Big Brown and Triple Crown News

March Madness 2012: Breaking Down All the Conference Races
February is the second greatest month of the college basketball season. This is the month that separates the men from the boys, the haves from the have-nots, the good from the great and the contenders from the pretenders. Most of us like to look at the big conferences such as the Big 12, Big Ten and Big East and focus on them through most of this season.  While that's all well and good and all ...

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: South Shore Christian girls basketball upsets Randolph
Senior guard Leah Perera of Hingham scored 21 points Friday to lead South Shore Christian Academy to a 53-47 upset of Randolph.

W. Basketball. #2 Irish Open Month Of February At Home Against #RV/23 DePaul
The calendar may have flipped to February, but the challenges remain unchanged for No. 2 Notre Dame, as the Fighting Irish face their third ranked opponent in the past four games when No. RV/23 DePaul visits Purcell Pavilion at 1 p.m. (ET) Sunday in a key BIG EAST Conference matchup for both teams. The game will be televised live to a national cable audience by ESPNU.

H.S. boys roundup: Tourtellotte clinches share of ECC Small crown
Eddie Kopacz scored a game-high 24 points and the Tourtellotte boys basketball team fended off its divisional rival, 57-54, to clinch a share of the Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division title Friday.

Track. Rae Goes Under Four Minutes In Meyo Mile For Second Time
On a day where student-athletes were putting up blistering times and marks, Notre Dame junior Jeremy Rae shined bright as he went under four minutes in the elite Meyo Mile for the second year in a row as the 25th annual Meyo Invitational came to an end on Saturday at the Loftus Sports Center.

South Burlington girls, St. Johnsbury boys win indoor track crowns
St. Johnsbury’s Dage Minors sprints to the finish line in the 4-by-400-meter relay at the Vermont high school indoor track and field championships Saturday, scoring a last-event victory that give the Hilltoppers their first state championship.

Track. Notre Dame Winter Sports Preview: Track & Field
High expectations surround the Notre Dame track and field program entering the 2011-12 campaign as it looks to return to the top of the mountain in the BIG EAST Conference. With fresh faces and seasoned veterans dotting both teams, the men's and women's squads eagerly await their opportunities to battle it out with the best the BIG EAST has to offer.

Mucho Macho Man wins at Gulfstream
Mucho Macho Man won the $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic on Saturday at Gulfstream Park, beating Ron the Greek by 1 1/2 lengths. Ridden by Ramon Dominguez and trained by Kathy Ritvo, Mucho Macho Man ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.91 and paid $6.20, $3.80 and $3. One of only three horses to race in all the three legs of the Triple Crown last year, Mucho Macho Man made was making his 2012 debut ...

Redskins beat Bullfrogs for MLL wrestling crown
Nick Vath of Calaveras hangs on to Bret Harte's Anthony Bertolino in the 152-pound match Wednesday. Vath won in triple overtime.

Brown Hosts Princeton and Penn In Key Ivy Match-ups
Brown will cap off a five game Ivy League home stand against two of its longest standing rivals, Princeton and Penn. The Bears will host the Tigers on Friday night at the Pizzitola Sports Center, starting at 7:00 p.m., and the Quakers on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. Both games will be video streamed live on America One, and will also be available on live radio (WPRV-AM790), with audio over the internet ...