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No. 4 Oregon can lock up a spot in the Pac-12's first title game with a win tonight against No. 18 USC. But Matt Barkley and the Trojans are trying to spoil the party.

They have a 14-0 lead.

USC and Stanford not backing down in Pac-12 showdown.

Call it at least a speed bump in college football's rush to realignment. Deciding the Big 12 options were too much trouble, says Andy Staples, the Pac-12 has decided against expansion.

Twelve is enough for the Pac-12, putting the Big 12 in position to survive yet again. The Pac-12 presidents and chancellors voted late Tuesday night not to expand again.

Commissioner Larry Scott says "after careful review we have determined that it is in the best interests of our member institutions, student-athletes and fans to remain a 12-team conference." Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma...

As far as Wisconsin 's players are concerned, a Pac-12 opponent is automatically dangerous - even if the team in question, Oregon State , is coming off a head-scratching loss, unsettled at quarterback and might be missing its new star running back.

New and improved? The Pac-12 -- boasting two title hopefuls, new arrivals and the early Heisman favorite -- thinks so.

George Schroeder sizes up the league's hot questions and topics.

Long-time boxing manager and promoter Gary Shaw is a fixture in the sport with a stable of prominent and rising fighters.

Intro: WBO, IBO, and Ring Magazine welterweight champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao versus WBA welterweight champion "Sugar" Shane Mosley 46-5-1) has now transformed into the best possible fight in the sport of boxing.

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