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L'Damian Washington coaches wide receivers during an Oklahoma NCAA college football practice, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Norman, Okla. Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy says he has resigned after using offensive language during a film session. Washington, who had been an offensive analyst, will coach receivers on an interim basis. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Oklahoma's Gundy out after saying 'racially charged' word

By Cliff Brunt Aug. 08, 2022 01:18 AM EDT

Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins answers a question at the NCAA college football Atlantic Coast Conference Media Days in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Collins must back up words with wins to keep job at Ga Tech

By Paul Newberry Aug. 06, 2022 06:20 PM EDT

Heat, humidity test Freeman's Irish at first practice

By John Fineran Aug. 05, 2022 04:35 PM EDT
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman isn't wasting any time. Not with the Irish's season opener against the coach's alma mater coming up on the...

Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) readies to pass during an NCAA college football practice, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Oxford, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Proposed NCAA transfer rule changes kicked back to committee

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 03, 2022 06:21 PM EDT

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters as the Capitol in Washington, Aug. 1, 2022. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Manchin are making the case for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act. The two senators pushed Aug. 3, for quick passage of their bipartisan compromise that would make it harder for a losing candidate to overturn the legitimate results of a presidential election.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Senators Tuberville, Manchin working on bill to tackle NIL

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 03, 2022 05:17 PM EDT

Coastal Carolina QB McCall signs NIL with Darlington Raceway

Jul. 27, 2022 06:49 PM EDT
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall has signed an NIL deal with Darlington Raceway. Officials at the track “Too Tough...

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren talks to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Comeback: Warren rebounds from rocky start leading Big Ten

By Ralph D Russo Jul. 27, 2022 05:20 PM EDT

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh talks to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Big Ten's expansion further damages Rose Bowl's status

By Ralph D. Russo Jul. 26, 2022 06:33 PM EDT

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh talks to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Big Ten coaches relying heavily on revamped defenses

By Michael Marot Jul. 26, 2022 05:25 PM EDT

FILE - Then-Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks during Southeastern Conference Media Days in Atlanta, July 18, 2018. The NCAA on Friday, July 22, 2022, charged Tennessee with 18 recruiting violations involving allegations of illegal cash, gifts and benefits given under fired football coach Jeremy Pruitt.(AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
NCAA charges Tennessee with 18 major violations under Pruitt

Teresa M. Walker Jul. 22, 2022 03:22 PM EDT

FILE - Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz, front right, stands for the national anthem before the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game against Kentucky, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Iowa hired Lorenda Holston as assistant athletic director for diversity, equity and inclusion and Anthony Embry for the newly created position of athletics academic and diversity coordinator, the university announced Friday, July 22, 2022. The announcement comes as the university and head football coach Kirk Ferentz and others face a lawsuit by former football players who allege they faced discrimination and harassment from coaches and staff because they are Black.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Iowa, facing race litigation, hires 2 new diversity staffers

Jul. 22, 2022 01:31 PM EDT

Judge dismisses suit vs. Wisconsin over Cephus reinstatement

Jul. 19, 2022 04:03 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging the University of Wisconsin System reinstated former Badgers receiver Quintez Cephus...

Iowa head coach Matt Campbell walks off stage after speaking to reporters at the NCAA college football Big 12 media days in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, July 14, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Ties to Texas, Big 12 bind coaching newcomers Dykes, McGuire

By Schuyler Dixon Jul. 14, 2022 07:22 PM EDT

FILE - The Texas Tech logo is seen during the NCAA football game between Texas Tech and Iowa State on Oct. 21, 2017, in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech is planning a $200 million project consisting of a new four-story building in the south end zone that will include locker rooms, offices for coaches and a field-level club area that the Red Raiders will go through before games. Groundbreaking is anticipated after the 2022 season, with completion before the 2024 season. (Brad Tollefson/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP, File)
Texas Tech plans $200M football stadium, facilities project

Jul. 12, 2022 04:08 PM EDT

FILE - Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, right, is congratulated by Michigan coach Gray Moeller, left, after Notre Dame defeated Michigan, Sept 11, 1993, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Former Michigan, Illinois and Detroit Lions coach Moeller died Monday, July 11, 2022. He was 81. The University of Michigan announced his death, and no cause was provided. (AP Photo/Duane Burieson, File)
Gary Moeller, former Michigan and Lions coach, dies at 81

By Larry Lage Jul. 11, 2022 06:08 PM EDT

FILE - UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., right, tries to get by Southern California forward Isaiah Mobley during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on March 5, 2022, in Los Angeles. UCLA and Southern California are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference in a seismic change that could lead to another major realignment of college sports. A person who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, June 30, 2022, on condition of anonymity because the schools' talks with the Big Ten have not been made public said the schools have taken steps to request an invitation to join the conference. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Conference realignment makes another seismic shift

By John Marshall Jul. 01, 2022 07:00 PM EDT

FILE - UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., right, tries to get by Southern California forward Isaiah Mobley during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on March 5, 2022, in Los Angeles. UCLA and Southern California are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference in a seismic change that could lead to another major realignment of college sports. A person who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, June 30, 2022, on condition of anonymity because the schools' talks with the Big Ten have not been made public said the schools have taken steps to request an invitation to join the conference. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024

By Ralph D. Russo And Eric Olson Jun. 30, 2022 04:05 PM EDT

FILE - Alabama coach Nick Saban watches players warm up for the team's College Football Playoff championship game against Georgia on Jan. 10, 2022, in Indianapolis. The first year of the athlete compensation era in college sports evolved into almost everything the NCAA didn't want when it gave the green light last summer.v“When you see Nick Saban losing his cool over recruiting, it's a sure sign that damage is being done at the highest levels of NCAA athletic competition,” University of Illinois labor law professor Michael LeRoy said, referring to the Alabama football coach's comments in May. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
One year into NIL era, fresh questions about its future

By Eric Olson Jun. 30, 2022 01:20 PM EDT

FILE - Barclays Center Chief Executive Officer Brett Yormark is shown during a press conference at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. Yormark, an executive with Jay-Z's Roc Nation and former CEO of the Brooklyn Nets, was named Big 12 commissioner Wednesday, June 29, 2022, another unconventional hire by a major conference amid the rapidly changing landscape of college athletics. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Big 12 picks Roc Nation's Brett Yormark as next commissioner

By Schuyler Dixon Jun. 29, 2022 11:37 AM EDT

A bicyclist rides past police vehicles parked outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, Monday, June 27, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Supreme Court sides with coach who sought to pray after game

By Jessica Gresko Jun. 27, 2022 10:12 AM EDT