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AP Sports WriterACC football championship staying in Charlotte through 2030By STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference is making Charlotte, North Carolina the long-term home for its football championship game, keeping it in the Queen City through 2030.''Charlotte remains at the center of our footprint,'' Commissioner John...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=NDSU's DeLuca has the drive of an NFL playerBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Nick DeLuca hasn't been the recipient of those surprising, sometimes inappropriate questions NFL teams ask prospects during the build up to the draft, but the linebacker was honest when asked about his biggest fear."For...

AP College Football Writer"Paterno" movie a polarizing story with unanswered questionsBy RALPH D. RUSSO''Paterno'' aims to tell the polarizing story of a legend's fall, when the most essential question can never be answered.The HBO movie directed by Barry Levinson debuts Saturday and stars Oscar winner Al Pacino as Joe...

AP College Football Writer"Paterno" movie a polarizing story with unanswered questionsBy RALPH D. RUSSO''Paterno'' aims to tell the polarizing story of a legend's fall, when the most essential question can never be answered.The HBO movie directed by Barry Levinson debuts Saturday, April 7, and stars Oscar winner Al Pacino...

Ex-Spartan football players enter pleas in sex assault caseEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Three former Michigan State University football players accused in the 2017 sexual assault of a woman in an apartment bathroom have pleaded guilty to reduced charges.Josh King, Donnie Corley Jr. and Demetric Vance pleaded guilty Wednesday...

Jacksonville State finalizes 2018 schedule(STATS) - The addition of a Sept. 8 home game against Mississippi Valley State has completed Jacksonville State's 11-game 2018 schedule, which was announced Wednesday.The Gamecocks will host five home games and aren't playing an FBS opponent. They will seek to become the first program...

AP College Football WriterGetting tough: Frost wants Huskers' practices to be physicalBy ERIC OLSONLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Scott Frost often harkens to his playing days in the 1990s when the Tom Osborne-coached Nebraska teams used brute force to impose their will on overmatched opponents. Three national championships in four...

Ex-Spartan football players enter pleas in sex assault caseEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Three former Michigan State University football players accused in the 2017 sexual assault of a woman in an apartment bathroom have pleaded guilty to reduced charges.Josh King, Donnie Corley Jr. and Demetric Vance pleaded guilty Wednesday...

Florida State defensive tackle Wilson out for rest of springTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida State's Marvin Wilson will miss the remainder of spring practice because of a knee injury.Coach Willie Taggart said before Wednesday's practice that the sophomore defensive tackle tore his MCL during practice last week.Wilson was one...

AP Sports WriterPruitt brings plenty of change in first spring at TennesseeBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee's first spring under new coach Jeremy Pruitt is noteworthy for what isn't being said.Pruitt hasn't mentioned a single player by name at any of his past three post-practice sessions with reporters,...

Saban: The show will go on despite LeBron James complaintTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) Alabama coach Nick Saban isn't scrapping a program that drew a complaint from LeBron James.And James isn't backing down, either.On Monday, a representative for James sent a letter on his behalf to Alabama, claiming the Crimson...

AP Sports WriterPruitt brings plenty of change in first spring at TennesseeBy STEVE MEGARGEEKNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee's first spring under new coach Jeremy Pruitt is noteworthy for what isn't being said.Pruitt hasn't mentioned a single player by name at any of his past three post-practice sessions with reporters,...