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AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Former Georgia player shows power of persistenceBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) For all its ills, there are times when college athletics gets it just right.Meet Shedrick Wynn, who arrived at Georgia in 1999 to play football but never finished his college degree.Life kept getting in the...

Michigan State's Mike Sadler remembered as bright 'light'EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Hundreds of people have turned out at Michigan State's Spartan Stadium to celebrate the life of former football player Mike Sadler, who died in a car crash in Wisconsin.Michigan State admissions director Jim Cotter offered opening remarks...

AP Sports WriterOklahoma coach Riley, 34, gets first big test at Ohio StateBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Texas Tech walk-on quarterback Lincoln Riley wasn't quite good enough to play, but coach Mike Leach saw something special in him.Leach liked Riley's humility, intelligence, inquisitive nature, determination and people skills,...

AP College Football WriterPick 6: 10-win teams in 2016 likely to slip back in 2017By RALPH D. RUSSOAlabama makes knocking out double-digit victory seasons look so easy, but for most programs it takes a combination of good play and good fortune that can be difficult to replicate from one...

Associated PressVanderbilt K Fuller becomes first woman to play in Power 5By JOSEPH WALLJASPERCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Sarah Fuller was playing around with a teammate a couple months ago when she kicked a soccer ball through the uprights from 45 yards away. She joked about being able to kick...

FCS conferences to host virtual media days(Stats Perform) - As college football players continue to return to campuses, the anticipation for the 2020 season will raise considerably. Preseason polls and honors will take the excitement to an even higher level.Most FCS conferences will use virtual media days as an...

Stats Perform FCS Senior Editor=The year the Dolphins drafted the FCSBy CRAIG HALEY(Stats Perform) - The Miami Dolphins have gone five straight years and seven of the last eight without picking an FCS player in the NFL Draft.The exception was in 2014, and did that draft class ever stand...

The Latest: Swinney undecided on Clemson's quarterbackCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest on the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason media days (all times local):3:50 p.m.Clemson coach Dabo Swinney hasn't decided on his quarterback for the Sept. 1 season opener against Furman.Swinney says Kelly Bryant has earned the right to go...

Princeton QB Kanoff, Yale LB Oplinger win Ivy awardsNEW YORK (AP) Princeton senior quarterback Chad Kanoff and Yale senior linebacker Matthew Oplinger won the Ivy League's 2017 Football Players of the Year and Asa S. Bushnell Cup awards Monday.Kanoff was chosen Offensive Player of the Year by the...

AP Sports WriterWest Virginia DC Koenning on leave after player accusationsBy JOHN RABYWest Virginia has placed defensive coordinator Vic Koenning on administrative leave after a player alleged in a social media post that the assistant coach made a series of insensitive remarks, including against Hispanics.West Virginia athletic director Shane...

AP Sports WriterNew OC Harrell sees sunny days ahead for USC's offenseBy GREG BEACHAMLOS ANGELES (AP) Graham Harrell has been living in a hotel near campus during his first six weeks as Southern California's offensive coordinator, so he hasn't seen much of his new city.The near-lifelong Texan also...

Iowa State trying to jumpstart woeful running game vs TCUAMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State began the season with five running backs and coach Matt Campbell hoping that one would step forward and prove he could be the No. 1 guy.After four games, that hasn't happened. No one yet...