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Ex-Clemson tailback Tyshon Dye dies after drowning at lakeCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Former Clemson and East Carolina running back Tyshon Dye drowned Friday after swimming in a lake during a family outing.Dye was 25 years old.Elbert County Corner Chuck Almond told several media outlets Dye was at Richard B....

Fort COLLINS, Colo. (AP) Colorado State junior receiver Rashard Higgins is entering the NFL draft.The explosive wideout who goes by the nickname ''Hollywood'' announced his decision on Twitter late Wednesday night. He addressed his letter to ''Ram Nation'' and said there is ''no place like home and y'all...

Longtime Clemson sports spokesman Bourret retiringCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Longtime Clemson football communications director Tim Bourret is retiring this summer after nearly 40 years involved in Tigers sports.Bourret said Friday he will leave his position July 1.Bourret has also served as radio analyst for Clemson men's basketball.Bourret joined Clemson...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) For the second time in a week, a University of South Florida football player is accused of firing a gun on campus.University police arrested junior cornerback Lamar Robbins on Thursday afternoon. He remained in the Hillsborough County Jail early Friday with an $8,000 bond.It's the...

AP Sports WriterAresco: AAC's profile boosted by Big 12 expansion processBy PAT EATON-ROBBSTORRS, Conn. (AP) American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco noted the difference on Tuesday.His conference, which a day before had been facing the potential loss of two or even four of its highest-profile programs to the...

AP College Football WriterPac-12 commissioner says missing playoff 'harmful' to leagueBy RALPH D. RUSSONEW YORK (AP) A Pac-12 team has made the College Football Playoff just twice in six seasons and none of the last three.If anyone should be leading the charge toward expanding the current four-team model,...

LSU Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon dies at age 80BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Billy Cannon, the gifted running back who won the Heisman Trophy for LSU in 1959 with a memorable Halloween night punt return touchdown against Mississippi, died Sunday. He was 80.LSU said Cannon, the school's only...

AP Sports WriterMeyer probe costs $500K but still about what Ohio St wantsBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The Urban Meyer investigation is costing Ohio State $500,000, but whether the superstar football coach keeps his job still comes down to whether the university wants to stick with him based...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma coach Riley wants more after playoff appearanceBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Lincoln Riley could take a few moments to stop and soak it all in.But that's not how he got so far, so fast.Riley has accomplished more at age 35 than most coaches do in...

Kansas hires Air Force assistant Wallace for special teamsLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas has hired Jonathan Wallace to coach special teams and running backs, completing an overhaul of Les Miles' staff as the Jayhawks head into Year 2 of the former national championship-winning coach's regime.Miles announced the hiring in...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Former California and NFL star Andre Carter has returned to the Golden Bears' football program as a student assistant coach.Head coach Sonny Dykes said Thursday that Carter will assist with the team's defensive line.Carter enrolled as an undergraduate at Cal earlier this year to pursue...

AP Sports WriterACC trying to meet preseason College Football Playoff hopesBy PETE IACOBELLIThe Atlantic Coast Conference entered the season flexing its muscles with the defending national champions, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and abundant hope to show it's deeper than just one team.Halfway through the season, it hasn't turned...