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FILE - Sara Evans, right, and her husband former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker arrive at the 45th annual CMA Awards in Nashville on Nov. 9, 2011. Barker was arrested Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, on a felony domestic violence charge, Tennessee authorities said. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
2011 Country Music Awards

Jan. 15, 2022 09:55 PM EST

This booking photo released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shows Harry Jerome Barker, also known as Jay Barker, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Tennessee authorities say the former Alabama quarterback was arrested on a felony domestic violence charge. The 49-year-old is married to country music singer Sara Evans and was booked into a Nashville jail early Saturday morning. (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department via AP)
Ex-Alabama QB Jay Barker charged with domestic violence

Jan. 15, 2022 09:11 PM EST

FILE - Utah State head coach Blake Anderson shouts to his team in the first half during an NCAA college football game against BYU on Oct. 1, 2021, in Logan, Utah. The No. 19 San Diego State Aztecs have called the Los Angeles suburbs their home for two seasons while they're building a new stadium in Mission Valley. They'll host Utah State in the Mountain West Conference championship game Saturday in Carson. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Utah State's Anderson apologizes for sexual assault comment

Dec. 17, 2021 05:52 PM EST

FILE - Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on July 20, 2017. The 74-year-old former football hero, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, the day after a hearing before the Nevada state Board of Parole, Kim Yoko Smith, spokeswoman for the Nevada State Police, said Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
OJ Simpson a 'completely free man'; parole ends in Nevada

By Ken Ritter Dec. 14, 2021 02:29 PM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Dec. 06, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 7 1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics. ...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Dec. 02, 2021 01:28 PM EST
Dec. 7 1973 — Jerry West of Los Angeles sets an NBA record with 10 steals in the Lakers’ 115-111 loss to the Seattle Supersonics. ...

Police: Former UCF football player fatally shot by father

Nov. 30, 2021 05:25 PM EST
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former football player at the University of Central Florida was fatally shot during an altercation with his father and his mother...

The statue of the late University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler was vandalized on Wednesday morning, Nov. 24, 2021 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The vandal referenced Schembechler's alleged knowledge of the late team doctor Robert Anderson's sex abuse of hundreds of players for multiple decades. (Sam Dodge/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)
Bo Schembechler statue on U-M campus defaced with red paint

Nov. 24, 2021 11:59 AM EST

FILE - Ohio State quarterback Jack Miller plays against Akron during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Miller III has been reinstated to the team after his drunken-driving charge was reduced to a minor misdemeanor traffic offense, the program said Thursday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
Ohio St reinstates QB Miller after court reduces DUI charge

Nov. 18, 2021 05:08 PM EST

Georgia's Anderson released on bond 1 week after rape charge

By Charles Odum Nov. 17, 2021 08:52 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia outside linebacker Adam Anderson was released from the Athens-Clarke County jail on $25,000 bond Wednesday, one week after being charged...

Florida running back Dameon Pierce (27) rushes for yardage past Georgia linebackers Adam Anderson (19) and Quay Walker (7) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Georgia's Anderson charged with rape, maintains innocence

By Charles Odum Nov. 10, 2021 10:45 PM EST

Florida running back Dameon Pierce (27) rushes for yardage past Georgia linebackers Adam Anderson (19) and Quay Walker (7) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Attorney requests suspension of Georgia's Anderson be lifted

By Charles Odum Nov. 05, 2021 05:01 PM EDT

Florida running back Dameon Pierce (27) rushes for yardage past Georgia linebackers Adam Anderson (19) and Quay Walker (7) during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Georgia's Anderson investigated for alleged rape, suspended

By Charles Odum Nov. 04, 2021 09:00 PM EDT

Utah special teams coach Sharrieff Shah memorializes Aaron Lowe during a funeral service at Family Cathedral of Praise, Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, in Mesquite, Texas. Lowe, a student and football player at the University of Utah, was was shot and killed on Sept. 26 at a post-game party. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
Slain Utah football player remembered for optimism, kindness

Oct. 11, 2021 05:30 PM EDT

Argument over Alabama, Texas A&M game led to fatal shooting

Oct. 11, 2021 12:02 PM EDT
BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — An argument over the University of Alabama football team’s loss to Texas A&M led to a deadly shooting at an Alabama home, police said...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Oct. 05, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Oct. 6 1928 — Leo Diegel wins the PGA championship, beating Al Espinosa 6 and 5. 1956 — Oklahoma blanks Kansas 66-0 to...

Members of the University of Utah football team mourn the loss of fellow student-athlete Aaron Lowe during a candlelight vigil on the southwest lawn of the university's student union, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Lowe was fatally shot at a house party early Sunday, Sept. 26. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
Utah players return to practice grieving teammate

By John Coon Oct. 04, 2021 05:57 PM EDT

FILE - Utah defensive back Aaron Lowe (2) is shown in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona, in Tucson, Ariz., in this Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, file photo. Police arrested a man early Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, in connection with the shooting death of Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe. Homicide detectives with the Salt Lake City Police Department located Buk M. Buk, 22, in Draper and booked him on charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder and felony discharge of a firearm. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Man arrested in Utah football player's shooting death

Oct. 03, 2021 12:37 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 30, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Oct. 5 1900 — Britain’s Harry Vardon wins the U.S. Open golf title, beating J.H. Taylor with a 313 total at the Chicago Golf Club. ...

Kentucky players cleared by grand jury of burglary charges

Sep. 28, 2021 06:03 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury in Fayette County, Kentucky, has declined to indict six University of Kentucky football players on first-degree burglary...