SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The 63 percent rate at which athletes graduated from Syracuse is a low in eight years of available archives, though it matches the national average. Meanwhile, 82 percent of the general student population in the same class graduated, giving Syracuse the eighth worst discrepancy in the nation.

KENT, Ohio — Food poisoning highlighted a weak performance by the Kent State track and field team this weekend at the All-Ohio Championship meet in Cincinnati.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The annual Big Red lovefest has grown into an even stranger creature than it once was. All the ingredients of spring games past are still there, but ticket demand has skyrocketed to unknown proportions, which may actually be the exhibition’s most curious facet.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It was inevitable that at some point, the No. 2 Syracuse men’s lacrosse team would stumble, would trip over its feet during this season’s return to prominence. At some point, all these blowouts would stop and the Orange would find itself in an actual game.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With all eyes of the college baseball world focused on Tallahassee and a series between the top two teams in both the ACC and the entire country, record crowds enjoyed an exciting series between Florida State and Miami.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Riding the longest winning streak in school history, No. 3 Florida (51-2, 21-1 SEC) completed a sweep of feeble Kentucky at Pressly Stadium on Sunday.