Sports

AP Top 25 Podcast: David Shaw on Pac-12, CFP and practice

Stanford coach David Shaw says if he were king of college football it would take him about 30 minutes to fix the playoff.

Sports

Staal, Niederreiter lift Hurricanes past Predators 5-2

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jordan Staal scored twice and Nino Niederreiter beat Juuse Saros for the go-ahead goal early in the third period, helping the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Monday night in the first game of the teams' first-round playoff series.

Sports

Sam Houston wins FCS title with late TD over South Dakota St

FRISCO, Texas — Eric Schmid threw for three touchdowns, including a 10-yarder to Ife Adeyi with 16 seconds left, and Sam Houston wrapped the longest and most unusual college football season with its first FCS national title, beating top-seeded South Dakota State 23-21 on a rain-drenched Sunday.

Sports

FCS title game resumes after 75-minute lightning delay

FRISCO, Texas — The FCS championship game between top-seeded South Dakota State and No. 2 seed Sam Houston resumed after a delay of about 75 minutes Sunday because of lightning.

Sports

Unusual May FCS title game: South Dakota St vs Sam Houston

FRISCO, Texas — There are more twists to this FCS championship game than just being played in mid-May to wrap up a unique spring season.

Sports

New Pac-12 commissioner enters CFP talks as agent for change

Incoming Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff introduced himself to the world of college sports by taking one particularly notable position.

Sports

Pac-12 picks MGM executive Kliavkoff as next commissioner

The Pac-12 hired George Kliavkoff to be the conference's next commissioner on Thursday, replacing Larry Scott with another college sports outsider and charging him with rebuilding the league's football brand.

Sports

Unique, exhausting season reaches finale with FCS title game

The longest college football season in history comes to a close this weekend after a grueling, haphazard stretch that saw the Football Championship Subdivision push the majority of its games into the spring for the first time because of the pandemic.

Sports

The Latest: Avalanche, Nuggets get OK to increase capacity

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Report on campus doctor raises flags about iconic coach

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A report about the stunning lack of action at the University of Michigan while a rogue doctor was sexually assaulting hundreds of young men has cast an unflattering light at one of the school's giants, the late football coach Bo Schembechler, whose bronze statue stands on campus...

Sports

AP 2021 FCS All-America Team

The Associated Press FCS All-America team as chosen by a panel of media members with coordination from College Sports Information Directors of America.

Sports

EWU QB Eric Barriere highlights AP FCS All-America team

Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere, Sacred Heart running back Julius Chestnut and VMI receiver Jakob Herres are among the Walter Payton Award finalists highlighting The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Wednesday...

Sports

AP Top 25 Podcast: What lies ahead for Power 5 conferences?

A big two has emerged within the Power Five.

Entertainment

Famed Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan dead at age 37

HONOLULU — Colt Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, his father said. He was 37.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

The Latest: 1 Michigan St, 2 Michigan athletes test positive

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The Latest: 32 positive virus tests for Superdome workers

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Oklahoma St. coach Gundy apologizes for wearing OAN T-shirt

OKLAHOMA CITY — One day after Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard lashed out at coach Mike Gundy on social media for wearing a T-shirt promoting a far-right news channel, Gundy...

Georgia

Bailey, Freeney debut on college Hall of Fame ballot

Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey, Syracuse defensive end Dwight Freeney and Kansas State running back Darren Sproles will appear on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first...

Football

Doyle out as Iowa strength coach; Barta standing by Ferentz

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa athletic director Gary Barta gave a vote of confidence to longtime football coach Kirk Ferentz on Monday after deciding to cut ties with a strength coach accused of...

Race and ethnicity

The Latest: Interfaith group holds vigil outside St. John’s

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College football

Schools debate whether to detail positive tests for athletes

Over the past two weeks, as college athletes have returned to campuses to work out and prepare for sports later this year, a handful of them have tested positive for the...

West Virginia Mountaineers football

NCAA proposal for extended college football preseason set

The NCAA football oversight committee has finalized a plan for an extended preseason that would include an additional two weeks for teams to hold walk-throughs.

College football

USC welcomes back Reggie Bush after 10 years in NCAA exile

Reggie Bush was the centerpiece of Southern California's last football dynasty. He inspired players to become Trojans and continued to be adored by USC fans while spending a decade in...

College football

The Latest: Premier League says 1 positive among 1,213 tests

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NCAA finalizing plan for extended college football preseason

After the pandemic wiped out spring practice for most major college football teams, an NCAA plan to extend the preseason by two weeks could help coaches and players make up for the lost...

College football

Seniority, generosity may decide who enters college stadiums

Athletic administrators at schools with high ticket demand for college football are making plans to determine who gets a seat if stadium capacities are reduced because of concerns about the...

General News

Building bubbles: Cautious 1st steps toward football season

College football is scheduled to kick off in less than three months and there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that games will be played Labor Day weekend.

MLB

Fan experience to change profoundly amid COVID-19 pandemic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dayton Moore remembers so clearly the vast sections of empty seats inside Kauffman Stadium when he took over as general manager of the Kansas City Royals, and he remembers...

George Floyd

The Latest: South Carolina coaches, players march for Floyd

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The Latest: 75 Penn State football players to return Monday

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FSU’s Norvell sorry after star player accused coach of lying

Florida State's Mike Norvell apologized Thursday after a star player accused the coach of lying about personally connecting with each player to discuss the police killing of George Floyd and...

Detroit Pistons

The Latest: Detroit Pistons set to reopen practice facility

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2 more Oklahoma St football players positive for COVID-19

STILLWATER, Okla. — Two more Oklahoma State football players have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning to campus for voluntary workouts, bringing the total to three.

College football

Johnny Majors, former Tennessee and Pitt coach, dies at 85

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. He...

Football

Will open seats be familiar sight in sports as virus fades?

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Empty seats have been the norm the past few years at the University of Kansas, where a succession of football coaches has failed to turn around the flailing fortunes of the...

College football

Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80

Former Auburn coach Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, died Monday. He was 80.

College football

College Football Hall of Fame damaged in Atlanta protests

ATLANTA — The College Football Hall of Fame is boarded up and assessing damage from a destructive night of protests in downtown Atlanta.