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STATS FCS Senior Editor=James Madison headlines CAA preseason honorsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Defending FCS national champion James Madison led the way in the CAA Football preseason honors announced Tuesday, tabbed in the preseason poll to repeat its conference title and gaining the most players on the preseason team with...

Ex-Baylor player sent fiery emails to media over coverageDALLAS (AP) Police in Dallas say it is unlikely harassment charges will be filed against a former Baylor football player who sent a series of fiery emails to The Dallas Morning News questioning coverage of his sexual-assault trial.The Waco Tribune-Herald...

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...

Gardner-Webb to play at East Carolina in 2019(STATS) - Gardner-Webb's football program will travel to East Carolina for a first-ever meeting on Sept. 7, 2019.The game, also Gardner-Webb's first against an American Athletic Conference team since moving to the FCS in 2000, will be played at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in...

The Latest: UNC's Fedora to tone down sideline anticsCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest on ACC media days (all times local):4:30 p.m.North Carolina's Larry Fedora can be one of the more emotional and animated college football head coaches on the sideline during a game.But Fedora knows he will have...

Ole Miss releases names of boosters in NCAA allegationsOXFORD, Miss. (AP) Mississippi has released the names of 12 boosters that the NCAA claims provided impermissible benefits and recruiting inducements to football players.The names of the boosters had previously been redacted from the NCAA's notices of allegations and the...

AP Sports WriterVanderbilt looking to expand offense with Webb, ShurmurBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Vanderbilt offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig has been very busy this offseason trying to take full advantage of having the Commodores' all-time leading rusher back for a senior season.Ralph Webb ranks 20th all-time in...

Associated PressFormer Ohio St, NFL player at heart of licensing lawsuitBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINSCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The ex-college football star leading a class-action lawsuit against Ohio State University that alleges improper use of ex-athletes' likenesses is one of the school's most well-known, high-profile and loyal athletes.Linebacker Chris Spielman played...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Montana's Gustafson gains tryout with BearsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It doesn't have quite the fanfare of the Chicago Bears drafting Mitchell Trubisky with the second overall pick, but former Montana quarterback Brady Gustafson hopes to impress the NFC North team as well.Gustafson has a tryout with...

3 Michigan State players accused of assault violated policyEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State University investigated an alleged sexual assault and found that three football players violated campus policy, a lawyer said Tuesday.Michigan State said federal law bars it from releasing the report or discussing the findings. But...

Woman accused of lying about rape claims psychiatric illnessBRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) A former Connecticut university student accused of lying about being raped by two university football players is seeking to have the charges against her dismissed.The Connecticut Post reports former Sacred Heart University student Nikki Yovino filed an...

Investigators meet with woman at center of UNC probeCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) A woman at the center of North Carolina's multi-year academic scandal interviewed with NCAA investigators after previously declining to cooperate in the probe.Raleigh attorney Elliot Abrams told The Associated Press on Wednesday night that his client...