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Texas high school hires former Baylor coach Art BrilesBy The Associated PressArt Briles, the former Baylor football coach who was fired three years ago amid a sexual assault scandal at the Baptist school, has been hired to lead an East Texas high school program.Mount Vernon superintendent Jason McCullough announced...

AP Sports Writer2 Clemson players suspended for season; NCAA rejects appealBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson tight end Braden Galloway and offensive lineman Zach Giella will miss next season after an NCAA panel rejected the school's appeal of their drug suspension.Clemson athletic spokesman Jeff Kallin said Friday that...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=2019 FCS vs. FBS: Southwestern Athletic ConferenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The party invitation hasn't been reaching the mailbox of the Southwestern Athletic Conference offices in Birmingham, Alabama.SWAC teams take on plenty of FBS opponents annually, but none has beaten one since Grambling State handled Oregon State...

Three FCS programs set inaugural games against UTSA(STATS) - UTSA has announced first-time meetings with FCS programs Grambling State, Texas Southern and Houston Baptist.All three games will be played at the Alamodome in San Antonio: Grambling State, on Sept. 19, 2020; Texas Southern, Sept. 24, 2022; and Houston Baptist,...

AP Sports Writer2 Clemson players suspended for season; NCAA rejects appealBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson tight end Braden Galloway and offensive lineman Zach Giella will miss next season after an NCAA panel rejected the school's appeal of their drug suspension.Clemson athletic spokesman Jeff Kallin said the school...

Belk Bowl featuring ACC, SEC teams moving to New Year's eveCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Belk Bowl is moving to New Year's eve.The annual football game which features a matchup between the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference teams will be played at Bank of America Stadium in...

Alabama, South Florida to start three-game series in 2023TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama and South Florida will start a three-game football series in the 2023 season.The schools announced Thursday they'll play in Tampa, Florida on Sept. 16, 2023. They'll meet in Tuscaloosa the following season on Sept. 7 and...

Maryland physicians to be employed outside athleticsCOLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) The University of Maryland will have medical staff tending to the school's sports teams employed outside of the athletics department.This would include the head team physician, athletic trainers, nutritionists and mental health practitioners.The directive, announced Thursday, fulfills recommendations...

Texas gives football coach Herman 2-year contract extensionAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Tom Herman's Texas Longhorns won 10 games for the first time in a decade. Now the school is giving him a guaranteed contract extension worth an extra $13 million.University of Texas System regents on Thursday approved a two-year...

Texas gives football coach Herman 2-year contract extensionAUSTIN, Texas (AP) The University of Texas System regents have approved a two-year contract extension for Longhorns football coach Tom Herman after the program's first 10-win season in a decade.The deal approved Thursday extends Herman's guaranteed contract through 2023 and will...

Hawaii Bowl returns to Christmas Eve for 2019HONOLULU (AP) The Hawaii Bowl will be back on Christmas Eve this year after being played on Dec. 22 last season, only the fourth time in the game's history that it had not been held on Dec. 24.The game will feature...

Bowl season to start on a Friday; 15 games between CFP gamesBy The Associated PressCollege football's bowl season will begin on a Friday this season and several minor bowls have been pushed back on the calendar to fill 15 days between the playoff semifinals and national championship.ESPN released a...