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AP Sports WriterNew redshirt policy makes it more tempting to transferBy STEVE MEGARGEEA new NCAA policy that makes it easier to redshirt football players comes with an unintended consequence: Players can now choose to save their eligibility by leaving teams after participating in four games, with plans to transfer...

AP Sports WriterAnalysis: Clemson will win with talent to slow LSU, BurrowBy PETE IACOBELLINEW ORLEANS (AP) No. 1 LSU has been unstoppable this season but the top-ranked team in the nation hasn't faced Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables this season.It is a given that in prepping for the...

Baylor paid Art Briles $15M after firing him amid scandalWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor University paid former football coach Art Briles more than $15 million after firing him in 2016 in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that included allegations against former players and rocked his program, according...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) Dalvin Cook ran for 108 yards and Deondre Francois tied a season high with three touchdown passes to help No. 20 Florida State rout Boston College 45-7 on Friday night. Cook became only the second Seminoles back to go over 100 yards in 15 meetings against the...

'Last Chance U' coach resigns after inflammatory textsINDEPENDENCE, Kan. (AP) Jason Brown, the junior college football coach whose program was chronicled in the Netflix series ''Last Chance U,'' has resigned after an inflammatory series of text messages in which he allegedly told a German player: ''I'm your new...

AP Sports WriterTeam spurs Syracuse coach Babers to comment on racial strifeBy JOHN KEKISAll it took was a Zoom call with his players to spur Syracuse coach Dino Babers to break his silence on the racial tension in the country.One of only 14 black head coaches among the 130...

The Latest: NWSL moves NC-Chicago semifinal to PortlandBy The Associated PressThe Latest on games impacted by Hurricane Florence. (all times local):5:55 p.m.The National Women's Soccer League semifinal between the North Carolina Courage and Chicago Red Stars has been moved from North Carolina to Portland, Oregon, because of Hurricane Florence.Orginally...

AP Sports WriterNC State trying to reverse turnover surge entering FSU gameBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Turnovers are plaguing North Carolina State entering the final month of the Atlantic Coast Conference schedule.The Wolfpack lost eight turnovers during a three-game losing streak entering Saturday's visit from No. 19 Florida...

NCAA bans teams using former football players from practiceINDIANAPOLIS (AP) The NCAA Division I Council has banned college football teams from using former players in practice and tabled a proposal to let players participate in four games while still redshirting.The Division I Council announced several rule changes Wednesday...

Associated PressBlack victims of U-Michigan doc seek equity in settlementsBy COREY WILLIAMS and LARRY LAGENOVI, Mich. (AP) Dwight Hicks left New Jersey as a teenager, seeking to take a step toward his NFL dreams by playing football at the University of Michigan.Hicks was willing to do whatever it...

AP Sports WriterWashington ready to step up as Aztecs' next featured backBy BERNIE WILSONSAN DIEGO (AP) Juwan Washington is ready for his turn to be San Diego State's featured running back.If he's as successful as D.J. Pumphrey and Rashaad Penny before him, SDSU will become the first school...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma coach Riley now pulling top QBs from prep ranksBy CLIFF BRUNTOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) On his official visit, Caleb Williams was scheduled to chat with Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley for 20 minutes.The conversation lasted two hours.“I was very comfortable, very peaceful,” Williams said. “I guess you...