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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 junior running back couldn't hold off tears at Friday's media day as he spoke about a...

AP Sports WriterTexas' Holton Hill a surprise scoring threat for LonghornsBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Every time Holton Hill touches the ball, the field seems to open up for him all the way to the end zone.Three touches, three touchdowns. Pretty good production for a defensive back.The Texas...

Board of regents OKs Mike MacIntyre's contract extensionCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) The University of Colorado board of regents on Thursday unanimously approved football coach Mike MacIntyre's contract extension that he signed more than five months ago.The regents had tabled the contract during a probe into the athletic department...

AP Sports WriterSeveral SEC coaches facing questions about job securityBy JOHN ZENORHOOVER, Ala. (AP) Gus Malzahn and Kevin Sumlin got their Southeastern Conference head coaching tenures off to blazing starts.They're both facing a different kind of heat now.Auburn's Malzahn and Texas A&M's Sumlin enter this season on likely...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2017 FCS vs. FBS: Southland ConferenceBy 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.Southland Conference teams are involved in 10...

AP Sports WriterSEC considers easing grad transfers rules, could help ZaireBy MARK LONGDESTIN, Fla. (AP) Former Notre Dame quarterback Malik Zaire could have another potential landing spot by the end of the week.The Southeastern Conference is expected to ease graduate transfer rules during its annual spring meetings, clearing...

AP College Football WriterCoaching changes sparked scandal have led to sorry seasonsBy RALPH D. RUSSOMississippi coach Hugh Freeze resigned instead of being fired Thursday for what Ole Miss called a pattern of personal misconduct.Preseason practice is set to open in Oxford, Mississippi, in weeks. The Rebels are a month...

Associated PressBaylor settles lawsuit with woman who alleged sexual assaultBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor University has agreed to a settlement with one of several women who sued amid a sexual assault scandal that rocked the nation's largest Baptist school.A settlement notice was filed in federal court in...

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...

AP Sports WriterCharges dismissed for UNC player accused of sexual batteryBy AARON BEARDCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Charges have been dismissed against a North Carolina football player for misdemeanor sexual battery and assault on a female student.Allen Artis was charged in September and attorneys on both sides said last...

AP Sports WriterMora, Rosen eager to lead UCLA back from miserable seasonBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Several months later, UCLA's collapse last season is no easier to understand.A talent-laden program that had become a perennial winner under coach Jim Mora crumpled into a 4-8 also-ran with an ill-conceived...

Associated PressPaterno family drops lawsuit against NCAA over Freeh reportBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno's family dropped a lawsuit Friday against the NCAA over its use of a report in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal to punish Paterno and the university.Paterno's...