NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Reggie Bush loves roller coasters ? and it makes perfect sense. Both bring thrills with breathtaking bursts of zigzag speed. “I guess that’s kind of how I am on the field all those twists…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Rick Pitino smiled as he walked into his weekly press conference on Monday afternoon. While the memories of Saturday’s disappointing 73-61 loss to Kentucky are still fresh in the Louisville head coach’s mind, he…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Sa’de Wiley-Gatewood, starting point guard for top-ranked Tennessee, has decided to leave school, the university announced Monday. Wiley-Gatewood, a sophomore, was averaging 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. Last year she…

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Carol Ross achieved a unique double with Mississippi’s appearance in The AP women’s basketball poll, which again had Tennessee, Duke and LSU in the top three spots. Mississippi, which gained attention with an upset of then-No.…

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Only UCLA has had a better run than Duke in The Associated Press college basketball poll. The Blue Devils were No. 1 for the seventh straight week on Monday. That extended their streak of consecutive poll…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Only a quarter of University of Memphis basketball players who entered college during the 1995-96 through 1998-99 school years graduated within six years, according to NCAA figures released Monday. Memphis’ 25 percent graduation success…

By DAVE GOLDBERG / AP Football Writer Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Here is the worst possible scenario for the Indianapolis Colts: The New England Patriots, getting healthier, win their first-round playoff game and arrive at the RCA Dome primed to…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher isn’t desperate enough to start counting moral victories for his Titans. The Titans (4-10) wrapped up their home schedule with what he called one of their toughest losses this season…

NEW YORK Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? In the year 2009, on the 25th of April, a man named Greg is supposed to get an e-mail. It will remind him that he is his own best friend and worst enemy, that…

ROME Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that joy, and not a costly present, is the true gift of Christmas as he made his first visit as pontiff to a Rome parish. “You should bring joy, not…