The answer came quickly during Thursday night’s opener between the Super Bowl champion Broncos and Panthers. During the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall took a knee. He was the only player on either sideline to do so. WEEK 1 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread The low-key way NBC Sports covered it likely will be the gameplan NFL broadcast partners implement if more players follow the example of Colin Kaepernick....

At least that’s what NBC is saying. Raiders fans and conspiracy theorists alike were convinced Carr’s pass hit NBC’s SkyCam cabling and thus changed the trajectory of the ball and confused Cooper, who had beaten broken Chiefs coverage. MORE: Week 14 NFL picks straight up While it sure looks like the ball died in mid-air, NBC Sports spokesman Dan Masonson said in a statement that the “overhead camera is positioned behind the line of scrimmage, so the cables would not be in play....

According to the News and Observer, Boletepeli sent a tweet in November, saying “Imma get him I promise. Dave Doeren and the rest.” It was reported he was arrested on two counts of misdemeanor stalking and communicating threats. WRAL reported Boletepeli was also charged with resisting a public officer. The report also noted he sent harassing text messages and arrived at Doeren’s office, where he acted in a way that “would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress by placing that person in fear of death, bodily injury … or the safety of the person’s immediate family," read court documents....

Each of the 16 Regional sites is hosted by one of the tournament’s top 16 seeds. NCAA TOURNAMENT 2015: Saturday’s scores | Saturday’s top plays Here’s what you’ll need to catch the action this weekend (all times ET): LOS ANGELES REGIONAL CSU Bakersfield vs. UCLA, 7 p.m., ESPN3 Maryland vs. winner of first game, 11 p.m., ESPNU LAKE ELSINORE REGIONAL Sunday, May 31 USC vs. San Diego State, 6 p....

“Based on that review, we learned that the Sports Illustrated claims of monetary payments for athletic achievements, improper academic assistance provided by our academic services staff, rampant drug use and inappropriate interaction with football players during recruiting trips were fundamentally unfounded,” the statement read, according to Oklahoma State president V. Burns Hargis. MORE: Top 25 games left on schedule | Midseason All-Americans | Updated Top 25 players The NCAA enforcement staff and an Oklahoma State consultant looked into “approximately 50,000 emails and documents, and included nearly 100 interviews of current and former administrators, coaches, staff, student-athletes, students and prospects as well as alumni and donors” as part of the inquiry....

So it was fitting for the Pioneers that Savoie potted the overtime winner in the national semifinals and the first assist went to Brink. After a Michigan turnover at the blue line, Brink found a cutting Savoie wide open in front of the Michigan net. Savoie’s initial shot was stopped by Michigan’s Erik Portillo, but Savoie slammed home the rebound to punch the Pioneers’ ticket to the championship with the 3-2 victory....

On the men’s side, No. 1 Maryland (16-0) faces No. 5 Princeton (11-4) in the national semifinal on Saturday. The Terps advanced with an 18-9 victory against Virginia in a rematch of last year’s national championship game. The Tigers are trying to win their first national championship since 2001. No. 6 Rutgers (14-3) faces No. 6 Cornell (13-4) in the other semifinal. Both games will be played at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Conn....

In a landmark decision issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled in favor of former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon and 19 others in a lawsuit that challenged the NCAA’s regulation of college athletics on antitrust grounds. MORE: Ruling impacts future athletes | How NFL can help NCAA The entire ruling can be viewed here. In a partial victory for the NCAA, though, Wilken said the NCAA could set a cap on the money paid to athletes, as long as it allows at least $5,000 a year for big school football and basketball players....

The NCAA finished its investigation in October when Syracuse released a statement saying the potential problems in the football and basketball programs happened “years ago,” along with another possible violation that likely centered around Fab Melo’s academic record from 2010-2012, according to Syracuse.com. MORE: 10 worst losses for bubble teams | Latest Bubble Watch | Cheerleaders brawl A source told Syracuse.com the older violations may have included improper documentation of internship hours that athletes completed at a local YMCA....

A-plus job, Dayton Daily News. MORE NCAA TOURNAMENT: Where is truTV? | Follow the bracket | Complete schedule

Either way, Saint Louis won an NCAA tournament game it had no business winning. And North Carolina State blew a game it couldn’t possibly lose. “I can’t salute these guys enough in terms of how they stayed with it,” said SLU coach Jim Crews. MORE: Follow the NCAA Tournament with SN’s live updates Get that? Good — because that’s about the only way to understand a SLU comeback so improbable....

In 2002-03, his first year at the helm, they won just 10 games. The next season didn’t start much better. Washington was just 5-3 when Pac-10 play started, and then the Huskies lost their first five conference games. Yikes, eh? At 5-8 overall, nobody was thinking about an at-large bid. But then, the Huskies caught fire. They won 12 of their final 14 regular-season games, including a rather surprising upset of an undefeated Stanford squad in the last game before the conference tournament....

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Kentucky Wildcats (38-0) No. 1 seed, Midwest Region Coach: John Calipari (sixth season) Bid: SEC tournament champions Starting lineup G Aaron Harrison, 6-6, So., 11.0 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.4 apg G Andrew Harrison, 6-6, So., 9.2 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 3.6 apg F Trey Lyles, 6-10, Fr., 8.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg F Karl-Anthony Towns, 6-11, Fr., 10.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg C Willie Cauley-Stein, 7-0, Jr., 9.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg MORE: Notre Dame vs....

These two legendary basketball programs have only played each other five times since then (all in the regular season), most recently in November 2012 when the Hoosiers beat a Tar Heels team that featured a freshman Marcus Paige 83-59. Now a senior, Paige will look to have a different fate with much higher stakes. MORE: Ranking the teams’ title chances The two teams meet Friday at approximately 10 p.m. ET (TBS) in Philadelphia....

MORE: Every NFL team’s most indispensable player | NFL: Dolphins didn’t violate tampering rules in signing Suh The Dolphins defensive tackle, who left Detroit in the offseason to sign with Miami, claims his new team’s defense will be even better than last year’s Lions defense, which ranked second in the NFL in total defense per game in 2014. Detroit was also the NFL’s stingiest against the run, but Suh feels the Dolphins have more talent....

Nowhere is the shift more apparent than in energy markets where, unlike with currencies, governments cannot simply print what they need. Here the web of sanctions becomes a sieve. Saudi Arabia, long a committed American partner, has established a close alliance with Russia in the OPEC Plus cartel. The Saudis have very publicly declined the request of an American president to increase oil production. Instead, they imported Russian oil for domestic use to export more of their own production....

According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the defensive end was driving around “when he spotted a raccoon on the side of the road and decided to take a picture.” We all have that thought when running into a wild animal. You have to #DoItForTheGram at some point in your life. The raccoon attacked Gangwish, biting him in the calf, and that’s when he grabbed a wrench and hit it....

Overview The inner lining of the intestines contains millions of bacteria. Usually, these bacteria (called the normal flora) are harmless and are part of the digestive process. In NEC, though, the bacteria begin to attack the intestinal wall. If the disease is not treated promptly, the intestinal wall will weaken and may die. Eventually, a hole can form through the bowel wall (a perforation), spilling its contents into the abdominal cavity....

Necrotizing: The death of tissue. Fasciitis: Inflammation of the fascia, which is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber, and muscle in place. Several different types of bacteria can be responsible for causing necrotizing fasciitis, and there are a few different types of the disorder, including type I, II, and III. Other names commonly used for necrotizing fasciitis include: Flesh-eating bacteriaFlesh-eating diseaseStreptococcal gangreneSuppurative fasciitis...