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Texas Tech hires 33-year-old Kingsbury as coach
New Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has wanted to be back in Lubbock since he left a decade ago. Late last week the former Red Raiders quarterback ...
Western Kentucky hires Petrino as football coach
Now that Bobby Petrino is back in the coaching ranks, he wants to make the most of his second chance. Petrino was introduced Monday as Western ...
Cincinnati hires Tuberville as football coach
Tommy Tuberville wasn't expecting a call from an old acquaintance. A few hours later, he was headed north for a new job. Tuberville left Texas Tech ...
Sudanese teens at center of recruiting controversy
Four young men from war-ravaged Sudan tower above their teachers and fellow students on the pastoral grounds of a century-old school in suburban ...
Bret Bielema leaves Wisconsin for Arkansas
Bret Bielema will earn $3.2 million annually for six years in his new job at Arkansas, which will also pay its new coach's $1 million buyout to ...
Tulsa notifies NCAA, launches probe into AD
Gambling-related allegations against the University of Tulsa's athletic director have drawn the attention of the NCAA, which has taken a hard stand ...
Gambling investigation prompts Tulsa AD leave
Tulsa athletic director Ross Parmley was placed on paid leave Tuesday as the university investigates allegations that he may have been involved with ...
Sweeping changes suggested for Pa. child abuse law
Pennsylvania should enact sweeping changes to its child abuse laws, including stronger penalties for failing to report the crime, a legislative ...
Balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents
Deciding whether to fire a college football coach often comes down to balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents. Five coaches were fired ...
Chizik, among 5 college football coaches fired
Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope got the pink slips many expected were coming after disappointing seasons. North Carolina State getting rid ...
Embree out as head coach of Colorado Buffaloes
Jon Embree is out as head football coach at the University of Colorado after just two seasons and four wins in 25 games. Embree told The Associated ...
Boston College fires football coach Spaziani
New Boston College athletic director Brad Bates is looking for a football coach who "oozes integrity," someone who cares about the students and ...
Rutgers joins the Big Ten, leaving Big East behind
As the Big East was being picked apart, Rutgers was looking for a way out and a new place to show off a football program that has been resurrected in ...
Column: Still a lot to be thankful for in sports
The bad stuff is easy. You read about it almost every day; hear it discussed endlessly by the talking heads on radio and television. But if sports is ...
Miami self-imposes 2nd straight bowl ban
Calling the move prudent and unprecedented, Miami is self-imposing a second straight postseason ban on its football program because of an NCAA ...
U. of Iowa leader issues apology in athletics case
University of Iowa President Sally Mason apologized but offered few answers Friday for the school's failure to protect athletes and employees in its ...
Former Texas coach Royal dies at age 88
A son of Depression-era Oklahoma, Darrell Royal came to Texas to take over a sleeping giant of a football program. Over 20 years, his folksy approach ...
Spelman College chooses fitness over athletics
Sports began on American college campuses as a way for students to blow off steam and be healthy. Over the last century and a half, athletics have ...
Graduation rate is more bad news for UConn
Connecticut's basketball program — already banned from the postseason for failing to meet other academic standards — has a graduation success rate of ...
Graduation success rate is more bad news for UConn
The NCAA says that Connecticut's basketball program — already banned from the postseason for failing to meet other academic standards — has a ...
NCAA grad rates improving in football, basketball
More men's basketball players are taking advantage of the biggest shot of their life and earning a college diploma. The latest results from the NCAA's ...
Sandusky accuser tells of abuse ordeal in new book
A young man whose sexual-abuse claims triggered the investigation of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky says in his new book ...
Some of Sandusky's jurors hoping for life sentence
Jerry Sandusky should be sent to prison for life when a judge sentences him Tuesday, according to several of the jurors who convicted the former Penn ...
Eichorst leaves Miami, to be the AD at Nebraska
Shawn Eichorst left his job as athletic director at scandal-ridden Miami on Thursday and accepted a five-year contract to succeed Tom Osborne at ...
California law will aid injured student athletes
California will become the first state to mandate financial protections for student athletes who suffer career-ending injuries in some of the state's ...