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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan is expected to suspend coach Sherrone Moore for two games next season to address allegations that he failed to cooperate in the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation that rocked college football during the Wolverines’ championship season in 2023, according to two people familiar with the situation. Moore...

Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben McCollum agreed to a six-year, $22.75 million contract that runs through the 2030-31 season, according to the memorandum of understanding he signed last month. The document, obtained Friday through an Associated Press public records request, outlines a pay package that lists McCollum’s base salary at...

Eleven Big Ten teams have settled on their starting quarterbacks. The other seven, including defending national champion Ohio State, will carry competitions into preseason practice. Illinois’ Luke Altmyer, Michigan State’s Aidan Chiles, Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola, Penn State’s Drew Allar, Rutgers’ Athan Kaliakmanis, Southern Cal’s Jayden Maiava and Washington’s Demond Williams...

Rich Rodriguez and Scott Frost are new to the Big 12 but not to the schools that have welcomed them back. Rodriguez at West Virginia and Frost at UCF are the only new coaches in the 16-team Big 12 and now have been through their first spring since getting back...

HARRISBURG — The Trump administration said Monday the University of Pennsylvania violated laws guaranteeing women equal opportunities in athletics by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and into team facilities. The administration’s statement does not name Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the...

Pitt’s quarterback depth chart underwent a major overhaul Saturday. Redshirt freshman Julian Dugger, a Penn Hills graduate, announced he was entering the transfer portal hours after the Panthers landed a commitment from another quarterback, Cole Gonzales, who’s already well connected with offensive coordinator Kade Bell. A 6-foot, 198-pound senior, Gonzales...

The judge overseeing the sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit settlement involving the NCAA and the nation’s five largest conferences delayed final approval of the plan Wednesday until it is modified to address concerns about roster limits. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken signaled she is ready to approve the rest of...

FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU and North Carolina will play their 2026 opener in Ireland, which will come a year after coach Bill Belichick’s debut with the Tar Heels at home against the Horned Frogs. The Aer Lingus College Football Classic will be played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on...

College football’s highest-profile transfer is coming home. After a falling out with Tennessee, Nico Iamaleava has agreed to play for UCLA next season in a move that will generate significant buzz for the Bruins after they added a quarterback who took his previous team to the College Football Playoff. But...

You could say Jake Williams is a gap hitter. But it doesn’t take a spray chart to figure that out. No, the former Franklin Regional baseball standout made the most of a gap year — a year off between high school and college — to get his game right for...

The opening of the college football transfer portal has created a dash for cash. The delay in approving the House vs. NCAA antitrust settlement means the rules around compensation are not yet in place, blowing up the market for the amount of money players can receive from their schools’ name,...

Lee Corso’s nearly four-decade run on ESPN’s “College GameDay” is coming to an end. Corso, the longtime ESPN broadcaster and folksy former coach widely known for his endearing expressions and elaborate headgear picks, is set to retire after a career with the show that began in 1987, ESPN announced Thursday....

The $2.8 billion legal settlement designed to reshape college sports is now before a federal judge for a final decision. Attorneys who hashed out the House settlement filed a brief that did not include changes urged by U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken regarding team roster limits, saying such a...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Coming off its first Frozen Four appearance in program history, the Penn State men’s ice hockey team received a No. 5 final ranking in both the USCHO.com and the USA Hockey/The Rink Live national polls, the highest final ranking in program history. After beginning the 2024-25...

West Virginia has the best overall and road records in Division I baseball, and the Big 12-leading Mountaineers are doing it with a first-year coach and a No. 1 pitcher who spent his first four seasons at a Division II school in Illinois. The Mountaineers have won 10 straight and...

Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy has died at age 24 in an apparent suicide in his car while being pursued by authorities in Houston, according to a Harrison County sheriff’s report released Sunday. Lacy already was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in Louisiana last December that...

NEW YORK — It’s been a whirlwind week for Paige Bueckers since she won her first national championship with UConn. The Huskies star player has been going back and forth between Connecticut and New York doing morning and night time talk show appearances. Bueckers stopped by “The Tonight Show with...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy, who was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in December, has died at age 24, a university athletics spokesman said Sunday. While the LSU Athletic Department confirmed Lacy’s death, it did not confirm the cause. WAFB-TV in Baton...

ST. LOUIS — Owen Michaels scored two third-period goals to seal Western Michigan’s first Frozen Four championship in a 6-2 victory over Boston University on Saturday night. Iiro Hakkarainen and Wyatt Schingoethe had a goal and assist each, with Ty Henricks and Cole Crusberg-Roseen also scoring to cap the Broncos’...