Butler junior quarterback Nicco Baggetta expects a weird feeling Friday at Cupples Stadium. One minute Baggetta will be in math class, the next he will be getting prepped for a 3:30 p.m. football game ...

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Nick Kurtz joined Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire as the only Athletics rookies to hit 30 home runs and Lawrence Butler hit a ninth-inning walk-off single in a 5-4 win ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Solo Ball scored a career-high 26 points and Tarris Reed Jr. added 16 as No. 5 UConn began Big East ...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) Finley Bizjack scored 25 points, Michael Ajayi had his sixth double-double in six games, and Butler defeated Virginia 80-73 on the final day of the Greenbrier Tip-Off ...