Violence
Alabama man charged in killing of rival college football fan
Nov. 20, 2019 05:46 AM EST
LITTLEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff says two football fans “got into it” while watching the Louisiana State University-Alabama game and one is accused...
South Carolina reserve DB Cook dismissed after arrest
Oct. 20, 2019 06:16 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina reserve defensive back Jamel Cook has been dismissed from the team after his arrest for domestic violence Friday.
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Turner, Jacksonville run over NAIA-Ave Maria, 42-28
Sep. 28, 2019 04:44 PM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Calvin Turner Jr. ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns and running back B.J. Riley fired a 69-yard touchdown bomb to Mitchell Bailey as...
Football game with school El Paso suspect attended back on
Aug. 16, 2019 05:11 PM EDT
PLANO, Texas (AP) — A Dallas-area district where the El Paso shooting suspect graduated from high school announced Friday that it has reinstated a September football...
Brother killed, Grambling football player hurt in shooting
Jun. 20, 2019 02:51 PM EDT
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — A teen has been killed, while a Grambling State University football player and third unnamed person have been injured in a shooting at a...
Retrial set for Texas teen charged with killing his parents
May. 21, 2019 01:07 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas teenager is set to be tried again on capital murder charges in the shooting deaths of his mother and his father, who was a standout linebacker...
Coach Dan Mullen responds to Florida's recent legal troubles
By Mark Long May. 15, 2019 08:26 PM EDT
5th ex-Wheaton football player pleads guilty in hazing case
Mar. 22, 2019 08:53 PM EDT
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — The last of five former members of a Christian college football team in suburban Chicago has pleaded guilty to charges in a 2016 hazing incident...
UMaine football star arrested on domestic violence charge
Feb. 07, 2019 03:56 PM EST
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Police say a standout football player at the University of Maine has been arrested and charged with domestic violence assault.
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No jail time for man who threatened coach's high school
Jan. 24, 2019 05:59 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man won't serve any jail time after he tweeted threats against the high school attended by Purdue football coach Jeff Brohm, who...
Arrested FIU RB Shawndarrius Phillips not going to bowl game
Dec. 16, 2018 11:19 AM EST
MIAMI (AP) — FIU running back Shawndarrius Phillips will not accompany the team to the Bahamas Bowl this week, following his arrest on a domestic violence charge.
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Weekend Sports in Brief
By The Associated Press Nov. 26, 2018 03:05 AM EST
NFL
The San Francisco 49ers said Sunday they plan to release linebacker Reuben Foster after he was arrested at the team hotel in Tampa, Florida, on a...
Jones' late TD run lifts Montana St over Montana 29-25
By Fritz Neighbor Nov. 17, 2018 06:06 PM EST
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A wild fourth quarter ended with a timeout, then a fumble, and Montana State pushed past Montana 29-25 in the 118th Brawl of the Wild game...
Utah school sued after alleged football team sex assault
By Brady Mccombs Oct. 18, 2018 04:38 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother said in a lawsuit Thursday that school officials brushed aside an alleged sexual assault of her son by his football teammates as ...