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The University of Notre Dame led the way among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and matched its institutional record with 17 perfect scores in the latest release of Academic Progress Rating (APR) statistics from the NCAA.  The Irish ranked ahead of Atlantic Coast Conference institution Duke (16) and the Big Ten’s Michigan (13) among FBS schools. Boston College, Clemson and Northwestern each also posted 10 perfect APR scores.   Notre Dame baseball, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s fencing, men’s and women’s golf, men’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s track and field, women’s soccer, softball, women’s tennis and volleyball were the 17 Irish programs with a perfect 1,000 APR score.  Among the football programs that participated in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff, Notre Dame (990) joined Ohio State (1000) and Clemson (995) in posting an APR of 990 or higher.  Notre Dame’s 17 programs with scores of 1,000 marked the 10th time in the 19-year history of the APR in which at least 13 Irish teams had scored perfectly (also in 2006, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024). Notre Dame’s number of perfect scores has ranked either first or

Ciara and Rihanna's feud began in 2011 after the Georgia native recalled a dreadful interaction she had with the award-winning singer during her appearance as a guest judge on the E! show "Fashion Police." “I ran into her recently at a party and she wasn’t the nicest and it’s crazy because I’ve always loved and respected what she’s done with fashion,” Ciara told Joan Rivers. “I’ve ran into her before, but this time it wasn’t the most pleasant run-in.” The comment sparked a seething tweet from Rihanna to Ciara. “My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u? #howrudeofme," she wrote. “Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off the stage," CiCi shot back. “U gangsta huh? Haaa,” Rihanna quipped. “Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of.” Rihanna and Ciara have grown a lot since their last viral moment. Now that it's in the past, both artists have built a more amicable rapport. Ciara just gave birth to her fourth child with Wilson, and Rihanna announced her third child with A$AP Rocky at the Met Gala. During her appearance on "Sherri" on Tuesday, May 6, the "Promise" singer said they bonded over their growing

SDSU matches 2020-21 record with nine perfect single-year scores of 1,000. Derrick Tuskan/San Diego State SAN DIEGO -- All 18 athletic programs at San Diego State exceeded the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) standards issued by the NCAA with two teams recording a perfect multi-year APR score and a school-record-tying nine programs earning a perfect single-year score, the NCAA released Tuesday. The 18 varsity sports (represented by 17 scores as indoor and outdoor track & field receive one score) were all at least 33 points ahead of the minimum multi-year score of 930 established by the NCAA. The women’s basketball and women’s golf programs each recorded a perfect multi-year score of 1,000, and, along with men’s basketball (994), were recognized by the NCAA for being in the top 10 percent of their sport nationally. The 2023-24 APR report is inclusive of only those student-athletes who were on athletic aid and is a four-year rolling average, including the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years. Scholarship student-athletes each semester receive one point for remaining eligible and one point for staying in school or graduating. Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face consequences, including practice restrictions and playing-season reductions. The nine perfect

Rihanna and Ciara Booked That Reunion U Speak Of By Jason P. Frank , a Vulture writer covering comedy, theater, and music Besties. Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG25/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images The last time Rihanna and Ciara were pictured together was at the 2010 Grammy Awards — a year and one month before the two fell into a now-legendary Twitter spat that ended with Rihanna telling Ciara, “Good luck with booking that stage u speak of.” At the Met Gala on May 5, the two pop stars appeared to bury the hatchet. Inside the event, photographers snapped pics of them together, with Ciara touching Rihanna’s pregnant belly and posing while Rih grinned. Then, there were photos taken with Rihanna, Ciara, Rihanna’s partner A$AP Rocky, and Ciara’s husband Russell Wilson. And also, Jeff Goldblum was there for this historic meeting of the couples, the reason for which is still unclear. Photo: Kevin Mazur/MG25/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Rihanna and Ciara’s feud began when the latter was on a 2011 episode of E!’s Fashion Police and told the panel of Rihanna, “I ran into her recently at a party, and she wasn’t the nicest.” Following the episode, Rihanna tweeted, “My bad ci, did I 4get to tip

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State continues the eight-game road trip on Tuesday night as the Sycamores travel to No. 15 Tennessee in nonconference play at Lindsey Nelson Stadium with first pitch set for 6 p.m. The game will be played on SEC Network+ and 105.5 The Legend.   Indiana State (22-25) enters the midweek contest sitting with a 12-12 record overall in road competition and 15-17 mark away from Bob Warn Field on the year. The Sycamores are 1-3 over the current eight-game road trip after falling last Tuesday to Vanderbilt (5-2), while dropping two of three this past weekend to Bradley in Marion, Ill.   Tennessee (37-11) enters the midweek matchup with a 26-7 record inside Lindsey Nelson Stadium after a 1-2 weekend at home against No. 5 Auburn. The Volunteers will have one more game against a Missouri Valley foe this season taking on Belmont on May 13.   Season Overall Carlos Pena (.344) leads six Sycamores hitting above the .300 mark on the season heading into the final seven games of the regular season. Pena leads the Sycamores with 14 home runs and 49 RBIs while lining up at first base, right field, and designated hitter

