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FILE - Alabama head coach Nick Saban paces as his team warms up before Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Saban says college football is not a business that operates like the NFL and warned that without more uniform rules on player compensation only the biggest spenders will compete for championships. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)
Saban says current track in college football will lead to less competitive balance
By Ralph D. Russo
19 hrs ago
In this undated photo provided by Georgia Tech, Georgia Tech football player Clint Castleberry poses for a photo. Castleberry never got a chance to realize his full potential on the gridiron. After one dazzling season at Georgia Tech, he died in action during World War II, a reminder on this 2023 Memorial Day weekend of the ultimate price that so many have paid. (Georgia Tech via AP)
Column: Remembering Castleberry, others who paid ultimate price of war
By Paul Newberry
May. 26, 2023 06:04 PM EDT
FILE - Team Aina quarterback McKenzie Milton (10), of Florida State, looks for a receiver during the second half of the Hula Bowl NCAA college football game against Team Kai, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton, who came back from a gruesome leg injury in 2018 to play another season of college football for Florida State two years later, has been hired by Tennessee to be an offensive analyst. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Former UCF star QB McKenzie Milton joins Tennessee as offensive analyst
May. 25, 2023 05:57 PM EDT
FILE - Notre Dame quarterback Tyler Buchner (12) throws against Marshall during the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Auburn, USC, Alabama, Miami among the spring transfer window winners in college football
By Ralph D. Russo
May. 25, 2023 05:13 PM EDT
FILE - Colorado head coach Deion Sanders in the first half of the team's spring practice NCAA college football game Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Boulder, Colo. Scouting and recruiting players in the NCAA transfer portal has become a vital part of building a college football program. Sanders’ team has added 20 transfers since the portal window opened April 15. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
In transfer recruiting, NFL-style personnel departments try to get out in front of the portal
By Ralph D. Russo
May. 25, 2023 04:29 PM EDT
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2015, file photo, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs talks to reporters in Auburn, Ala. Longtime Auburn administrator Jay Jacobs is retiring after nearly four decades in college athletics. Jacobs is stepping down at the end of June after spending the last five years as Florida's associate AD for external affairs. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)
Former Auburn AD Jacobs retiring after nearly 4 decades in college athletics
By Mark Long
May. 18, 2023 02:09 PM EDT
EA Sports College Football game to pay players for likeness if they opt in
By The Associated Press
May. 17, 2023 06:15 PM EDT
College football players will benefit financially from the use of their likenesses when EA Sports brings back its college football game for the first time since 2013...
FILE -Crews prepare the field at Bank of America Stadium for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. The Atlantic Coast Conference has wrapped up its spring meetings. Many discussions were held in private, including talks over how the league plans to close the financial gap with the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference. (Diedra Laird//The Charlotte Observer via AP, File)
ACC leadership touts progress in trying to address financial gap with the Big Ten and the SEC
By Mark Long
May. 17, 2023 05:07 PM EDT
FILE - The extra point kick by LSU place kicker Damian Ramos (34), fourth left, is blocked by Florida State defensive back Shyheim Brown (38), on ground below Ramos, leading Florida State to a 24-23 victory in an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2022, in New Orleans. The two teams will face each other again on Sept. 3, 2023, in Orlando, Florida, in a game that will be aired on ABC. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)
ESPN announces 'Pat McAfee Show' will join afternoon lineup
By Joe Reedy
May. 17, 2023 01:25 AM EDT
FILE - Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman holds the trophy after Kansas State defeated TCU in the Big 12 Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State and Chris Klieman are close to finalizing a new contract that would give the Wildcats' football coach a substantial pay raise while keeping him tied to the program for the next eight seasons, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
K-State signs football coach Chris Klieman to a new 8-year, $44 million contract
By Dave Skretta
May. 15, 2023 12:55 PM EDT
FILE - Huntingdon and Maryville College mixed it up at the line of scrimmage in the Hawks' 42-28 win over Maryville College, in an NCAA college Division III football game Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, in Maryville Tenn. The NCAA Football Rules Committee is considering a proposal to delay Division III's implementation of the new game clock rule for first downs for at least a year. The biggest rule change approved last month for 2023 will have the game clock continue to run when a first down is gained except in the last two minutes of either half. Previously, the clock stopped when a first down was gained and restarted on the referee's signal.(Scott Keller/The Daily Times via AP, File)
Division III football likely to delay new clock rules for 1st downs
By Eric Olson
May. 11, 2023 12:51 PM EDT
FILE - Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman holds the trophy after Kansas State defeated TCU in the Big 12 Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State and Chris Klieman are close to finalizing a new contract that would give the Wildcats' football coach a substantial pay raise while keeping him tied to the program for the next eight seasons, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday, May 8, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
AP source: K-State close to $44 million new deal for Klieman
By Dave Skretta
May. 08, 2023 01:23 PM EDT
Today in Sports - NY Knicks win their first NBA championship
By The Associated Press
May. 07, 2023 10:11 AM EDT
May 8 1907 — Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien on points in 20 rounds. ...
