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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...

Idaho State assistant football coach charged with murder

Jun. 02, 2022 07:33 PM EDT
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State assistant football coach DaVonte’ Neal has been arrested on suspicion of killing a man in Arizona and the school intends to...

Ex-Virginia Tech linebacker testifies in fatal beating trial

May. 26, 2022 02:26 PM EDT
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech football player took the stand in his own defense at his murder trial Thursday, testifying that he felt "violated”...

FILE - Iowa linebackers coach Seth Wallace watches from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Purdue, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa linebackers coach Seth Wallace has been added as a defendant in a lawsuit filed against the university and athletic department personnel by former football players alleging they were discriminated against and harassed because they are Black (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
LB coach Wallace now defendant in ex-Iowa players' lawsuit

Apr. 19, 2022 04:16 PM EDT

Marshall's Andrew Taylor (0) drives to the rim against Old Dominion's Kalu Ezikpe (22) during an NCAA men's basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington./The Herald-Dispatch via AP)
Marshall granted restraining order in C-USA arbitration bid

By John Raby Feb. 24, 2022 02:55 PM EST

Ex-football player pleads to misdemeanor in NC agents case

By Aaron Beard Feb. 21, 2022 05:38 PM EST
A former college football player currently imprisoned on a drug conviction in Georgia has reached a plea agreement for a misdemeanor charge of violating North...

Scott Woodward answers questions, April 23, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. Lawyers for an associate athletic director who filed a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit against Louisiana State University say she has been fired in retaliation and asked the court Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 to add that claim to her suit. “On January 5, 2022, LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward terminated Sharon Lewis without cause in retaliation for her reporting Title IX violations against LSU Football players, Coaches and Athletic officials,” they wrote in a proposed revision. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)
Lawyers: LSU fired athletics official who sued department

Jan. 26, 2022 02:09 PM EST

FILE- Jon Vaughn, a former University of Michigan football player speaks in Ann Arbor, Mich., June 16, 2021. A financial payout for more than 1,000 people — mostly men — who say they were sexually assaulted by former University of Michigan sports doctor Robert Anderson is the latest multimillion-dollar settlement involving schools faced with sexual misconduct scandals. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Abuse victims see inequity in payouts at 2 Michigan schools

By Corey Willams And Mike Householder Jan. 21, 2022 07:19 PM EST

2 ex-Maryland players reach settlement to football lawsuit

Dec. 17, 2021 05:48 PM EST
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Two former Maryland football players have each reached $200,000 settlements in lawsuits accusing former coach DJ Durkin of running a program...

FILE - Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on July 20, 2017. The 74-year-old former football hero, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, the day after a hearing before the Nevada state Board of Parole, Kim Yoko Smith, spokeswoman for the Nevada State Police, said Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
OJ Simpson a 'completely free man'; parole ends in Nevada

By Ken Ritter Dec. 14, 2021 02:29 PM EST

FILE - Ohio State quarterback Jack Miller plays against Akron during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Miller III has been reinstated to the team after his drunken-driving charge was reduced to a minor misdemeanor traffic offense, the program said Thursday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
Ohio St reinstates QB Miller after court reduces DUI charge

Nov. 18, 2021 05:08 PM EST

Georgia's Anderson released on bond 1 week after rape charge

By Charles Odum Nov. 17, 2021 08:52 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia outside linebacker Adam Anderson was released from the Athens-Clarke County jail on $25,000 bond Wednesday, one week after being charged...

Court to hear support case against Tavaris Jackson estate

Nov. 12, 2021 12:53 PM EST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Minnesota woman seeking more than $360,000 in child support from the estate of one-time NFL quarterback Tavaris Jackson, who died in...

Iowa running back Tyler Goodson (15) runs from Purdue defensive end George Karlaftis, right, during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Purdue at Iowa 10/16/2021

Oct. 16, 2021 05:15 PM EDT

Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz look son before his team takes the field during an NCAA college football game against Maryland, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Judge delays depositions for Ferentzes in racial bias case

By Ryan J. Foley Oct. 08, 2021 12:05 PM EDT

Kentucky players cleared by grand jury of burglary charges

Sep. 28, 2021 06:03 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A grand jury in Fayette County, Kentucky, has declined to indict six University of Kentucky football players on first-degree burglary...

FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2004, file photo, Miami's Bryan Pata sacks Wake Forest quarterback Cory Randolph in the first half of an college football game in Miami. Rashaun Jones, 35, of Lake City, a former University of Miami football player was arrested Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata. Pata, a 22-year-old, 6-foot-4, 280-pound defensive lineman, was shot several times outside of his Kendall, Fla., apartment the night of Nov. 7, 2006. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP, File)
Ex-teammate pleads not guilty to killing Miami football star

Sep. 17, 2021 12:01 PM EDT

Washington State wide receiver Kassidy Woods (84) looks on as wide receiver Robert Lewis (15) celebrates his touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Eastern Washington in Pullman, Wash., on Sept. 15, 2018. Woods, a former football player for Washington State University, contends in a lawsuit, filed Friday Aug. 20, 2021, in federal court for the northern district of Texas in Dallas, that his civil rights were violated when he was kicked off the football team after complaining about potential exposure to COVID-19 and for joining an association of Black student-athletes. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)
Former player sues WSU, football coach over dismissal

By Nicholas K. Geranios Sep. 02, 2021 02:40 PM EDT

Kentucky players' burglary case goes to state grand jury

Aug. 25, 2021 12:31 PM EDT
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Six Kentucky football players charged with first degree burglary have waived their cases to a state grand jury that will now hear...