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AP Sports WriterAlabama's McKinney a standout safety who can draw, tooBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Xavier McKinney is Alabama's leading tackler and one of the team's top defenders. He can draw, too.The top-ranked Crimson Tide's junior safety has emerged as one of the stars of a defense that...

Rematch of Big 12's last national title: Texas at No. 4 USCBy The Associated PressSome things to watch in the Big 12 Conference in Week 3 of the season, the last weekend before any games that will count toward the conference standings:GAME OF THE WEEKTexas (1-1) at No. 4...

AP Sports WriterVols' Guarantano shines before getting more competitionBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee's Jarrett Guarantano has made it clear he's the best quarterback currently on the Volunteers' roster.That doesn't necessarily mean he will maintain that status by the start of the season.Guarantano, who started six of the...

Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam was found dead Monday night in a Boulder park less than two miles from Folsom Field, where he carved his name into the University of Colorado record books as one of the greatest players in the program's history. The Boulder County coroner's office was still...

AP Sports WriterSyracuse confident but wary as football season nearsBy JOHN KEKISSyracuse coach Dino Babers has had to cope with three missed practices as he tries to get the Orange ready for a football season during a pandemic.So far, so good.''They've handled it well. We froze practice until we...

AP College Football WriterPenn State’s Clifford leaves Ohio State game with leg injuryBy RALPH D. RUSSOCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford left the game against No. 2 Ohio State early in the third quarter after getting hit as he threw, and backup Will Levis finished for...

AP College Football WriterBall-hawk Gerry leading No. 9 Huskers' defensive improvementBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) It was spring practice in 2015, Nathan Gerry's first with Nebraska's new coaching staff, when defensive coordinator Mark Banker pulled him aside one day and told him he should have been able to...

AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: October begins with 14 unbeatensBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe arrival of October in college football means nonconference game are mostly done, with some notable exceptions involving independents, late-season rivalries and those mid-November cupcakes that have become a Southern staple.Conference play usually means familiar opponents,...

42 charged after protest delays Harvard-Yale gameNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) Officials say 42 people were charged with disorderly conduct after a protest interrupted a Saturday football game between archrivals Harvard and Yale.Students from both schools occupied the midfield of the Yale Bowl during Saturday's halftime protest. Some held...

AP Sports WriterNebraska picks Washington State AD to head athletics programBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ??? Nebraska named Washington State athletic director Bill Moos to head its sports program on Sunday.University officials announced the pick less than four weeks after firing Shawn Eichorst. Eichorst was let go Sept. 21,...

Associated PressAudit finds mismanagement in Washington State athleticsBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOSSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) An internal audit has found extensive mismanagement within the budget-challenged Washington State athletic department, including the possible inflation of home football attendance figures and the improper distribution of free tickets to football games.''The environment within...

AP Sports WriterMichigan-Michigan State spat spills into new weekBy LARRY LAGEANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) The pregame spat between Michigan and Michigan State is showing no signs of going away.Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says the athletic directors for both schools should probably talk about what happened on Saturday before...