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NCAA gives LSU 1-year probation for ex-assistant's conduct

Sep. 22, 2022 01:50 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The NCAA placed LSU’s football program on one year of probation Thursday after determining that former offensive line coach James Cregg...

TCU head coach Sonny Dykes directs his team against Colorado in the second half of an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sonny on other side: Big change for TCU-SMU rivalry in DFW

By Stephen Hawkins Sep. 22, 2022 03:33 AM EDT

Former Alabama split end Dennis Homan, left, poses with his daughter Missy Homan, center, and grandson Kneeland Hibbett, a current Alabama long snapper, outside Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Hibbett has pledged to donate a share of his name, image and likeness proceeds to the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which has worked with ex-football players and others who developed traumatic brain injuries from repeated hits to the head. (Homan family photograph via AP)
Grandson of Alabama champ pledges NIL money to CTE research

By Jimmy Golen Sep. 20, 2022 04:57 PM EDT

Texas Tech's Bryce Ramirez (54) combines on a sack of North Carolina State's Devin Leary (13) with teammate Tyree Wilson (19) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
Texas Tech LB Ramirez still hospitalized with leg fracture

Sep. 18, 2022 05:34 PM EDT

FILE - Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields is sacked by Clemson defensive lineman Bryan Bresee during the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game in New Orleans, Jan. 1, 2021. Bresee was named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Clemson DT Bresee's 15-year-old sister dies of brain cancer

Sep. 15, 2022 08:51 AM EDT

Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson watches during the second half of the team's NCAA college football game against VMI in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
ACC gets September shot to boost reputation in marquee games

By Aaron Beard Sep. 07, 2022 12:15 PM EDT

Injured Wake Forest players Sam Hartman (10) and Michael Frogge (86) watch a play against VMI as coach Dave Clawson, right, walks past during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Hartman medically cleared to return for No. 23 Wake Forest

By Aaron Beard Sep. 06, 2022 03:11 PM EDT

FILE - Colorado offensive lineman Casey Roddick (70) plays in the first half during an NCAA college football game against Arizona, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. Colorado offensive lineman Casey Roddick nearly had his football career ended after a case of COVID-19 developed into a serious bout with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart wall. These days, the left guard from California doesn't take even one snap for granted. That's why he relished his new role as team captain. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Roddick a Colorado captain year after myocarditis recovery

By Pat Graham Sep. 01, 2022 05:55 PM EDT

FILE - Wake Forest head coach Dave Clawson reacts during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Wake Forest in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Wake Fore plays against VMI on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
No. 22 Wake Forest opens season with new QB against VMI

By Aaron Beard Aug. 31, 2022 02:44 PM EDT

E. Kentucky coach Walt Wells stable after cardiac episode

Aug. 28, 2022 05:27 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — Eastern Kentucky athletic director Matt Roan said football coach Walt Wells is hospitalized in stable condition after having a cardiac episode...

College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock, left, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia first lady Marty Kemp applaud during a press conference at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Atlanta, announcing that the CFP National Championship NCAA college football game will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2025. (Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Georgia governor touts Bulldogs 4-peat for Atlanta in 2025

By Paul Newberry Aug. 16, 2022 06:30 PM EDT

Simon Fraser moves 4 football games from Canada to U.S.

Aug. 16, 2022 04:00 PM EDT
BURNABY, British Columbia (AP) — Simon Fraser will move four of its home football games across the border to Blaine, Washington for the upcoming season due to COVID...

FILE - Washington State coach Nick Rolovich watches during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Stanford on Oct. 16, 2021, in Pullman, Wash. The former Washington State football coach has filed a claim against the university on April 27, 2022, seeking $25 million for wrongful termination after he was fired last year for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. (AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)
Former Washington St coach files wrongful termination claim

Aug. 10, 2022 02:40 PM EDT

FILE - Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman plays against North Carolina State during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Hartman will miss “an extended period of time” for treatment of what the school described Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, as medical condition unrelated to football. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Wake Forest QB Hartman out indefinitely with medical issue

By Aaron Beard Aug. 10, 2022 09:38 AM EDT

Alabama radio voice Eli Gold sidelined for start of season

Aug. 03, 2022 12:08 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Longtime Alabama radio announcer Eli Gold will miss the start of the football season due to health issues. Jim Carabin, vice...

FILE - Allan Roth, left, statistician of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sits in the booth with broadcaster Vin Scully in August 1963 in Los Angeles. Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, Aug. 2, 2022, the team said. He was 94. (AP Photo/Harold Filan, File)
Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94

By Beth Harris Aug. 02, 2022 11:43 PM EDT

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart speaks during NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Florida QB Richardson seeks 'rebrand, sheds AR-15 nickname

By Charles Odum Jul. 20, 2022 04:09 PM EDT

FILE - Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb (18) is shown after a touchdown during an NCAA college football game against Arizona on Sept. 25, 2021, in Eugene, Ore. Webb has died after falling and striking his head on rock slides at a popular swimming lake near Eugene, Oregon. Authorities say the 22-year-old was unresponsive when they arrived at Triangle Lake on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, and found him about 100 yards down a steep trail. (AP Photo/Andy Nelson, File)
Oregon tight end, social media star, dies of head injury

Jul. 14, 2022 01:05 PM EDT

FILE - Mississippi State coach Mike Leach on the sidelines against Arkansas during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Fayetteville, Ark. Leach has signed a two-year contract extension through 2025 after leading the Bulldogs to their second consecutive bowl appearance, as confirmed by an MSU official on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The third-year coach’s annual base salary increases from $5 million to $5.5 million. (AP Photo/Michael Woods, File)
Leach signs 2-year contract extension with Mississippi State

Jun. 29, 2022 03:55 PM EDT

FILE - Atlanta Falcons defensive end and former University of Iowa player Adrian Clayborn, left, and Kid Captain Maddox Smith are honored on the field before an NCAA college football game between Iowa and Illinois in Iowa City, Iowa, Oct. 7, 2017. "The Wave" at Iowa home games, where fans salute children from the nearby hospital battling cancer and their families, has become college football's neatest new tradition. The University of Iowa announced that patients at UI Stead Family Children's Hospital will get to pick the songs that accompany the Hawkeye Wave, at which fans attending games at Iowa's Kinnick Stadium wave to patients at the adjacent hospital. Now at every Iowa home game this year, the hospital's Kid Captain — a Children's Hospital patient who is is picked to be honored at each Iowa football game — will help select a new song to accompany the Hawkeye Wave. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Children's hospital patients to pick 'Hawkeye Wave' songs

Jun. 22, 2022 02:05 PM EDT