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FILE - This Nov. 30, 2018 file photo shows Buffalo head coach Lance Leipold during the second half of the Mid-American Conference championship NCAA college football game against Northern Illinois in Detroit. Kansas has hired Leipold as its next football coach, Friday, April 30, 2021. The Jayhawks are turning over one of college football’s worst programs to a longtime Division III coach with Midwestern roots. Leipold signed a six-year contract and takes over for Les Miles. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Kansas hires Buffalo's Lance Leipold as football coach

By Dave Skretta Apr. 30, 2021 09:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, file photo, Iowa's Ladell Betts (46) celebrates with teammates Erik Jensen, center, and David Porter, left, after scoring a touchdown against Penn State during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Iowa City, Iowa. Ladell Betts says Iowa City has changed a lot in the 20 years since he wrapped up his college career, what with all the new housing areas, hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. As for the Iowa football program, he says, it was like stepping back in time when he arrived this spring as the new running backs coach. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Ladell Betts takes step back in time with return to Hawkeyes

By Eric Olson Apr. 30, 2021 02:36 AM EDT

Florida Rep. Chip LaMarca talks on his phone during a break in a legislative session, Thursday, April 29, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

College athletes decry possible delay in compensation law

By Bobby Caina Calvan Apr. 29, 2021 06:17 PM EDT

Chattanooga assistant fired over tweet sues to get job back

By Teresa M. Walker Apr. 29, 2021 12:14 PM EDT
A Chattanooga football assistant coach fired over a social media post disparaging the state of Georgia and voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams is suing to get...

Both parties back bill for image rights for college athletes

Apr. 26, 2021 05:41 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football player, reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would give college athletes...

Spring wrap: 14 players ready to break out in ACC in 2021

By Pete Iacobelli Apr. 26, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
A look at football players in the Atlantic Coast Conference this spring who are poised to have standout seasons this fall (Notre Dame, which competed in the...

Central Michigan QB seriously injured in off campus shooting

By Sophia Tareen Apr. 25, 2021 03:32 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — An off-campus shooting left two Central Michigan University students, including quarterback John Keller, hospitalized Sunday for gunshot wounds....

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, file photo, Texas players, including Sam Ehlinger (11), sing "The Eyes Of Texas" after an NCAA college football game against Baylor in Austin, Texas. The University of Texas marching band and pep band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” school song when they return to performing, but the school will also create a new band that doesn't include it in its play list, the school has announced. The song has been mired in controversy since summer 2020 when a group of athletes and students called on the school to ditch the tune amid national racial injustice protests after the killing of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Longhorn Band will be required to play 'The Eyes of Texas'

By Jim Vertuno Apr. 22, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

Lisa Robinson of Washington, reacts on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, as the guilty verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Following verdict in Floyd case, USC football reflects

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 20, 2021 08:17 PM EDT

Virginia coach: WR Davis, LB Bennett out with knee injuries

Apr. 19, 2021 04:00 PM EDT
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall said Monday that wide receiver Lavell Davis Jr. and linebacker Chico Bennett Jr. have sustained...

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron, left, celebrates with running back Derrius Guice (5) following a win over Mississippi in an NCAA college football game in Oxford, Miss. A 74-year-old woman told state lawmakers she spoke directly to Orgeron about sexual harassment she endured in 2017 from one of his star players. But the woman, a grandmother, said Orgeron did nothing to reprimand then-LSU running back Guice when the player allegedly harassed her while she working at her Superdome security job in 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

LSU reeling from ongoing reviews of sexual misconduct cases

By Brett Martel Apr. 16, 2021 12:24 PM EDT

Coalition launches program to lift minority football coaches

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 15, 2021 05:03 PM EDT
An organization started by Maryland’s Mike Locksley is trying to help advance the careers of minority football coaches by connecting them with the people who...

FILE - Nebraska wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (1) is chased down by Purdue defensive tackle Anthony Watts (8) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in West Lafayette, Ind., in this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, file photo. The NCAA made it official Thursday, April 15, 2021, announcing the Division I Council had voted to approve a proposal that would permit all college athletes to transfer one time as an undergraduate without having to sit out a season. Among the notable transferring football players who will now be eligible next season at their new schools are Wan'Dale Robinson, who switched from Nebraska to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

College sports already adapting to new NCAA transfer rules

By Ralph D, Russo Apr. 15, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

In a photo provided by Fox Sports, Rob Stone, Kimberly Pressler and Randy Pedersen, from left, pose for a photo in December 2018 in Lake Wales, Fla. The three have been calling PBA Bowling on Fox since 2018. Fox Sports and the Professional Bowlers Association have made the most of their partnership, which is in its fourth year. Going into this weekend's U.S. Open, which is the fifth and final major of the season, ratings on Fox and FS1 continue to hold steady at a time when other sports have experienced huge drops the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Reinhold Matay/Fox Sports via AP)

Bowling for ratings: Fox-PBA partnership a success so far

By Joe Reedy Apr. 10, 2021 02:50 AM EDT

FILE - Then-LSU head coach Les Miles watches his team warm up before an NCAA college football game against Florida in Baton Rouge, La., in this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, file photo. In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at LSU accuses university officials of retaliating against her for reporting racist remarks and inappropriate sexual behavior by former head football coach Les Miles. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

$50M suit alleges retaliation over allegations against coach

By Kevin Mcgill And Melinda Deslatte Apr. 08, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez speaks during a press conference following an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Wisconsin hopes to hire new AD 'within a few months'

Apr. 07, 2021 04:39 PM EDT

LSU head coach Ed Orgeron is interviewed during an NFL Pro Day at LSU in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

LSU's Orgeron gives lawmakers statement on Guice complaint

By Brett Martel Apr. 06, 2021 05:38 PM EDT

Ottawa defensive end Jennifer Anthony, left, tackles Midland's JaNasia Spand (11) during an NAIA flag football game in Ottawa, Kan., Friday, March 26, 2021. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics introduced women's flag football as an emerging sport this spring. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Following their passion, women go far to play flag football

By Eric Olson Apr. 06, 2021 03:54 PM EDT

Kansas hires Northwestern administrator Goff as next AD

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 05, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
Kansas has hired Northwestern administrator Travis Goff, a Sunflower State native who graduated from the school, to be its next athletic director during a...