FILE - Penn State running back Journey Brown (4) celebrates his third quarter touchdown run against Rutgers during an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa, Nov. 30, 2019. Brown thought he was headed for an NFL career after starring as a running back at Penn State, but now after a heart condition diagnosis, he is working towards a career as a NASCAR pit crew. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)
Ex-Penn State RB Brown embarks on NASCAR pit crew career
By Dave Skretta
May. 06, 2023 01:01 PM EDT
FILE - Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne (10) looks to pass the ball during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Illinois, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Champaign, Ill. Former Michigan State quarterback Payton Thorne is headed to Auburn. Auburn announced the signing of the two-year starter on Friday, May 5, 2023, giving new coach Hugh Freeze an experienced quarterback to boost a passing game that ranked among the nation's worst last season.(AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
Auburn lands ex-Michigan State QB Payton Thorne
May. 05, 2023 04:13 PM EDT
FILE - Wisconsin safety Kamo'i Latu looks on in the first half of an NCAA football game against Washington State, Sept. 10, 2022, in Madison, Wis. Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura and Latu have settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said the two sexually assaulted her in 2018 after a football game at their Hawaii high school. A Hawaii circuit court document filed this week said Latu and de Laura reached a settlement with the woman after a mediation process. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
Arizona's de Laura, Wisconsin's Latu settle sex assault suit
May. 04, 2023 06:00 PM EDT
FILE - Michigan State coach Mel Tucker watches the NCAA college football team's game against Rutgers, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Tucker will wrap up spring practice Saturday afternoon, April 15, at Spartan Stadium, where fans will watch a 15-period practice that will include first-string offensive players scrimmaging against the team's top defense. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
Michigan State CB Charles Brantley withdraws from portal
May. 02, 2023 08:29 PM EDT
FILE -Oregon quarterback Bo Nix throws a pass during the second half of the team's Holiday Bowl NCAA college football game against North Carolina on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, in San Diego. Bo Nix has settled in at Oregon, ready for a better outcome in his final year with the Ducks. The senior quarterback was getting Heisman buzz for a time last season before he got injured and the Ducks got derailed. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)
Bo Nix hoping to improve on last season with Oregon
By Anne M. Peterson
May. 02, 2023 06:01 PM EDT
FILE - The championship trophy stands on a table during a news conference ahead of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game between Georgia and TCU, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. The first-round games of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff will be played on Friday night and Saturday of the third week of December 2024, and the semifinals will be played in early January on weeknights to avoid conflicting with the NFL playoffs, CFP executive director Bill Hancock confirmed on Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
12-team CFP schedule includes New Year's Day tripleheaders
By The Associated Press
May. 02, 2023 02:01 PM EDT
FILE - Deion Sanders speaks after being introduced as the new head football coach at the University of Colorado during a news conference Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. The spring transfer window for college football players closed with 43 scholarship players -- the equivalent of half a roster -- from coach Deion Sanders' Colorado program having entered the portal since the spring game was played on April 15. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Transfer exodus at Colorado unprecedented in portal era
By Ralph D. Russo
May. 01, 2023 06:12 PM EDT