Duke men’s basketball coach Scheyer receives 2-year extension
Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer agreed to a two-year contract extension Thursday that extends his current deal through the 2030-31 season. Scheyer, 38, has posted an 89-22 record in three seasons since succeeding the legendary Mike Krzyzewski as Duke’s head coach in 2022. The Blue Devils have qualified for...
USC star JuJu Watkins will miss 2025-26 women’s college basketball season
Southern California Trojans superstar JuJu Watkins will miss the 2025-26 college women’s basketball season as she continues to focus on her recovery. Watkins announced the news Sunday evening. “These last few months have been filled with a lot of healing, rest and reflection,” Watkins said in an Instagram story and...
Oregon moves to No. 2 behind Ohio State in AP poll; Penn State drops to No. 7
Oregon moved up to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, Mississippi earned its highest ranking since 2015, Alabama jumped back into the top 10 and Virginia was in the Top 25 for the first time in six years in the wake of a volatile weekend...
Sister Jean, longtime Loyola Chicago chaplain and March Madness icon, retires at 106
Longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago’s men’s basketball team, Sister Jean, has retired at 106 because of health concerns. The school’s student newspaper, The Loyola Phoenix, announced her retirement earlier this month. Sister Jean rose to the spotlight during Loyola Chicago’s trip to the Final Four in the 2018 NCAA Tournament....
Oklahoma QB John Mateer to undergo hand surgery, expected to return this seasonVideo
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer, one of the nation’s top players in the early weeks of the season, will have surgery to repair an injury to his throwing hand. Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said Tuesday that Mateer, a transfer from Washington State who has led the Sooners to wins over top-25...
Oklahoma State fires football coach Mike Gundy after 20-plus years
The Mike Gundy era is over. Gundy, one of college football’s most colorful coaches over the last two decades, was fired by Oklahoma State on Tuesday. The 58-year-old Gundy had a career record of 170-90 at his alma mater, where he was a star quarterback in the late 1980s. He...
Clemson’s Swinney says Tigers must reset goals following 1-3 start to the season
CLEMSON, S.C. — Still stinging from a devastating 34-21 home loss to Syracuse that dropped his team to 1-3 on the season, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said it’s time to reset season goals heading into the bye week. He added that he doesn’t anticipate making a change at quarterback or...
Bruce Pearl, winningest men’s basketball coach in Auburn history, announces retirement
AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn coach Bruce Pearl announced his retirement Monday less than six months after finishing the Tigers’ best season in program history with another trip to the Final Four. Pearl’s 38-year-old son, Steven Pearl, who has been on his father’s coaching staff for all 11 seasons at Auburn,...
Shawn Clark, UCF offensive line coach and former Appalachian State coach, dies at 50
ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF offensive line coach Shawn Clark died Sunday at 50 years old nearly two weeks after he was hospitalized with a medical emergency, the school announced. Clark suffered the medical emergency on Sept. 9 and had been away from the team. He was said last week to...
ACC fines, reprimands Syracuse for feigning injuries in 34-21 upset win over Clemson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference fined Syracuse $25,000 and issued a public reprimand for the Orange feigning injuries in Saturday’s 34-21 win over conference opponent Clemson. Play was stopped several times for injuries to Syracuse players during the game at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, which a frustrated Tigers...
Angeli, Syracuse upset Clemson 34-21; Dabo Swinney off to worst start of his career
CLEMSON, S.C. — Steve Angeli threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns before leaving with a lower-leg injury, Justus Ross-Simmons hauled in two TD passes and Syracuse upset heavily-favored Clemson, 34-21, on Saturday, sending the Tigers to their worst start ever under coach Dabo Swinney. Angeli threw first-half TD passes...
Notre Dame’s playoff future already ‘uncertain’ after nail-biting loss to Texas A&M
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — After all of the wild, back-and-forth blows Saturday night at Notre Dame Stadium — from the first-quarter Irish blocked-punt-return touchdown to their botched extra point minutes earlier — it came down to this. Texas A&M had fourth-and-goal from the 11-yard line with 19 seconds to play....
