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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...

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...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Tough, too easy FCS non-conference schedulesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Delaware State is opening the season upstate against Delaware - a program that's beaten the Hornets seven times by an average of 28 points since they first met 10 years ago.And that's Delaware State's easiest non-conference game...

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...

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...

Hyperthermia likely cause in Kent State athlete's deathKENT, Ohio (AP) An Ohio county coroner says hyperthermia is the likely cause of death of a Kent State University football player who died following a morning workout.The Portage County Coroner says an autopsy indicates hyperthermia is the preliminary reason Tyler...

AP Sports WriterKiffin's debut at FAU to come against NavyBy TIM REYNOLDSBOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) They're expecting a big crowd at Florida Atlantic for Lane Kiffin's first game as coach, with a sellout of the Owls' on-campus stadium seeming like a possibility.That would mean a crowd of about...