FORT COLLINS -- Colorado State athletic director Paul Kowalczyk has undergone surgery to remove his cancerous prostate.  Full Story

CORA KEMP

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ceal Barry, associate athletic director at Colorado, has been chosen to chair the NCAA Division I Women`s Basketball Issues Committee for the coming year.  Full Story

Southern California was slapped with a two-year bowl ban last month. Now North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida are acknowledging that the NCAA has taken a look at their athletic departments.  Full Story

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The son of former Notre Dame standout Joe Montana was among 11 Fighting Irish athletes arrested on misdemeanor charges of underage drinking at a party Friday night.  Full Story

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Douglas County prosecutors say they won`t file criminal charges against a former University of Kansas athletic department employee accused of trying to blackmail athletic director Lew Perkins.  Full Story

FORT COLLINS -- Colorado State University athletic director Paul Kowalczyk says he will undergo surgery July 22 to remove his prostate because he has cancer.  Full Story

MARK LEFFINGWELL

College softball coaches representing schools from Harvard to Creighton to Oregon were walking around the Stazio Fields complex on Thursday drooling over talent at the Louisville Slugger Independence Day Softball Tournament.  Full Story

OMAHA, Neb. -- Whit Merrifield`s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave South Carolina its first baseball national championship with a 2-1 victory over UCLA in the College World Series on Tuesday night.  Full Story

AUSTIN, Texas -- The timetable is uncertain, startup costs are significant, and only one other school in the nation has launched a similar enterprise with any degree of success.  Full Story

Nati Harnik

OMAHA, Neb. -- Blake Cooper allowed three hits in eight-plus innings and Bobby Haney drove in a career-high three runs, moving South Carolina within a win of its first national title with a 7-1 victory over UCLA in Game 1 of the College World Series finals Monday night.  Full Story