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NCAA settles CTE lawsuit in TexasDALLAS (AP) The NCAA has settled a lawsuit with the family of a former University of Texas football player that said the organization was responsible for his brain injuries and death decades after his playing career.The lawsuit in Dallas was settled Friday after...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Wofford favored in tight SoConBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It almost doesn't seem fair the newest coach in the Southern Conference - Chattanooga's Rusty Wright - is being thrown into the gauntlet so quickly.The Mocs face Eastern Illinois, Jacksonville State, Tennessee and James Madison before they can...

AP Sports WriterOhio State's Day won't soon forget team's playoff stumbleBy MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The playoff loss to Clemson that ended Ohio State’s season will sting for a long time, coach Ryan Day acknowledged Wednesday. The Buckeyes will move on, and he hopes the terrible taste in...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Huesman faces challenging first schedule at RichmondBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - The road portion of the schedule is particularly tough for new Richmond football coach Russ Huesman as the Spiders look to the 2017 season.Richmond announced an 11-game schedule on Tuesday, including five home games at Robins...

AP College Football WriterPick 6: James, Rosen could make big impact after injuriesBy RALPH D. RUSSORoyce Freeman hardly looked like himself last season.An injured knee in the first month of the season caused Oregon's dynamic running back to miss a game. Then he took a shot to the chest...

Associated PressState to appeal tossed conviction of Penn State ex-leaderBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania's attorney general will appeal a federal judge's decision to vacate the child-endangerment conviction of former Penn State President Graham Spanier.Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the decision Wednesday, a day after U.S. Magistrate Judge...

AP Sports WriterCharges dismissed for UNC player accused of sexual batteryBy AARON BEARDCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) Charges have been dismissed against a North Carolina football player for misdemeanor sexual battery and assault on a female student.Allen Artis was charged in September and attorneys on both sides said last...

AP Sports WriterMiami holds off No. 20 Virginia, 17-9By TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) Miami used its backup quarterback and a kicker whose name was a mystery to some of his own teammates.And the Hurricanes might have saved their season.N'Kosi Perry threw for a touchdown on the opening...

AP College Football WriterSTAT WATCH: E. Carolina's Zay Jones nears receptions recordBy ERIC OLSONEast Carolina's Zay Jones has the nation's top four games for receptions after making 19 catches in a win over UConn, and he's on track to break the Bowl Subdivision career receptions record.Jones passed former Oklahoma...

AP Sports WriterEstablished ACC QBs face challenges during spring practiceBy JOEDY McCREARYRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) This spring was a busy one around the Atlantic Coast Conference - especially for the returning quarterbacks who won division titles last season.In a conference in which its only new head coach wasted no...

Former FSU coach Bobby Bowden, 90, tests positive for virusTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has tested positive for the coronavirus and was home Monday monitoring his symptoms.Family friend and Bowden's former publicist Kim Shiff said the 90-year-old Hall of Fame coach had been hospitalized...

AP Sports WriterSyracuse's Carrier Dome turns 40 years old, gets new lookBy JOHN KEKISSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Syracuse University's Carrier Dome opened 40 years ago with an overflow crowd that set an attendance record that still stands.Pete Sala remembers when the Dome was just an idea on paper.It was...