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FILE - Ohio State linebacker Brian Rolle (36) holds up the Sugar Bowl trophy after they defeated Arkansas 31-26 during the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, on Jan. 4, 2011. The 2010 season of the Ohio State University football team, vacated after a memorabilia-for-cash scandal, should be restored because of recent changes allowing college athletes to be compensated, under a symbolic resolution approved by Ohio lawmakers, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Lawmakers want Ohio State's 2010 football season restored

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins May. 19, 2022 10:41 AM EDT

FILE - Alabama coach Nick Saban watches players warm up for the College Football Playoff championship NCAA football game against Georgia on Jan. 10, 2022, in Indianapolis. Saban called out Texas A&M on Wednesday night, May 18 for “buying” players in its top-ranked recruiting class with name, image and likeness deals, saying Crimson Tide football players earned more than $3 million last year “the right way.” (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Saban calls out Texas A&M for using NIL deals to buy players

May. 19, 2022 01:53 AM EDT

FILE - Kansas players celebrate a win over North Carolina after a college basketball game in the finals of the men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Monday, April 4, 2022, in New Orleans. College football and men's basketball players on scholarship in one of the major conferences can expect to soon earn a minimum of $50,000 each year he plays because of the influx of cash from so-called booster collectives brokering name, image and likeness deals. That prediction, based on market trends, was made this week by Blake Lawrence, co-founder and CEO of a company that helps athletes and schools navigate the ever-changing NIL landscape. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

States hands off when it comes to NCAA, athlete compensation

By Jim Vertuno May. 16, 2022 02:45 AM EDT

Kentucky football player charged with DUI, careless driving

May. 09, 2022 11:56 AM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky football player has been charged with drunken driving, university police said. Running back Chris Rodriguez Jr., 24,...

Brother of Clemson's Dabo Swinney arrested on sex charge

May. 06, 2022 11:08 AM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The brother of Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, according to South...

FILE - UConn's Paige Bueckers stretches during a practice session for a college basketball game in the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament April 2, 2022, in Minneapolis. In 2019, California became the first state to pass a law allowing athletes to earn money on endorsements, autograph signings and other activities, and by July 2021, the NCAA lifted its decades-old ban. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Miami's Wong shows college sports hurtles toward free market

By Jim Vertuno May. 05, 2022 04:45 PM EDT

Alabama cornerback Eli Ricks arrested in Mississippi

May. 02, 2022 01:30 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama cornerback Eli Ricks was arrested in Mississippi on charges of speeding, not having insurance and a first offense possession of...

The Harvard-Yale Regatta 1852 Trophy Oars are displayed before an auction, Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sotheby's in the Manhattan borough of New York. Sotheby's estimates the oars value between three and five million dollars. The oars were awarded to Harvard's winning crew and represent one of the oldest collegiate athletic competitions in the nation's history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Oar-some auction: Historic college sports prize up for bid

By Holly Ramer Apr. 21, 2022 10:05 AM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
April 26 1905 — Jack McCarthy of the Cubs became the only outfielder in major league history to throw out three runners at the plate, each of whom...

FILE - Iowa linebackers coach Seth Wallace watches from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Purdue, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa linebackers coach Seth Wallace has been added as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against the university and athletic department personnel by former football players alleging they were discriminated against and harassed because they are Black (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

LB coach Wallace now defendant in ex-Iowa players' lawsuit

Apr. 19, 2022 04:16 PM EDT

Fire at Camp Randall Stadium renovation injures one person

Apr. 13, 2022 04:52 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A fire broke out Wednesday morning during a renovation project at Camp Randall Stadium, causing one worker to get taken to the hospital with...

March Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules

By Eddie Pells Mar. 30, 2022 01:01 PM EDT

The Delaware NCAA college men's basketball team practices at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Delaware will face Villanova in a first round tournament game on Friday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Top colleges accused of violating Black athletes' rights

By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 22, 2022 01:07 PM EDT

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)

ATP Challenger Roseto Degli Abruzzi, Italy Men Singles

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

Kent Waldrep, TCU rusher paralyzed during a game, dies at 67

Mar. 01, 2022 08:36 PM EST
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kent Waldrep, a TCU running back who became an advocate for disabled people after a spinal injury during a game left him paralyzed, has died...

Art Briles out at Grambling after school criticized for hiring the disgraced former Baylor football coach

Feb. 28, 2022 06:31 PM EST
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Art Briles out at Grambling after school criticized for hiring the disgraced former Baylor football coach. ...

Marshall's Andrew Taylor (0) drives to the rim against Old Dominion's Kalu Ezikpe (22) during an NCAA men's basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington./The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

Marshall granted restraining order in C-USA arbitration bid

By John Raby Feb. 24, 2022 02:55 PM EST

Ex-football player pleads to misdemeanor in NC agents case

By Aaron Beard Feb. 21, 2022 05:38 PM EST
A former college football player currently imprisoned on a drug conviction in Georgia has reached a plea agreement for a misdemeanor charge of violating North...