Colorado College Athletics Sport Navigation Menu For the 13th time in program history, the No. 15 Colorado College women's lacrosse team is heading to the big dance.    After winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and tying a program record 18 wins, the Tigers are back in the NCAA Tournament. They will face Pomona-Pitzer on Sunday, May 11th at noon PST. Both CC and P-P have first-round byes and will square off in the second round in Claremont, Calif.    This will be the second matchup of the year between the two squads as the Tigers defeated the then-No. 9 Sagehens earlier this year on March 20, 13-8, in one of the highest-ranked wins in program history.    CC is 13-12 all-time in the tournament and will look to make another run after last year's trip to the Sweet 16. Two wins against Aurora and Chicago propelled the Tigers to the third round before ultimately falling to the eventual national champion, Middlebury.    This will be head coach Susan "Stuey" Stuart's final run in the tournament after the CC and women's lacrosse legend announced her retirement before the start of the season. Stuey has 331 career wins and will look

Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya teamed up for the very first time at the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open. And now, after a brilliant team-debut fortnight, they are WTA 1000 doubles champions. In Sunday's all-unseeded final that went down to the last moment, Cirstea and Kalinskaya squeaked past Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens 6-7(10), 6-2, , saving one championship point in the match-tiebreak. The pendulum swung back and forth throughout, and Cirstea and Kalinskaya found themselves down a set and a break at 7-6, 2-0. They came all the way back and closed out the victory after 2 hours and 14 minutes of unpredictable action.  Both Cirstea and Kalinskaya broke lengthy doubles title droughts with the win. This is Kalinskaya's fourth WTA doubles title and her first since 2022. Cirstea had to wait even longer for her sixth WTA doubles title -- her most recent one came in 2019. This is the first WTA 1000 title for both Cirstea and Kalinskaya in any discipline. Both of them were contesting their first WTA 1000 finals in doubles, although they have each been WTA 1000 runners-up in singles -- Cirstea at 2013 Toronto and Kalinskaya at 2024 Dubai. This fortnight started perfectly for

BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU track and field team wrapped up the regular season on Saturday as they hosted the equivalent of an SEC reunion at Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Final Results Possibly the biggest time of the season so far for the Tigers came from Michaela Rose in her final race wearing purple and gold in Baton Rouge. Moments before celebrating her senior day with her teammates, Rose got out fast and did not look back in the 800 meter. The Suffolk, Virginia, native clocked a new personal-best time of 1:58.12 to win the event. Rose’s new PR improves her LSU record, No. 2 time in collegiate history, No. 1 time in the NCAA for 2025, No. 1 time in the USA and No. 3 in the world. Rose’s goal remains the same ever since she clocked her first No. 2 time in collegiate history: beat Athing Mu’s collegiate record of 1:57.73 from 2021. The second-hottest race of the day for LSU came in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, an event where Jahiem Stern and Matthew Sophia have consistently produced. Stern got the better of his training partner as he clocked a new personal-best time of 13.35 seconds to move

GREENCASTLE, Indiana --- Wabash captured three individual titles and posted six top-three finishes for all-conference honors on the first day of full competition at the 2025 North Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by DePauw University. The Little Giants ended the first day in first place in the men's team standings, scoring 74.5 points.   Wabash senior Will Morris won the pole vault to claim an NCAC individual title and all-conference honors. He cleared 4.70 meters (15 feet, 5 inches) for the 48th-best effort in Division III this season. Nate Joven finished in fourth place with a finishing height of 4.25 meters (13 feet, 11.25 inches). Hugh Ford added to the team scoring with a sixth-place finish at a height of 4.10 meters (13 feet, 5.25 inches).   Evan Furuness scored another individual championship for Wabash by winning the men's shot put with a toss of 15.37 meters (50 feet, 5.25 inches). He edged out teammate Quinn Sholar , who earned all-conference honors with his second-place effort of 15.23 meters (49 feet, 11.75 inches). Jakob Van Pelt finished in fifth place with a throw of 13.97 meters (45 feet, 10 inches).   Senior Brayden Curnutt raced to

Jordyn Bahl knocked a home run and saw her second straight outing with a one-hit shutout as the No. 20 Nebraska softball team defeated the Maryland Terrapins, 6-0, on Friday evening at Bowlin Stadium. There were two lightning delays in the game, but the Big Red was undeterred and grabbed the shutout win. Bahl was one of three Huskers to homer on the day, as Lauren Camenzind and Samantha Bland added one apiece. NU now has 96 home runs on the season and is four away from becoming the fourth Big Ten team to hit 100+ home runs in a season.  Hannah Camenzind added two RBIs on the day and Olivia DiNardo notched two hits. Bahl (21-5) claimed the win in the circle, pitching a complete-game shutout with only one hit and no balls out of the infield. Bahl also struck out nine batters. Julia Shearer (3-12) took the loss for Maryland. The Big Red moved to 36-12 (15-5 Big Ten) on the season, while the Terrapins fell to 18-29 (3-17 Big Ten).  NU got on the board first in the bottom of the first. Bland and Ava Kuszak both singled and a H. Camenzind double sent them both across