
SEC's new network with ESPN to debut in 2014
The Southeastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014.

Manziel talks football, friendships and fame
Johnny Manziel has decided he's not going to allow the pitfalls of fame stop him from having a good time, forging friendships with rival quarterbacks ...

10 things to know about College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff is all but done. The only part that remains unsettled is the membership of the selection committee that will determine ...

Column: A cartel by any other name still a cartel
The cartel formerly known as the Bowl Championship Series has changed its name. Because nothing says college football playoff better than, well, ...

Aggies and Manziel wrap up spring drills
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel did almost everything right in Texas A&M's spring game on Saturday. Well, everything except for giving the ...

Louisville, Michigan look to create lasting bond
Rick Pitino knows how lasting one more win would be. It would give everyone a reason to stay connected. It would create a lifetime bond. To drive that ...

Louisville, Michigan escape shadows at Final Four
The hoops teams at Louisville and Michigan are used to being overlooked. The Cardinals may be a national powerhouse, but they're still considered ...
Longtime Alabama AD Mal Moore passes away
Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore, who played and coached under Bear Bryant, hired Nick Saban and presided over a heyday in athletics at his ...

Alabama hires Bill Battle as athletic director
Bill Battle was cutting trees downed in a recent storm on his suburban Atlanta farm when alma mater Alabama called a couple of weeks ago. Now, the ...

SEC seeking answers after getting only 3 NCAA bids
Frustrated Southeastern Conference coaches think their league is treated more like a mid-major rather than a BCS conference. The coaches said Monday ...

Small schools come up big in NCAA tourney field
Boise State coach Leon Rice was hoping for the best and secretly dreading the worst when he gathered his team to watch the NCAA tournament selection ...

How much could college stars earn in endorsements?
Money and Manziel are often mentioned together these days. When talk turns to insurance policies or trademark infringement lawsuits involving the ...
Arrested fugitive is Ala. football signee's father
Authorities say a man who was arrested after 16 years as a fugitive for allegedly shooting his estranged wife while she was holding their 18-month-old ...
AP source: LSU in talks to bring in Cameron as OC
Former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron is in talks with LSU coach Les Miles to run the Tigers' offense, said a person familiar with ...

Lattimore's goal is to play this fall in NFL
Marcus Lattimore is confident he'll be ready to play NFL football this fall. The former South Carolina star tailback has spent the past two months in ...

Signing Day: Ole Miss muscles in on power programs
Alabama. Ohio State. Michigan. Florida. Notre Dame. Mississippi? Ole Miss muscled in on the powerhouses that usually dominate national signing day, ...

Bielema taking head-on approach early at Arkansas
Bret Bielema wasted little time in playing to the eager crowd. The new Arkansas football coach picked up the microphone at halftime of the Razorbacks' ...
Big 12 wants NCAA to allow conference title game
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby says the league likely will seek permission from the NCAA to hold a championship game even though it doesn't have the ...
Correction: Notre Dame-Te'o story
In a story Jan. 19 about the Manti Te'o-Lennay Kekua hoax, The Associated Press reported erroneously some of the details about the place where Te'o ...

Homeless are a challenge for Sarasota, Fla.
On a recent sunny winter day on a downtown Sarasota street corner, a cluster of homeless men lounged on the back steps of a building, grimy backpacks ...

Alabama's Lacy, Milliner, Fluker enter NFL draft
Alabama tailback Eddie Lacy, cornerback Dee Milliner and right tackle D.J. Fluker are entering the NFL draft after helping lead the Crimson Tide to ...

Osborne won't compare 1990s' Huskers to Alabama
Retired Nebraska coach Tom Osborne won't get drawn into an argument over how his 1990s teams that won three national championships in four years would ...
Correction: Alabama QB's Girlfriend story
In the story BC-US--Alabama QB's Girlfriend that ran Jan. 8, The Associated Press reported erroneously described as Katherine Webb as a former Miss ...

SECond to none, with no end in sight
There is no end in sight, not for Alabama or the Southeastern Conference. The Crimson Tide made it two straight national championships and three in ...
Ala. fans gather to welcome home championship team
Vicki Richardson was at the airport to greet the University of Alabama's national champion football team when players and coaches arrived home ...