Violent crime
Ex-Alabama QB Barker enters plea in domestic violence case

Jun. 10, 2022 01:01 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, who is married to country music singer Sara Evans, has entered what Tennessee prosecutors called a ...

Idaho State assistant football coach charged with murder

Jun. 02, 2022 07:33 PM EDT
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State assistant football coach DaVonte’ Neal has been arrested on suspicion of killing a man in Arizona and the school intends to...

Ex-Virginia Tech linebacker testifies in fatal beating trial

May. 26, 2022 02:26 PM EDT
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech football player took the stand in his own defense at his murder trial Thursday, testifying that he felt "violated”...

The home of the University of Michigan's president is seen on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Ann Arbor, Mich. The school says it removed a camper, tent, signs and other items that had stood in front of the president's home for months. They represented a former Michigan football player's protest against the university's handling of sex abuse allegations involving a campus doctor. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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Mar. 08, 2022 12:41 PM EST

FILE - Jon Vaughn, a former University of Michigan football player speaks to the media in Ann Arbor, Mich., June 16, 2021. Vaughn's small blue-and-white camper, which has been parked outside the home of the University of Michigan's president since early October has been removed, Vaughn says. The former star running back for the university's Wolverines football team set up the camp to protest the sexual abuse he and more than 1,000 other students say they suffered at the hands of the university's late sports doctor Robert Anderson. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Ex-U. of Michigan athlete's protest encampment is removed

By Mike Householder Mar. 08, 2022 09:56 AM EST

A camper and tent are shown outside the University of Michigan's Presidents House on campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. A financial payout for more than 1,000 people — mostly men — who say they were sexually assaulted by former University of Michigan sports doctor Robert Anderson is the latest multimillion-dollar settlement involving schools faced with sexual misconduct scandals. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Ex-athlete vows to maintain U. of Michigan sex abuse protest

By Corey Williams And Mike Householder Jan. 22, 2022 10:09 AM 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

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

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...

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By The Associated Press Oct. 05, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
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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