Sports facility construction
Aztec Stadium topped-out less than 14 months before 1st game

By Bernie Wilson Jul. 14, 2021 06:41 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — With the rubble of Qualcomm Stadium piled high about 150 yards away, the construction of San Diego State's new football stadium reached a...

Holiday Bowl finds new home at baseball's Petco Park

By Bernie Wilson Jun. 23, 2021 09:33 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Holiday Bowl will move downtown to Petco Park after its home of 42 years, Qualcomm Stadium, was razed. Holiday Bowl...

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 1984, file photo, San Diego Padres Steve Garvey, center, is carried triumphantly off the field by his teammates after hitting a game-winning home run in the ninth inning to beat the Chicago Cubs, in Game 4 of the National League Playoffs in San Diego. The biggest piece of San Diego's sports history is slowly being knocked down and ground to bits. Now the stadium is coming to an unceremonious end, leaving generations of fans feeling melancholy because, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they didn't get to say a proper goodbye to the place where they tailgated with gusto in the massive parking lot before cheering on the Chargers, Padres and Aztecs, or watched myriad other events and concerts. (AP Photo/File)
San Diegans left feeling sad as 'The Murph' comes down

By Bernie Wilson Dec. 22, 2020 05:24 PM EST

CORRECTS TO $2 BILLION, NOT 1.9 BILLION AS ORIGINALLY SENT - FILE - In this July 22, 2020, file photo, the sun sets behind Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders football team, in Las Vegas. The NFL is opening in Sin City, something even the bookies in this gambling city would never have bet on happening. But on Monday night, Sept. 21, 2020, the gamble pays off when the Raiders meet the New Orleans Saints in the opening game of the glittering $2 billion stadium that Raiders owner Mark Davis dubbed the Death Star.(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
UNLV football will be first with fans at Raiders' stadium

Oct. 26, 2020 05:21 PM EDT

Holiday Bowl becomes 4th game to cancel due to pandemic

Oct. 22, 2020 09:14 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Holiday Bowl has become the fourth bowl game to be called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. Holiday Bowl officials...

South Alabama gets first win in new stadium, beats Texas St.

Oct. 17, 2020 04:20 PM EDT
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Desmond Trotter tossed an 8-yard touchdown pass to Kawaan Baker with about seven minutes to play, helping South Alabama pull away in its...

San Diego State to play football next year in suburban LA

By Bernie Wilson Sep. 15, 2020 05:58 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State will play its football games during the spring and fall 2021 seasons at a suburban Los Angeles soccer stadium and will raze 70...

Protesters take over the elevated Interstate 10 during a march in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, protesting the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 in Minneapolis after being restrained by police. In the background is the Superdome. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
The Latest: 32 positive virus tests for Superdome workers

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2020 01:08 PM EDT

University of Cincinnati drops men's soccer in virus fallout

By Joe Kay Apr. 14, 2020 03:45 PM EDT
CINCINNATI (AP) — The University of Cincinnati eliminated its men's soccer program Tuesday as other colleges weighed cutbacks because of budget problems...

This image provided by KABC-TV shows a crane at a construction that collapsed outside SoFi Stadium, the new home of the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020 in Inglewood, Calif. No injuries have been reported, fire department spokesman Franklin Lopez said. It's not clear what caused the crane to collapse in a parking lot outside the stadium. (KABC-TV via AP)
No injuries reported when crane collapses at LA stadium site

Feb. 28, 2020 12:48 PM EST

AP source: UNLV offers head coach job to LSU's Dave Aranda

By Brett Martel Dec. 10, 2019 09:49 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — UNLV has offered its vacant head coaching job to LSU defensive coordinator Dave Aranda, a person familiar with the situation told The...

Tennessee unveils updated plans for Neyland renovation

Nov. 08, 2019 05:43 PM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has unveiled updated plans for a Neyland Stadium renovation as the facility approaches its 100-year anniversary. ...

Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos speaks during an NCAA college football news conference, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, in Lincoln, Neb., announcing a new planned $150 million football training facility adjacent to Memorial Stadium. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Nebraska unveils plans for $155M athletic training facility

By Grant Schulte Sep. 27, 2019 04:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2019, file photo, Iowa State's Jack Trice Stadium is shown before an NCAA college football game against Northern Iowa, in Ames. Iowa State President Wendy Wintersteen has transferred oversight of the Iowa State Center, a series of buildings near Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium, to the athletic department. It has also tabbed athletic director Jamie Pollard to be the head of a process to redesign the area as an “arts, culture, and community district.” The school announced the plan on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, saying that Pollard and Iowa State Research Park President Rick Sanders will lead a feasibility study to build a multi-use development district between Hilton and Jack Trice _ which is now largely just parking lots. The proposed plan would also look into relocating commuter and football game day parking to a new paved parking area east of the stadium. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)
Iowa St to explore redesign near Hilton, Jack Trice Stadium

By Luke Meredith Sep. 17, 2019 01:19 PM EDT

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, Jones Angell, right, play by play announcer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, prepares for a session in the production studio at the University of North Carolina's ACC Network broadcast facility in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Atlantic Coast Conference finally has its TV channel airing hundreds of league sporting events each year thanks in no small measure to its schools. Administrations around the ACC played a critical role in getting the channel up and running, spending millions to ensure campus broadcast and production facilities were capable of handling telecasts. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
New ACC Network leaning on campus-built broadcast facilities

By Aaron Beard Aug. 28, 2019 11:46 AM EDT

Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott speaks during the Pac-12 Conference NCAA college football Media Day Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
The Latest: New Los Angeles Bowl to feature Pac-12, MWC

Jul. 24, 2019 01:29 PM EDT

Vanderbilt renovating football stadium, other arenas

May. 28, 2019 04:08 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt is making some improvements to its football stadium to address what athletic director Malcolm Turner said are "very clear and...

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, Central Catholic players present Tyler Trent, foreground, with a check to benefit Riley Children's Hospital before meeting Lafayette Jeff in a high school volleyball game in Lafayette, Ind. A memorial gate leading to the student section entrance of Purdue University's football stadium will be built to honor Trent, the school's superfan and cancer activist who died in January. (John Terhune/Journal & Courier via AP, File)
Gate at Purdue's stadium to honor superfan Tyler Trent

Mar. 27, 2019 11:51 AM EDT

File-This Dec. 7, 2018, file photo shows newly hired Georgia Tech football coach Geoff Collins, right, and athletic director Todd Standsbury posing with a school jersey during a news conference in Atlanta. Georgia Tech on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, announced plans to move five home games — one each in five consecutive seasons, including dates against Notre Dame in 2020 and 2024 — to Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The stadium, home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and MLS' Atlanta United, is less than one mile from the Georgia Tech campus. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Georgia Tech moving 5 home games from 2020-24 off campus

By Charles Odum Feb. 26, 2019 03:06 PM EST

Monday Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2018 02:39 AM EDT
NFL BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Hue Jackson's failed, flawed tenure with the Cleveland Browns is finally over. The team fired its embattled coach...