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Liberty heading to FBS after receiving NCAA waiverLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) Liberty University says the NCAA has approved its request for a waiver to begin reclassifying into the Football Bowl Subdivision.The school says it received the notification Thursday. It had requested a waiver into the two-year process in January...

Auburn names Porter assistant coach, recruiting coordinatorAUBURN, Ala. (AP) Auburn has hired Larry Porter to coach tight ends and H-backs and to serve as recruiting coordinator.Tigers coach Gus Malzahn announced Saturday that Porter had been hired to replace Scott Fountain. Porter spent the past three years as North...

Correction: Oklahoma-Mixon storyBy The Associated PressIn a story Feb. 10 about a woman who was struck by Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon, The Associated Press erroneously reported the sequence of events. The woman, Amelia Molitor, said her friends used a racial slur to describe Mixon after he punched her...

AP Sports WriterWoman Joe Mixon hit says she rejected his advancesBy CLIFF BRUNTA woman struck by Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon says she rejected his advances before he punched her and broke bones in her face.Mixon was suspended from the team for a year after the July 2014 incident...

Associated PressChange continues for Smith's Illini in the springBy MICHAL DWOJAKCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) Lovie Smith and his staff didn't have the easiest start at Illinois last March.There were many disadvantages for the first-year college coach, including a late spring football season. But things have changed heading into the...

Associated PressMichigan State rocked by sexual assault investigationsBy ED WHITE and CHRIS EHRMANNEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State University, known for its leafy campus, years of basketball success and a heritage that goes back to Abraham Lincoln, is dealing with a different image these days: allegations of sexual...

Cancer treatment for La. Tech's Dancy deemed successfulRUSTON, La. (AP) Louisiana Tech running back Jaqwis Dancy says he's been informed that cancer treatments he's been receiving since last fall have been successful.Diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin's lymphoma last October, Dancy says ''it felt amazing'' to hear on Thursday...

Associated PressMichigan State rocked by sexual assault investigationsBy ED WHITE and CHRIS EHRMANNEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan State University, known for its leafy campus, years of basketball success and a heritage that goes back to Abraham Lincoln, is dealing with a different image these days: allegations of sexual...

N.C. A&T seeks to continue winning ways(STATS) - North Carolina A&T has posted three straight outstanding seasons, but the MEAC power faces a new challenge in its 11-game 2017 schedule which was announced Friday.The Aggies no longer have All-America running back Tarik Cohen, the three-time All-MEAC offensive player of...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Potential springboard to successBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - Success is measured in many ways, but in the 24-team FCS playoffs, only the national champion can end its season with a win.Few FCS teams will enter the 2017 season with a long winning streak, although national champion James...

AP Sports WriterWoman ex-OU RB Mixon hit says she rejected his advancesBy CLIFF BRUNTIn a video released by the Norman Police Department , Amelia Molitor said she rejected Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon's advances before Mixon punched her and broke bones in her face.Mixon punched Molitor at a Norman...

Associated PressMSU suspends 3 football players in sex assault probeBy COREY WILLIAMSDETROIT (AP) Three Michigan State University football players have been suspended from team activities and removed from on-campus housing as part of a sexual assault investigation.A staff member associated with Michigan State's football program also has been...