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Pac-12 teams get top PSU transfers Redd, Fortt
Penn State's loss could turn into a big gain for Southern California. Star tailback Silas Redd bolted Happy Valley for Los Angeles in a season of ...
NCAA adds 1-year postseason bans to UCF penalties
Central Florida will have to sit out the postseason for a year in men's basketball and football under sanctions the NCAA handed down Tuesday, adding ...
EYES ON LONDON: Twitter uproar, Bieber and judo
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ HER ...
Former Penn St players say Freeh report "flawed"
Franco Harris and two other former Penn State football players say the report about Penn State's handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal "is ...
Sanctions give PSU opponents chance to cherry pick
If you are a college football coach in need of a player or two, Penn State's misfortune could turn out to be your team's lucky strike. There's a ...
For big-budget Penn St, fine not as big as seems
The $60 million fine levied on Penn State by the NCAA doesn't look so big next to the scale of the athletic department's finances. Penn State plans ...
Penn State football goes into damage control
All the big prizes Penn State usually plays for — the conference championships, the marquee bowl games — are off the table. For the next four seasons, ...
Statue of famed Penn St. coach Paterno taken down
The famed statue of Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday as the NCAA announced it would be issuing sanctions ...
Report: Golden's staff broke recruiting rules
Miami coach Al Golden's second season at the school is beginning much like his first one, with new accusations of rule breaking, the looming threat ...
Big Ten may give commish power to fire coaches
In the wake of the scandal at Penn State, the Big Ten Conference is considering a plan to give its commissioner the power to punish schools with ...
Penn State to respond soon to NCAA demand for info
As the NCAA considers whether Penn State should face penalties following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal — including a possible shutdown ...
How Penn State can repair its image
A scathing report accusing Penn State coach Joe Paterno and other top university officials of hiding what they knew about Jerry Sandusky's sexual ...
Sports, coaches hold sway at many colleges
It was a throwaway line, intended to lighten the mood after an ominous revelation by one of the most decorated college football programs in the land.
Report on abuse scandal tarnishes Paterno legacy
A blistering report that claims Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials concealed what they knew about Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of ...
Lowly Caltech joins top teams with NCAA sanctions
At Caltech, where the laws of physics are understood, the rules of the NCAA apparently proved elusive. When the college sports governing body ...
Reaction to Freeh Group's findings on Penn State
Reactions to Freeh Report released Thursday that found Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegation against ...
The cast of characters in the Penn State scandal
The main players in the Penn State scandal: JERRY SANDUSKY Role: Former assistant football coach and founder of The Second Mile charity for children, ...
PSU report on sex-abuse scandal due out Thursday
A potentially explosive report into whether football coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials took steps to conceal that former defensive ...
Paterno family: Release all emails and records
Joe Paterno's family has called on Pennsylvania's attorney general and former FBI Director Louis Freeh to release all emails and records related to ...
Athletes' deaths in workouts prompt new guidelines
The most dangerous time for amateur athletes may not be during the heat of the game or even in rigorous practices. A total of 21 college football ...
College football playoff questions and answers
A committee of university presidents approved a plan for a four-team college football playoff, starting in 2014. Here's what you need to know about ...
Lawyer: Jerry Sandusky insists he's not guilty
As Jerry Sandusky insisted through a lawyer Monday that he is not guilty of sexually abusing children, a juror who voted to convict the retired Penn ...
Penn State tries to move focus back to football
Just days before Jerry Sandusky was convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse, an email was sent to thousands of Penn State alumni with a simple ...
Obama on Title IX law : 'Springboard for success'
President Barack Obama is marking the 40th anniversary of the landmark anti-gender discrimination law known as Title IX, saying it's proved to be a ...