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Caleb Downs leads 4 Ohio State players selected to Associated Press preseason All-America first teamVideo
Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, one of the second-ranked Buckeyes’ high-profile transfers, and three of his new teammates were selected for the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Monday. Downs, who was a second-team All-American as a freshman for Alabama last season, was joined by guard Donovan Jackson, receiver Emeka...
Is freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith next big thing for No. 2 Ohio State?Video
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jeremiah Smith was being called the next big thing at Ohio State long before he arrived on campus. The pass-catching prodigy from Miami Gardens, Fla., was the country’s top-rated recruit when he got to Columbus as an early enrollee in January amid a frenzy of hype. Since...
Notre Dame suspends men’s swim team for 1 year after review finds NCAA gambling violations
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame suspended its men’s swimming program Thursday for at least one year after an external review found members of the team violated NCAA rules by wagering among themselves on results of their competitions and failed to “treat one another with dignity and respect.” “In order...
College football 2024: Florida St. looking to back up last year’s breakthrough title in ACCVideo
Mike Norvell and Florida State got a taste of the big time last season. The Seminoles are not about to let that slip away this fall. “It sets the stage and opportunity for us to continue to push and continue to elevate this program to ultimately where it deserves to...
College football 2024: Powerful SEC welcomes Oklahoma, Texas to mixVideo
Goodbye, Nick Saban. Hello, Oklahoma and Texas. For the first time in 17 years, Alabama’s iconic coach won’t be prowling the sidelines in the SEC. With one longtime juggernaut headed to an ESPN gig and semi-retirement, two others enter the fray. The Sooners and Longhorns join the powerhouse league three...
College football 2024: Brett Gabbert’s return boosts defending MAC champion Miami (Ohio)Video
Brett Gabbert helped put Miami (Ohio) in position to win the 2023 Mid-American Conference crown. He spent the last five conference games watching his teammates fulfill that goal. Now, the almost completely healed 24-year-old quarterback begins his fourth and presumably final season as Miami’s starter hoping to do it all...
Michigan State sued by quiz creator over Hitler question streamed on videoboards at football game
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t have permission to use its product that “was not created for a mass-market use at an American...
Michigan’s Sherrone Moore looks forward to release of text messages in sign-stealing investigationVideo
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is taking over college football’s winningest program and all the scrutiny that comes with it. Moore spoke with reporters Tuesday for the first time since the NCAA alleged in a notice relating to its sign-stealing investigation that he violated rules as an...
Why seeding for the expanded College Football Playoff isn’t as simple as counting from 1 to 12
The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams this season, a massive change that will profoundly impact the sport and how success is defined. The system is also kind of quirky. The second-best team in the country by the selection committee’s rankings could conceivably be the fifth seed....
Georgia No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25, Ohio State No. 2 as expanded SEC, Big Ten flex muscles
Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the superconference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top 10 of the rankings. The Bulldogs received 46 first-place votes and 1,532 points in the Top 25...
NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the covid-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics until August 2028. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his...
NCAA moving closer to financially rewarding women’s basketball teams that reach March Madness
Women’s basketball teams are about to move a step closer to getting financially rewarded for success in the NCAA Tournament. The Division I Board of Directors was expected to meet Tuesday and introduce a proposal to give performance units to teams that make March Madness. Units represent revenue. “Unless something...
Pitbull Stadium is the new home of FIU football. The artist has bought the naming rights
Welcome to Pitbull Stadium, the home of your FIU Panthers. Florida International announced what could end up as a 10-year agreement on Tuesday with international recording artist, Grammy winner and entrepreneur Armando Christian Pérez — the Miami native better known as Pitbull — to put his name on their on-campus...
Penn State ranked 9th in preseason USA Today Coaches Poll; Georgia 1stVideo
NEW YORK — Penn State will open the season ninth in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll, which was released Monday. Georgia is No. 1, a year after its two-year run as national champion ended. The Bulldogs received 46 of the 55 first-place votes from college football coaches. Preseason No....
Michigan’s Sherrone Moore faces allegations of NCAA violations in sign-stealing investigation
Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is facing allegations he violated NCAA rules related to an investigation into impermissible scouting and sign-stealing that hung over the program through its run to last season’s national championship, three people briefed on an impending notice of allegations told the Associated Press on Sunday. Two of...
Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlementVideo
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while attempting...
After 3 straight losses to Michigan, Ohio State coach Ryan Day finds himself on hot seatVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State coach Ryan Day sounds confident and comfortable discussing this year’s football team. Never mind the three Michigan banners hanging over his head and slightly behind the podium where he’s speaking at the first of three Big Ten media days in Indianapolis — or that it’s a...
How college sports video games became the entry point to dismantle the NCAA’s amateurism rules
Sonny Vaccaro knew nothing about the law. He did know a lot about college sports and was sure the athletes who were driving millions of dollars in revenue to their schools should be paid. Michael Hausfeld knew nothing about college sports, but it didn’t take long for the attorney who...
Texas A&M not as noisy, which is good for Mike Elko
DALLAS — Texas A&M paid $75 million to fire Jimbo Fisher and hired Mike Elko away from Duke to bring some stability to a program that has been suffering through years of dysfunction. “A lot going on, it made it hard to kind of focus on football at times,” left...
5-star potential: Oklahoma QB Jackson Arnold and Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava are SEC wild cardsVideo
DALLAS — SEC quarterbacks fall into a few categories this year. There are the cover boys: Texas’ Quinn Ewers, Georgia’s Carson Beck and Alabama’s Jalen Milroe who are featured on the deluxe version of the new EA Sports College Football video game. The experienced entrenched starters: Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart, Missouri’s...
Georgia has 2 more players, including LB Smael Mondon, arrested for reckless driving
Georgia starting linebacker Smael Mondon was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police on Wednesday night on charges of speeding and reckless driving, according to jail records. One day earlier, freshman offensive lineman Bo Hughley was arrested by University of Georgia police on similar charges as the team’s difficulty with driving offenses...
UConn, coach Dan Hurley agree to 6-year, $50 million deal a month after he spurned offer from Lakers
STORRS, Conn. — UConn and men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley have agreed to a six-year, $50 million contract through the 2029-30 season that makes him one of the nation’s highest paid college coaches nearly a month after he turned down a lucrative offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. Hurley,...
Utah State informs football coach Blake Anderson he will be fired for cause after Title IX review
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State informed football coach Blake Anderson on Tuesday that he will be fired for cause after an external review of allegations that he hadn’t complied with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of sexual misconduct cases. Nate Dreiling, who had been Utah State’s defensive coordinator and...
Oklahoma St RB Ollie Gordon II, who won Doak Walker Award last season, arrested for suspicion of DUI
Oklahoma State running back and Doak Walker Award winner Ollie Gordon II was arrested Sunday morning for suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. A state trooper in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, reported seeing Gordon swerving in his black 2024 Cadillac. The vehicle was clocked at 82 miles per hour...
Bye Big 12, hello SEC: Texas, Oklahoma party as conference move becomes officialVideo
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma finally got the chance to celebrate its long-awaited move to the SEC. As the switch from the Big 12 became official Monday, the school finally was letting loose. Festivities started Sunday night and stretched to events statewide Monday. There were pep rallies in Norman on Monday...
