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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson throws a pass against Ohio State during an NCAA college football game in Columbus, Ohio. Magistrate Judge Norah McCann King moved a change of plea hearing from June 18 to July 1, 2020, for Daniel Rippy. Rippy is accused of making an "electronic communication" threat from California during this game between Ohio State and the University of Michigan threatening a shooting and vowing to hurt players on the football team. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Suspect accused of football game threat enters guilty plea

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Jul. 01, 2020 08:58 AM EDT

New plea change hearing for suspect accused of game threat

Jun. 04, 2020 01:59 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A magistrate judge rescheduled a change of plea hearing for a man accused of threatening a shooting at Ohio State University and vowing...

Change of plea hearing for suspect accused of game threat

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins May. 20, 2020 01:17 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of threatening a shooting at Ohio State University and vowing to hurt players on the football team is now scheduled for a...

Hearing for suspect accused of making football game threat

Feb. 11, 2020 12:06 PM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled the first hearing in Ohio for a man accused of threatening a shooting at Ohio State University and...

LSU linebacker arrested on gun charge, suspended from team

Feb. 05, 2020 07:57 PM EST
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana State University football player has been suspended from the team indefinitely following his arrest on a gun possession...

North Carolina college quarterback paralyzed after shooting

Jan. 30, 2020 02:51 PM EST
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — A quarterback at a North Carolina college was paralyzed after a shooting in which at least six people were wounded during a party at a...

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, Tennessee offensive lineman Trey Smith (73) plays against BYU during an NCAA football game in Knoxville, Tenn. Smith was selected to The Associated Press All-Southeastern Conference football team, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)
Tennessee offensive lineman Smith returning for senior year

By Steve Megargee Jan. 09, 2020 02:43 PM EST

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...

TCU head coach Gary Patterson celebrates after an NCAA college football game against Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Louis DeLuca)
Big 12 reprimands 3 teams after field-storming celebrations

Oct. 31, 2019 09:36 PM EDT

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...

FILE -In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Tennessee's Bryce Thompson (20) returns a kick in the second half of an NCAA college football game against Florida in Knoxville, Tenn. Thompson has been arrested on a domestic assault charge stemming from an argument with his girlfriend. A woman told police the argument began Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, after she found another woman's fake eyelashes in Thompson's room. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
Tennessee suspends cornerback after domestic assault charge

By Steve Megargee Aug. 26, 2019 09:39 AM EDT

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...

Students gather outside Parkrose High School during a lockdown after a man armed with a gun was wrestled to the ground by a staff member, Friday, May 17, 2019 in Portland, Ore. The Portland Police Bureau said in a statement Friday that no shots were fired at Parkrose High School, no one was injured and the man is in custody. Police say there are no other suspects. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)
The Latest: Students alerted staff before gunman found

May. 17, 2019 07:42 PM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office shows Asia Devine Jackson. A woman has turned Jackson in to Lubbock police as police were seeking a suspect in the shooting of a Texas Tech football player. (Lubbock County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Suspect in shooting of Texas Tech player turns himself in

Apr. 28, 2019 06:59 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...

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...

Utah quarterback Jason Shelley (15) throws downfield as Oregon linebacker La'Mar Winston Jr., left, defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday Nov. 10, 2018, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Oregon at Utah 11/10/2018

Nov. 10, 2018 06:21 PM EST

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 ...