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Associated PressKelly hopes spring changes yield better results for IrishBy MATT FORTUNASOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) Brian Kelly was at Notre Dame's 5:45 a.m. player workouts this winter, a departure from the past.The Fighting Irish coach spent time with multiple position groups during his program's first spring practice Wednesday,...

Alabama hires Patriots assistant Brian Daboll to run offenseTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama has hired New England Patriots assistant Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, reuniting him with his former boss Nick Saban.Saban announced Monday that Daboll will replace Steve Sarkisian, who ran the offense in the...

AP Sports WriterWilliams' departure leaves Whaley as Arkansas' top RBBy KURT VOIGTFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) Arkansas was expected to have one of the most talented running back tandems in the Southeastern Conference this season with an experienced Rawleigh Williams and up-and-comer Devwah Whaley.The depth will now be unexpectedly tested...

AP College Football WriterWith a mix of Saban and swag, Collins takes over at TempleBy RALPH D. RUSSOPHILADELPHIA (AP) Geoff Collins flips through the pages in three-ring binder, and then grabs another and does the same.He finds the pages he wants and puts them side-by-side. Two travel itineraries,...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Shedding the blocks of Big Ten offensive linemen as an undersized defensive tackle isn't the toughest thing Darius Hamilton has faced in his football career.Instead, it's shedding the shadow of his father Keith, a New York Giants defensive lineman from 1992-2003.Even as he became a...

AP College Football WriterLee, O'Brien come out of Huskers' spring game still battlingBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Anyone trying to forecast Nebraska's quarterback competition between Tanner Lee and Patrick O'Brien didn't glean much from the spring game Saturday.O'Brien played the first series with the No. 1 offense, but...

Ex-Indiana running back sentenced for child solicitationWINCHESTER, Ind. (AP) Former Indiana running back Kiante Enis has been sentenced to about eight months in jail after pleading guilty to charges he had sexual activities with a 13-year-old girl.A Randolph County judge ordered the sentence Wednesday for 19-year-old Kiante Enis...

UC Davis to play at Stanford in 2018(STATS) - UC Davis football is headed back to the scene of the FCS crime - a 20-17 win at Stanford in 2005 that was one of the more memorable victories in Aggies history.On Wednesday, both schools announced they will meet again...

Associated PressDocuments: Paterno ignored boy's Sandusky complaint in 1976By MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had ''a...

Baylor regents: 17 women reported assaults by 19 playersWACO, Texas (AP) An outside investigation of the Baylor University sexual violence scandal found 17 women who had reported sexual or domestic assaults involving 19 Baylor University athletes since 2011, university regents have told The Wall Street Journal.Those included four...

Nebraska receivers coach gets 30 days in jail for 3rd DUILINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Nebraska receivers coach Keith Williams was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail, three years' probation and fined $1,000 after pleading no contest to third-offense drunken driving.Williams is to report to jail on March 3,...

Clemson, Swinney honored by South Carolina state lawmakersCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and the national champion Tigers were honored by state lawmakers on Tuesday.Swinney spoke to the general assembly, challenging legislators to find that ''little extra'' to get along with those colleagues they might disagree with...