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Associated PressEx-Vanderbilt football player gets minimum 15 years for rapeBy JONATHAN MATTISENASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt University football player received the minimum sentence of 15 years in prison on Friday for the dorm room rape of an unconscious female student.Brandon Banks was convicted of aggravated rape and...

Associated PressBaylor settlements could signal trend of more to comeBy JIM VERTUNOAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The federal civil lawsuits against Baylor University have piled up for more than a year, accusing the nation's largest Baptist school of repeatedly mishandling, ignoring or stifling claims of sexual and physical abuse of...

Towson, Wake Forest to meet in 2018By CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Towson and Wake Forest have agreed to meet for the first time in the 2018 season.A date has yet to be announced for the game in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Towson beat Connecticut 33-18 in 2013 for its only win against...

AP Sports WriterIowa State's Joel Lanning plays both ways vs. OklahomaBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Iowa State's Joel Lanning played both offense and defense against No. 3 Oklahoma.Lanning started the game at middle linebacker, then entered the game at quarterback with about four minutes left in the first...

Associated PressNo. 22 Notre Dame, Kelly prepare for familiar face, RedHawksBy JOHN FINERANSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) There's now a tunnel for visiting teams to enter and exit thoroughly modern Notre Dame Stadium.Good thing. Otherwise Miami (Ohio) coach Chuck Martin might just follow Brian Kelly, his former boss at...

Ryan Leaf joins SiriusXM as college sports talk-show hostBy The Associated PressFormer NFL quarterback and Washington State star Ryan Leaf is joining SiriusXM's for regular talk show appearances on the satellite radio's college sports channel.Leaf was a Heisman Trophy finalist in 1997 and the second overall pick in the...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 adds new measures to shorten football gamesBy JOHN MARSHALLCollege football has a time problem and the Pac-12 Conference is taking steps to fix it.The conference announced this summer that it will reduce halftimes in an effort to shorten what have been increasingly long football games. It...

The Latest: Lawyers want fraternity death charges droppedBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) The Latest on a preliminary hearing for Penn State fraternity members charged after a pledge died (all times local):5 p.m.Members of a Penn State fraternity fighting charges they're to blame for a pledge's death are hoping a judge...

AP Sports WriterLSU faithful enjoying rare connection with their Cajun coachBy BRETT MARTELBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) In the Cajun country spanning the bayous, swamps and marshes of south Louisiana, LSU coach Ed Orgeron is known by the nickname, ''Bebe,'' with the French accent aigu above each letter ''e.''When...

AP Sports WriterPac-12 adds new measures to shorten football gamesBy JOHN MARSHALLThe Pac-12 Conference will have shorter breaks and move up kickoff times for non-conference games on its network as part of a pilot program designed to shorten college football games.The conference announced this summer that it will shorten...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Jones not saying which QB will start openerBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee coach Butch Jones apparently is using the same bit of gamesmanship as Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson regarding their quarterback situations heading into their season-opening matchup.Jones hasn't named a starter for Monday's game...

Oklahoma St LB Brendan Vaughn charged with drug possessionSTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State redshirt freshman linebacker Brendan Vaughn has been charged with unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 2000 feet of a school and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.A Payne County Sheriff's Department document says...