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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for workouts earlier this month. Clemson said Friday it has conducted 430 tests of its personnel with...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the school's president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since Floyd, a Black man, died...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) The San Francisco 49ers have signed first-round draft picks Javon Kinlaw and Brandon Aiyuk to four-year deals, the team said Friday. The defending NFC champion 49ers made two trades during the draft, moving down one spot to take Kinlaw, a defensive lineman out of South Carolina...

Oregon and Oregon State have agreed to drop the name “Civil War” for their rivalry games. The move Friday was made after discussions between officials at both schools and current and former student-athletes. Oregon State President Ed Ray said the Civil War name "represents a connection to a war fought to...

Tennessee’s athletic budget for 2020-21 is based on the Volunteers having fans in the stands for the upcoming football season but still includes a $10.1 million cut in overall revenues. Randy Boyd, president of the University of Tennessee, said Friday reducing the number of fans further because of the coronavirus...

SEATTLE (AP) Washington is reducing its overall athletic department operating budget by 15% for the 2020-21 fiscal year and all the school’s head coaches have agreed to minimum 5% pay reductions. Athletic director Jennifer Cohen announced the moves Friday and said they will save the school around $13 million. She...

Alabama players, Saban appear in anti-racism videoTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) The University of Alabama football team released an emotional video on Thursday speaking out against racism and ending with the message that “all lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.”Head Coach Nick Saban and many prominent players, both Black...

Florida A&M, Jackson State schedule Sept. 12 game(Stats Perform) - Two HBCU programs in the FCS that had games canceled by COVID-19 concerns have gotten together to fill their schedule openings.Jackson State announced Thursday it will host Florida A&M on Sept. 12 at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson."Jackson...

Oklahoma State adds diversity council amid controversySTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State athletics announced a new diversity council Wednesday amid the fallout from football coach Mike Gundy's decision to wear a T-shirt promoting a far-right news network.The school said Jason Kirksey, the university's chief diversity officer, will chair the...

Alabama players, Saban appear in anti-racism videoTUSCLOOSA, Ala. (AP) The University of Alabama football team on Thursday released an emotional video speaking out against racism and ending with the message that “all lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.”Head Coach Nick Saban and many prominent players, both Black...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Bethune-Cookman to join SWAC in 2021By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference had more FCS programs than the Southwestern Athletic Conference - 11 to 10 - as recently as in 2017.Next year, the SWAC could have twice as many programs - 12 to...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=Bethune-Cookman to join SWAC in 2021By CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference had more FCS programs than the Southwestern Athletic Conference - 11 to 10 - as recently as in 2017.Next year, the SWAC could have twice as many programs - 12 to...