just stared as former Olympic wrestler and storied coach Ken Chertow screamed and did flips on the mats in front of nearly 90 young grapplers at Southwestern Oregon Community College on Tuesday. Soon, Chertow had his rapt audien...
4.4K - Jul. 22, 2009; scored 387.0 Cities look to help homeless
FRESNO, Calif. The U.S. expects to send $1.5 billion in stimulus money today to hundreds of communities around the country to prevent homelessness, including $1 million for Fresno to dismantle tent cities and move residents into p...
4.2K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 567.0 Weaver brothers face off tonight
ANAHEIM, Calif. Jeff Weaver would often get annoyed with his little brother, Jered, when the two were growing up. Sometimes it felt like he was tagging along a little too much, Jeff said with a wry grin. So when he was bumped out of the majors by ...
4.7K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 334.0 Strasburg expected to go first in draft
NEW YORK With his 100 mph fastball, Stephen Strasburg has all but eliminated any mystery about which player will be picked first by the Washington Nationals in the baseball draft today. Barring a big surprise, the suspense begins at No. 2. Oh, it s...
5.6K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 334.0 Purple carrot finds new life as food dye
FRESNO, Calif. - The ancient purple carrot is returning to its roots, this time to dye processed foods rather than the robes of Afghan royals. Researchers in California are preparing for increased demand for fruits and vegetables that pull double dut...
4.3K - Jun. 9, 2009; scored 259.0 | 
