“That does not change the goal of the merger — to create a football conference as strong or stronger than the Big East and other conferences that currently have BCS automatic qualification.”

The Big East has acquired all the pieces needed to build a new coast-to-coast conference. Putting them all together, though, is going to take a while.

Opelousas High's Rakius Vidito (2) scores a layup in a game earlier this season. Vidito, one of six seniors on the Tigers team this season, helped OHS to a 50-39 Senior Night win over LaGrange on Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- It was just last summer that the Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,000 points in three terrifying weeks. Investors had a host of things to worry about, including the possibility of another recession.

WITH EACH new contract that is inked in the NHL, an email is sent to every member of the NHLPA with the pertinent details.

Just three days after he turned down an invitation to watch the Super Bowl with his teammates because he was battling headaches, defenseman Chris Pronger showed up at the Flyers' practice facility in Voorhees on Wednesday sporting facial hair.