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Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle killed in North Carolina plane crash

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A business jet crashed Thursday while trying to return to a North Carolina airport shortly after takeoff, killing all seven people aboard, including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family, authorities said. The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it ...

Texas A&M sweeps Pitt out of volleyball Final Four

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kyndal Stowers and Logan Lednicky combined for 34 points to lead Texas A&M to a 29-27, 25-21, 25-20 sweep of Pitt on Thursday, punching their ticket to the NCAA women's volleyball national championship game. Stowers led with 18 points and 16 kills on a 53% kill ...

Vulcans upset No. 16 Malone

The women’s basketball team at California evened its overall record Thursday by upsetting 16th-ranked and previously undefeated Malone, 72-61, in a non-conference game at the Convocation Center. Trinity Balog scored a game-high 23 points for the Vulcans (6-6). She made a three-pointer at ...

Hot-shooting Pitt routs Binghamton, 103-63

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Barry Dunning Jr. and Brandin Cummings combined for 34 first-half points — each with 17 — to lead Pitt's 103-63 win over Binghamton on Wednesday. Dunning was 5 of 7 and Cummings was 3 of 6 from deep. Dunning finished with 23 on 7-of-9 shooting to go with three blocks ...

Small college basketball: CMU deals W&J women rare home loss

Carnegie Mellon is becoming a difficult opponent for the Washington & Jefferson women’s basketball program. For the second consecutive year, CMU dealt W&J an early season loss as Nicole Timko scored a game-high 26 points and the Tartans defeated the Presidents 78-67 in a ...