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UCLA linebacker Calvert ineligible due to NCAA violationLOS ANGELES (AP) UCLA linebacker Bo Calvert is out indefinitely due to a violation of NCAA rules. The school announced the sophomore's status on Sunday but did not specify the infraction.Calvert played in five games last year with nine tackles. His...

Associated PressNo. 19 Wisconsin to start QB Jack Coan in season openerBy TAMIRA MADSENMADISON, Wis. (AP) There was no formal announcement on Sunday when Jack Coan was named starter at quarterback for 19th-ranked Wisconsin, which opens the season Friday at South Florida.The news came as no surprise, since...

Tennessee CB Bryce Thompson faces domestic assault chargeKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee cornerback Bryce Thompson has been arrested on a domestic assault charge stemming from an argument with his girlfriend.A woman told police the argument began Saturday night after she found another woman's fake eyelashes in Thompson's room. She...

Backup QB Jake Haener leaves No. 13 WashingtonSEATTLE (AP) Backup quarterback Jake Haener is leaving No. 13 Washington after losing a camp battle for the starting job to Georgia transfer Jacob Eason.Washington released a statement on Saturday announcing Haener was leaving the program effective immediately. There were no...

AP Sports WriterMiles and miles of Miles inside Kansas football programBy DAVE SKRETTALAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Les Koenning has to be careful every time the new offensive coordinator at Kansas walks into one of the Jayhawks' meeting rooms, making sure to address the right person by the right name.It...

NCAA clears Wisconsin WR Quintez Cephus to playMADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus was declared eligible to play Friday, a year after he was suspended in the fallout from a sexual assault allegation that resulted in his acquittal by a jury at trial.Cephus was suspended from...

Wisconsin officials: NCCA has cleared Cephus to playMADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus was declared eligible to play Friday, a year after he was suspended in the fallout from a sexual assault allegation that resulted in his acquittal by a jury at trial.Cephus was suspended from...

Associated PressOklahoma State not announcing a starting QB before openerBy JOHN TRANCHINASTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Oklahoma State hasn't announced a starting quarterback and coach Mike Gundy will not reveal his plans for the position before the Cowboys' season opener next Friday night at Oregon State.Both redshirt freshman Spencer Sanders...

AP Sports WriterAlabama QB Tagovailoa absorbs lessons from title gameBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Tua Tagovailoa has been studying men from the Bible, incluiding Joseph, Moses and David.The Alabama quarterback believes he can draw from their successes and failures and the fact that they each had some of...

AP Sports WriterBobo banks on raise in play after turning down raise in payBy PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) The buck stops with Colorado State coach Mike Bobo . So much so that he passed on $100,000.He couldn't cash in and accept a pay increase. Not after the Rams went...

Transfer WR Sean Ryan ruled immediately eligible at WVUMORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) The NCAA has granted immediately eligibility to West Virginia wide receiver Sean Ryan.West Virginia coach Neal Brown announced the approval Friday.Ryan is a sophomore who transferred to West Virginia from Temple in May. The Owls underwent two...

Mississippi State placed on 3 years' probation by NCAASTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State has received three years' probation from the NCAA after an investigation determined a part-time student tutor completed coursework for 10 football players and one men's basketball player in an online class.Penalties include vacating an unspecified...