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Doctor: Alabama's Saban undergoes hip replacement surgery

Alabama coach Nick Saban has undergone hip replacement surgery. Dr. Lyle Cain said Monday the 67-year-old Saban is expected ...

Jury selected in 2nd trial over NCAA recruitment

A jury was selected Monday to hear evidence in the trial of an aspiring agent and a former amateur coach charged with bribing ...

Chris Mullin

'From the heart': Mullin's decision to leave St. John's

Chris Mullin felt in his heart it was time to leave St. John's. He stepped down this month after four years as coach at the ...

Miller and Wade will not testify in corruption trial

Arizona coach Sean Miller and LSU coach Will Wade will not be required to testify in next week's federal basketball ...

St. John's hires Mike Anderson as basketball coach

After a meandering search, St. John's finally settled on Mike Anderson as its new basketball coach. Anderson was hired Friday ...

Iowa's Megan Gustafson wins Honda award for basketball

Megan Gustafson of Iowa has won the Honda Sports Award as the top woman in college basketball. Gustafson led Division I ...

NCAA rejects mandatory 2-year commitment to grad transfers

A proposal to require a graduate transfer to count against a team's scholarship total for two years in football and ...

UNC's Hatchell resigns after findings from program review

North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell had built a Hall of Fame career over more than three decades with the ...

LSU hires new athletic director Woodward away from Texas A&M

LSU has formalized an agreement to bring in Scott Woodward as the university's next athletic director. Woodward, whose hiring ...

Joe Alleva stepping down as LSU's athletic director

LSU athletic director Joe Alleva is stepping down from that position and will have a new role within the athletic department.

Les Miles

AP Top 25 Podcast: New coaches facing toughest challenges

Not all new coaches face the same challenges in college football. Who has the toughest task ahead of him in 2019? On the ...

Barnes says buyout likely kept him from taking UCLA job

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes believes he would be settling in as UCLA's coach right about now if buyout negotiations hadn't ...

'Game of Thrones' premiere sets a viewership record for HBO

HBO's "Game of Thrones" lived up to the hype. This past weekend's season premiere stands as the most-watched one-day event ...

Nielsen's top programs for April 8-14

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 8-14. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership. 1.

Lady Vols lose 1 of their top scorers as Westbrook transfers

Evina Westbrook is transferring from Tennessee after sharing the team lead in scoring this season. New Lady Vols coach Kellie ...

Zion Williamson entering NBA draft after 1 year at Duke

Zion Williamson is leaving Duke after one high-flying season to enter the NBA draft. Widely projected as the top overall pick ...

Minnesota Duluth wins 2nd straight title, beating UMass 3-0

Scott Sandelin acknowledged having his doubts through several low points of the season as to whether his Minnesota Duluth ...

Virginia fans turn out to celebrate NCAA hoops title

Thousands of fans turned out Saturday to celebrate Virginia's first national championship in basketball. The crowd, estimated ...

McGill University drops 'Redmen' name from sports teams

McGill University has dropped the name Redmen from its varsity sports teams after receiving complaints that the name is a ...

Williamson, Ionescu win honors at College Basketball Awards

Zion Williamson of Duke insisted he doesn't know if he's going to declare for the NBA draft and leave Duke early. Then his ...