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FILE - This file photo from Oct. 26, 2019 shows Penn State coach James Franklin as he watches the team warm before an NCAA college football game against Michigan State, in East Lansing, Mich. A football player who transferred from Penn State claims in a lawsuit filed Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, against the university, and head coach James Franklin, that other Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates, including allegations they imitated sexual acts in the shower and invoked Jerry Sandusky's name. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)
Ex-player sues Penn State over football hazing allegations

By Mark Scolforo Jan. 14, 2020 04:47 PM EST

A photo provided by the Nashville, Tenn. Police Department shows Michael Mosley. Mosley is accused in the Saturday, Dec. 24, 2019 fatal stabbings outside a Midtown Nashville bar that killed two men and wounded another. (Nashville Police Department via AP)
Police: Man held without bond in Tennessee bar stabbing

By Travis Loller Dec. 26, 2019 11:09 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, Luke Perry poses for a portrait during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist for Perry says the "Riverdale" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has died. He was 52. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 23, 2019 10:13 AM EST

New Mexico quarterback's indecent exposure charge dismissed

Dec. 19, 2019 09:31 AM EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The case against a New Mexico college football quarterback charged with indecent exposure has been tossed out, a Bernalillo County...

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle has been shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said March 31, 2019. He was 33. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 16, 2019 12:47 PM EST

NC State player fled from cop, hid under car, warrants say

Dec. 14, 2019 06:54 PM EST
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Arrest warrants show a North Carolina State football player is facing multiple charges after he allegedly ran from a police officer and...

These Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019 arrest photo released by the Lincoln, Neb., Police Dept, show Andre Hunt. Two former Nebraska football players, Hunt and Katerian LeGrone, were arrested Tuesday, Dec. 10. 2019, after a reported off-campus sexual assault in Lincoln, Neb. LeGrone was arrested on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault, and Hunt was charged with aiding and abetting first-degree sexual assault. The charges stem from a reported assault on Aug. 25. (Lincoln Police Department via AP)
2 ex-Nebraska football players face sex assault allegations

By Grant Schulte Dec. 11, 2019 11:51 AM EST

U-Buffalo running back arrested on domestic violence charges

Dec. 08, 2019 08:53 PM EST
AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — A third-string running back for Bahamas Bowl-bound University at Buffalo has been arrested on domestic violence charges. ...

Ex-Bethel football player charged with raping 3 students

Dec. 04, 2019 07:36 PM EST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former football player at Bethel University in Minnesota is accused of raping three students last year. Gideon...

Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus (87) hands Paul Bunyan's Axe to teammate linebacker Zack Baun (56) after Wisconsin beat Minnesota 38-17 in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Cephus’ faith, family guided him to breakout ’19 for Badgers

By Keith Jenkins Dec. 04, 2019 05:15 PM EST

Demonstrators stage a protest on the field at the Yale Bowl disrupting the start of the second half of an NCAA college football game between Harvard and Yale, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019, in in New Haven, Conn. (AP Photo/Jimmy Golen)
Harvard-Yale game delayed by student protest; 20-30 arrested

By Jimmy Golen Nov. 23, 2019 02:27 PM EST

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse to be resentenced Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse in 2012 and sentenced to 30 to 60 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Latest: Sandusky resentenced to same prison term

Nov. 22, 2019 02:49 PM EST

Jerry Sandusky is resentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison, same as before, in Penn State child sex abuse case

Nov. 22, 2019 02:46 PM EST
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky is resentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison, same as before, in Penn State child sex abuse case. ...

The wife of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, Dottie Sandusky, leaves the Centre County Courthouse after attending a resentencing hearing on his 45-count child sexual abuse conviction Friday, Nov. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Jerry Sandusky resentenced to 30 to 60 years, same as before

By Mark Scolforo Nov. 22, 2019 06:22 AM 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...

In this undated photo provided by Joanne Atkins-Ingram, Atkins-Ingram poses with her son Braeden Bradforth. An independent review of the heatstroke death of Bradforth, a 19-year-old football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice at a Kansas community college, has found “a striking lack of leadership.” Bradforth, a 315-pound defensive lineman for Garden City Community College, was found unconscious on Aug. 1, 2018. The New Jersey native died that night. The report highlights a lack of oversight and a failure to assess athletes prior to the conditioning test, among other issues. (Courtesy Joanne Atkins-Ingram via AP)
Report: Lack of leadership led to Kansas player’s death

By Roxana Hegeman Nov. 14, 2019 01:17 PM EST

Middle Tennessee WR Cobb charged with rape, suspended

Nov. 12, 2019 05:49 PM EST
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Middle Tennessee wide receiver Zeke Cobb has been suspended from the program as he faces rape charges. ...

Sneed's return sends Montana past Idaho 42-17

By Fritz Neighbor Nov. 09, 2019 07:05 PM EST
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — After three first-quarter turnovers the Montana Grizzlies felt the need for Sneed. Senior quarterback Dalton Sneed...

AP Sportlight

Compiled By Paul Montella Nov. 03, 2019 09:40 AM EST
Nov. 4 1934 — The Detroit Lions rush for an NFL record 426 yards in a 40-7 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The only bright spot for the...

Nebraska running back Maurice Washington tries to break through the tackle of Minnesota linebacker Thomas Barber during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Stacy Bengs)
Frost says Huskers' Maurice Washington not with team for now

By Eric Olson Oct. 21, 2019 03:31 PM EDT