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AP Sports WriterLate cousin inspires BYU running back Squally CanadaBy KAREEM COPELANDPROVO, Utah (AP) Squally Canada was ready to quit the BYU football team this spring after violence shook up his life.The senior running back couldn't hold off tears at Friday's media day as he spoke about a...

College Football WriterFormer Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies at 94By RALPH D. RUSSOAra Parseghian reached the pinnacle of his profession at Notre Dame and endured the most painful personal losses as a father and grandfather.He walked away from coaching at the age of 51 after winning two national...

Headgear rules: Lee Corso, 81, signs extension with ESPNBy The Associated PressESPN has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Lee Corso, the 81-year-old star of ''College GameDay.''Corso joined ESPN in 1987 and has been part of the popular college football Saturday pregame show ever since. His head-gear game...

UNC reinstates suspended player after dismissal of chargesCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina has reinstated suspended football player Allen Artis after misdemeanor charges against him for sexual battery and assault on a female student were dismissed.Athletic director Bubba Cunningham announced the decision in a statement Thursday.Artis was indefinitely...

Big Ten to coaches: 'Stay put. Sideline isn't a stage.'CHICAGO (AP) Watch your step, Jim Harbaugh.The rest of you Big Ten coaches, too.Conference officials are tired of coaches who treat the sideline like a stage and rage like Hamlet over calls they don't like - and they're prepared,...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Officials at Houston and UTSA have decided the schools won't play their game that was postponed because of Hurricane Harvey. The game was originally scheduled for Sept. 2 in San Antonio's Alamodome. The schools had called off that game as the city of Houston was flooded by...

2017 ACC predicted order of finishGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) The 2017 preseason Atlantic Coast Conference predicted order of finish and player of the year voting, announced Monday by the league and determined by a vote of 167 media members at the conference's media days last week, with first-place votes...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: SWACBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Coming off a 2016 season in which their 10 wins over FBS programs tied for the fourth most in a season, FCS programs hope to make a mark again in 2017.Southwestern Athletic Conference teams are involved in 11...

Texas to allow recruit Leitao to join team after arrestAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Texas will allow a football recruit whose felony drug charge was reduced to a misdemeanor in a plea deal to join the team.Athletic director Mike Perrin said Tuesday he met with Reese Leitao and his parents...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Most surprising unsigned FCS playersBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The waiting during an NFL Draft can be difficult for a prospect hoping for an opportunity, but when he goes undrafted and the hours turn into days, the anxiousness becomes excruciating.Some players had free agent contracts in the...

AP Sports WriterSEC's Sankey remains critic of early football signing periodBy JOHN ZENORBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey has been on the losing end of the argument against an early football signing period.He joins some of the league's coaches who don't think it's a change for...

AP Sports WriterState lawyers: UConn football hire violates nepotism policyBy PAT EATON-ROBBHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Connecticut ethics lawyers say the University of Connecticut violated the state's ban on nepotism by hiring football coach Randy Edsall's son as an assistant coach, but say Corey Edsall can serve out his contract.In...