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AP College Football WriterMulligan: Extra year of NCAA eligibility for fall athletes?By RALPH D. RUSSOWhether college football players play a lot in the fall, a little in the spring or not at all over the next 10 months, some athletic administrators want to give them a mulligan on the...

AP College Football WriterACC schedule includes Notre Dame, 10 conference gamesBy RALPH D. RUSSONotre Dame will play in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season as part of a plan to play 10 league games and start the week of Sept. 7, alterations brought on by the pandemic.The ACC's university...

AP College Football WriterCollege Football Picks: Road tests before first CFP rankingsBy RALPH D. RUSSOFor many ranked teams, the last chance to influence the College Football Playoff selection committee before its first ranking of the season will come away from home.Thirteen ranked teams are playing road games this weekend,...

Army suspends coach for 2 weeks in WakeyLeaks caseWEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) Army has suspended defensive coordinator Jay Bateman for two weeks for mishandling information about the Wake Forest football program.West Point also fined Bateman $25,000 for his role in the so-called WakeyLeaks scandal and ordered him to...

AP Sports WriterDon't look now, but it's another top-5 Alabama-LSU matchupBy JOHN ZENORTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Nick Saban has no interest in reconstructing Alabama's seven-game winning streak over LSU or pondering his team's scarcely threatened perfect record.So just don't ask.The top-ranked Crimson Tide coach is far more concerned with...

AP Sports WriterMiami DB Al Blades reveals he has season-ending heart issueBy TIM REYNOLDSCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Miami defensive back Al Blades Jr. said Tuesday he will miss at least three months after being diagnosed with inflammation of the heart.Blades said the myocarditis diagnosis came after doctors were...

AP Sports WriterDuke, Miami meet with eye on moving past lossesBy JOEDY McCREARYDURHAM, N.C. (AP) Duke is looking to bounce back from a bunch of losses. There’s just one defeat haunting Miami at the moment - but it’s a big one.The Blue Devils (4-7, 2-5 Atlantic Coast Conference)...

AP Sports WriterA lenient NCAA imposes two-year probation on RutgersBy TOM CANAVANNEWARK, N.J. (AP) The NCAA has placed Rutgers on two-year probation and publically reprimanded and censured the university for failing to monitor its football program over a five-year period between 2011 and 2015.The Division I Committee on...

Oregon QB Justin Herbert out with fractured collarboneEUGENE, Ore. (AP) Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert is out ''for a while'' because of a fractured collarbone, coach Willie Taggart said Monday.Taggart also said at his weekly news conference that junior linebacker Kaulana Apelu is out for the season with an...

Associated PressInjury-plagued Missouri seeks 1st conference win vs KentuckyBy JADE WASHBURNCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri coach Barry Odom considers his role to be that of a teacher. He is still learning things in his inaugural season at the helm of his alma mater.Saturday's game against Kentucky will be his...

Report: Montana State, Oregon to meet in 2025(STATS) - Montana State will play at Oregon in the 2025, according to a report Wednesday.FBSchedules.com said the Bobcats will play at Autzen Stadium in Eugene on Aug. 30, 2025. The Big Sky program will be paid a $680,000 guarantee for the...

Missouri appeals NCAA sanctions levied against 3 sportsCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri filed a notice of appeal with the NCAA's committee on infractions Thursday as it begins to fight what it considers overly harsh sanctions for academic misconduct involving a former tutor.The NCAA banned the football, baseball and softball...