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AP Sports WriterK-State's Snyder back for another preview and 'doing fine'By SCHUYLER DIXONFRISCO, Texas (AP) Bill Snyder's age wasn't the first thing that occurred to Kansas State linebacker Trent Tanking when he got word that his coach needed treatment for throat cancer.Tanking was mostly concerned with when the...

AP Sports WriterSafety Paris Ford highlights Pitt recruiting classBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi figures he started recruiting defensive back Paris Ford since Narduzzi ''walked in the door'' to take over the Panthers two years ago.Narduzzi loved Ford's raw ability, but also his unmistakable confidence, an...

AP Sports WriterAP source: LSU, Orgeron in extension talksBy BRETT MARTELA person familiar with the situation says LSU and coach Ed Orgeron have begun work on the framework of a contract extension with the hope of putting it before the university system's board of supervisors in March.The person spoke...

AP Sports WriterTennessee's Pruitt: 'We want to see who the competitors are'By STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt is looking for one thing in particular as he begins his first spring practice as a head coach.''We want to see who the competitors are,'' Pruitt said Tuesday...

Former Oklahoma All-American DE Jimbo Elrod killed in crashCHANDLER, Okla. (AP) James ''Jimbo'' Elrod, an All-American defensive end who played on Oklahoma's 1974 and 1975 national championship teams, died in a car wreck Monday, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. He was 62.The single-vehicle crash happened at about 3:45...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Coaches don't expect 'College GameDay' distractionsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Neither James Madison football coach Mike Houston nor Villanova counterpart Mark Ferrante expects the presence of ESPN's "College GameDay" before their matchup Saturday to be a distraction.Few of the coaches and players figure to be near the...

Michigan CB David Long entering draft, skipping senior yearANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Michigan cornerback David Long is entering the NFL draft and skipping his senior season.Long made the announcement Wednesday on social media .The eighth-ranked Wolverines were without defensive end Rashan Gary and linebacker Devin Bush in their...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Since Mark Hudspeth took over as coach at Louisiana-Lafayette in 2011, the Ragin' Cajuns have finished each season the same way.Back in the Big Easy again, the Cajuns (8-4) will try to extend their run of consecutive New Orleans Bowl victories to four Saturday morning...

AP Sports WriterHearings begin for suspended Minnesota football playersBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Ten Minnesota football players suspended for their alleged involvement in a sexual assault faced a panel of university employees on Thursday and Friday in an attempt to avoid expulsion and other punishments recommended by the school's...

LSU player alleges police harassment, 3 officers on leaveBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) An LSU football player's social media post about being harassed by Baton Rouge police has led to three officers being placed on administrative leave, the city's police chief said.Freshman Tigers receiver Koy Moore said he was...

West Florida holds off Indiana (Pa) 27-17 in D-II semifinalINDIANA, Pa. (AP) Mike Beaudry passed for 152 yards and two touchdowns, Austin Williams booted a pair of field goals and smothering defense on a fourth-down pass play lifted West Florida past previously undefeated and top-seeded Indiana (Pa.) 27-17...

Associated PressDocuments: Paterno ignored boy's Sandusky complaint in 1976By MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had ''a...