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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...

Jury considering ex-Vanderbilt football player's rape caseNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A jury will return to continue deliberating on a verdict for the third of four former Vanderbilt University players charged in the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student.After 5.5 hours of deliberation Thursday, the jury retired for the...

ECU adds 3 grad transfers, including Duke QB Thomas SirkGREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) East Carolina has added three graduate transfers from Power Five schools - including coach Scottie Montgomery's old quarterback at Duke.Montgomery on Friday announced the signings of quarterback Thomas Sirk, running back Tyshon Dye of Clemson and...

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...

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...

The Latest: Mullen's latest budding QB is Nick FitzgeraldHOOVER, Ala. (AP) The Latest on SEC media days (all times local):1:45 p.m.Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen has developed a reputation as a quarterback whisperer during his coaching career.The veteran coach has helped produce several star QBs as an assistant...

Associated PressBaylor settles lawsuit with woman who alleged sexual assaultBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor University has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit with a former student who accused the nation's largest Baptist school of fostering a ''hunting ground for sexual predators'' and mishandling her alleged attack in...

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 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...

Frank Kush, who built ASU into a powerhouse, dies at 88TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Frank Kush, the fearsome coach who transformed Arizona State from a backwater football program into a powerhouse, has died. He was 88.Arizona State confirmed the death on Thursday.''Coach Kush built ASU into a national football...

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...

Correction: Draft-Conference Count storyIn a story April 29 about the number of players selected in the NFL draft from different colleges and conferences, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of players from Miami and the Atlantic Coast Conference. There were nine players chosen from Miami, not eight, and...