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BYU hands Tulsa rare home defeat

TULSA, Okla. — Lee Cummard scored 26 points, including five free throws in the final 36 seconds, as Brigham Young held off Tulsa 74-68 to snap the Golden Hurricane’s 28-game nonconference home winning streak.

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Record dip for home values

NEW YORK — Home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record in October, and Las Vegas again was among leaders in losses, according to a closely watched index released Tuesday.

Chargers show grit in push to playoffs

The C word (character) often is difficult to notice in professional sports, perhaps because we are so conditioned to accept the S word (selfish) when describing athletes. Things such as heart and effort and accountability aren’t how we usually first depict those with tens of millions attached to their bank accounts for playing a game.

Terps’ Scott disciplined,

BOISE, Idaho — Ralph Friedgen’s initial reaction was to put Da’Rel Scott and the six other Maryland players who broke curfew leading up to the Humanitarian Bowl on a bus with a one-way ticket back to College Park, Md.

NHL hopes for ice dream

Thursday’s NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field has received plenty of hype. And rightly so, given the success of last season’s event in Buffalo where the Sabres and Penguins skated through the snow at Ralph Wilson Stadium in front of 70,000 fans. But the guy responsible for making it happen says things will be better the second time around, snow or no snow.

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