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A Kansas legislator is proposing that hunters be allowed to target mountain lions in the state.

Demetri McCamey scored 27 points and Mike Tisdale added 19 on 8-of-11 shooting to lead Illinois to a 63-56 upset over No.

Portsmouth boss Avram Grant pleads for the club's future ahead of Wednesday's winding-up order in the High Court.

Suddenly, Michigan State's big lead in the Big Ten is gone. No. 6 Purdue beat the Spartans 76-64, knocking MSU into a first-place tie with Illinois at 9-3.

Purdue and Ohio State are 8-3.

The Big Ten standings look a lot different than a week ago.

A Bay Area wildlife rescue organization came to the aid of a male skunk that got its head entangled in a batting cage in Aptos Monday morning.

NFL scouts will definitely ask Dez Bryant about his suspension from College, but it will not likely be a cause for concern for NFL teams.

NFL teams generally do not care about NCAA rules violations, and it doesn't even seem like Bryant's was that big of a deal.

It seems the biggest problem for the Jacksonville Jaguars is to find a way to get more people to attend their games in a NFL market that appears all but tapped out.

This is a team that could not sell out a game against the undefeated Indianapolis Colts in 2009. That is not good news, on the field though the have an ok QB, but no help around him beyond star running back Maurice Jones-Drew.

Jeffery Taylor scored 16 of his career-high 26 points in the first half, and No. 22 Vanderbilt never trailed Tuesday night in routing No. 12 Tennessee 90-71.

The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according to court documents.