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AP College Football WriterNCAA eases rules on athlete transfersBy RALPH D. RUSSOCollege athletes will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid from another school.The NCAA Division I Council approved the change Wednesday. It takes effect Oct. 15.The long-awaited transfer reform ended...

AP College Football WriterNCAA eases rules on athlete transfersBy RALPH D. RUSSOCollege athletes will no longer need permission from their coach or school to transfer and receive financial aid from another school.The NCAA Division I Council approved the change Wednesday. It takes effect Oct. 15.The long-awaited transfer reform ended...

Colgate football great Scott dies(STATS) - Colgate is mourning the recent death of all-time leading rusher Jordan Scott.Scott, 31, went missing during a vacation in Thailand last week. He failed to surface after jumping into a body of water about 150 feet deep at a dam near Surat Thani...

AP Sports WriterIowa TE Noah Fant preps for bigger role in '18By LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Despite setting records last fall, Iowa tight end Noah Fant went largely unnoticed outside of the Big Ten West.That shouldn't be the case in 2018.Fant will return for his junior season...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Potential spoilers in FCS conference racesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Few foresaw Elon and Monmouth making the FCS playoffs last season after their 2016 campaigns.Columbia's perennial struggling program took a bigger step than expected.Austin Peay? The Govs weren't even a hazy image in anyone's crystal ball.But there...

Former Colgate TB Jordan Scott dies at 31HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) Jordan Scott, the all-time leading rusher in Colgate history, has died while on vacation in Thailand.University officials confirmed the death Tuesday. The 31-year-old Scott had gone missing Friday after jumping into water near a dam in the Ban...

Former Clemson QB Hunter Johnson transfers to NorthwesternEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Former Clemson quarterback and highly touted recruit Hunter Johnson is transferring to Northwestern.Northwestern announced Monday the addition of Johnson, who will have to sit out this season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules and have three years of eligibility...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Big Sky has gained from disbanded Great WestBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The Big Sky Conference is losing North Dakota, but the way the Fighting Hawks helped it become the largest FCS conference has been rewarding.North Dakota was one of the four schools that joined the Big...

Former Clemson QB Hunter Johnson transfers to NorthwesternEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) Former Clemson quarterback and highly touted recruit Hunter Johnson is transferring to Northwestern.Johnson will have to sit out this season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules and have three years of eligibility left. Northwestern has senior Clayton Thorson coming...

AP Sports WriterIcon to eyesore: Storied Akron Rubber Bowl awaits demolitionBy MITCH STACYAKRON, Ohio (AP) Billy Graham saved souls there. Karl Wallenda once walked on a tightrope above the gridiron. The Rolling Stones performed there in 1972, getting fans so worked up that a couple dozen got arrested....

Former, current football players sue University of MinnesotaMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Nine black former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation are suing the school, alleging they're victims of racial and gender discrimination.The federal lawsuit was filed Friday. It...

Former, current football players sue University of MinnesotaMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Nine former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation are suing the school, alleging they're victims of racial and gender discrimination.The federal lawsuit was filed Friday. It stems...