UCLA fires coach DeShaun Foster after 0-3 season start
LOS ANGELES — UCLA fired football coach DeShaun Foster on Sunday after the school’s first 0-3 start since 2019. Athletic director Martin Jarmond announced the move two days after the Bruins lost to New Mexico, 35-10, on Friday, their second straight loss to a Mountain West opponent. Foster was 5-10...
Virginia Tech fires coach Brent Pry after program’s 1st 0-3 start since 1987
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech fired football coach Brent Pry on Sunday after the program stumbled to its first 0-3 start since 1987. The school announced the move a day after the Hokies fell behind 31-0 on the way to a 45-26 home loss to Old Dominion. In a statement,...
McCray’s TD gives No. 6 Georgia OT win over No. 15 Tennessee 44-41
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Josh McCray scored on a 1-yard run in overtime to give No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 victory over No. 15 Tennessee on Saturday. The Bulldogs (3-0, 1-0 SEC) came from behind three times to beat the Volunteers (2-1, 1-0) for the ninth straight time with Nate Frazier...
Georgia Tech hits 55-yard FG as time expires to stun No. 12 Clemson 24-21
ATLANTA — Aidan Birr made a 55-yard field goal as time expired, and Georgia Tech upset No. 12 Clemson, 24-21, on Saturday. With no timeouts left and the clock running with under 20 seconds to play, the Georgia Tech special teams squad sprinted onto the field and lined up. And...
Big 12 officiating crew removed from next assignment for not enforcing kickoff rule in Missouri win
IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 officiating crew that worked the Kansas-Missouri game last week has been removed from its next assignment because it failed to enforce a rule in the kicking game, the conference announced Tuesday. NCAA rules require the kick following a touchdown to be kicked off a...
UCLA suspends QB Pierce Clarkson after arrest on felony charge
LOS ANGELES — UCLA backup quarterback Pierce Clarkson has been indefinitely suspended from the team after being arrested and booked on an unspecified felony charge. Clark was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department on Friday and was not in Las Vegas for the Bruins’ loss to UNLV on Saturday....
Texas’ Sarkisian dismisses question about QB Arch Manning possibly having throwing issues
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian rebuffed a question about Arch Manning’s physical well-being after videos posted on social media on the weekend sparked speculation the quarterback might have throwing issues. On the television broadcast during the No. 7 Longhorns’ 38-7 win over San Jose State on Saturday, Manning appeared to grimace...
Florida’s Brendan Bett planning to apologize to fans and the USF player he spit at during lossVideo
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida defensive lineman Brendan Bett was planning to apologize to teammates, fans and the player he spit at during an 18-16 loss to South Florida, coach Billy Napier said Monday. Napier said the now-unranked Gators (1-1) have yet to decide whether Bett would be suspended for Saturday...
‘Amazing’ Jeannette product Crawford keeps perspective at Cornell
For a good part of his young life, Brayon Crawford has been on the move. His most recent wanderings were for pleasure. This past summer, the Jeannette native spent several days driving down the bucolic west coast of Ireland before taking in the city life of Paris. Last year, he...
ACC, power conferences make their claim of TV spots with more Friday night football gamesVideo
There is added zip for Louisville linebacker TJ Quinn when it comes to playing a Friday night game. “It’s all eyes on us, and I like that,” Quinn said. And these days, there’s a lot more chances in the ACC and across the power conferences, for that matter. Friday nights...
Handful of athletes sue NCAA over redshirt rule in case that could cover thousands
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt linebacker Langston Patterson and former Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager are among 10 plaintiffs suing the NCAA over its redshirt rule that puts restrictions on the five years the athletes have to practice, play and graduate from college. The class action lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District...
Bill Belichick’s college coaching debut at North Carolina ends in blowout loss to TCU
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina’s high-point moment in its first game under coach Bill Belichick came early. A festive pregame atmosphere led to a roar from the crowd at kickoff. And a season-opening drive moved at a crisp pace to the end zone. After that, well, Monday night’s hyped-up...
Mark Madden: Texas’ Arch Manning didn’t live up to the hype at Ohio State
The defense of Arch Manning in the wake of his abject failure this past Saturday at Ohio State has been vigorous. Not as vigorous as the defense that shut down the ballyhooed Texas quarterback. Ohio State defensive coordinator Matt Patricia confused and flustered Manning, as Patricia’s pedigree of three Super...
