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AP Sports WriterSenior Bowl QBs hoping to follow footsteps of Dak PrescottBy JOHN ZENORMOBILE, Ala. (AP) The Senior Bowl quarterbacks would gladly become this year's version of Dak Prescott, except perhaps with a shorter wait in the NFL draft.Prescott impressed at last year's Senior Bowl , earning Most...

AP College Football WriterRecruiting reforms could bring end to signing day circusBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe first Wednesday of February in college football has become a celebration of hat-picking suspense and hopeful speculation. Schools use national signing day to excite their fans, market the program and impress future recruits with...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Pro Bowl fullbacks represent the FCSBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - For one night of football on Sunday, the pride of the FCS will be centered at … fullback?Yup, although underappreciated, the big bruisers still hold a valuable role in the NFL even while offenses continue to rely...

AP Sports WriterHearings begin for suspended Minnesota football playersBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Ten Minnesota football players suspended for their alleged involvement in a sexual assault faced a panel of university employees on Thursday and Friday in an attempt to avoid expulsion and other punishments recommended by the school's...

AP Sports WriterHearings begin for suspended Minnesota football playersBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Ten Minnesota football players suspended for their alleged involvement in a sexual assault faced a panel of university employees on Thursday and Friday in an attempt to avoid expulsion and other punishments recommended by the school's...

ECU hires Prunty as defensive line coach after Adams' exitGREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) East Carolina has hired Robert Prunty as defensive line coach.Prunty had spent the past four years at Cincinnati, where he served as associate head coach, defensive ends coach and co-defensive coordinator at various points.He had also...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Golden, Griffin, Victor among NFL early entrantsBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - When healthy in recent seasons, Towson's Darius Victor was one of the top running backs in the FCS.Victor hopes for better health at the NFL level than the way he ended his career at Towson. He's...

AP Sports WriterPower 5 conferences vote to stop spring practices off campusBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Power Five conferences have voted to stop coaches from taking teams off-campus during any vacation period outside a sport's season for practice, a rule proposed after Jim Harbaugh took his...

Teen due in Las Vegas court in Missouri State player slayingLAS VEGAS (AP) A 17-year-old accused of shooting and killing a Missouri State University football player during a fight involving their sisters in Las Vegas has been charged as an adult with murder.Richard Allan Newsome Jr. stood in...

NC State hires former Wisconsin DB to coach safetiesRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) North Carolina State has hired former Wisconsin defensive back Aaron Henry to coach its safeties.Coach Dave Doeren announced Henry's hiring Friday.Henry spent last season as the cornerbacks coach at Rutgers and before that he was a graduate...

Associated PressLas Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slayingBy KEN RITTERLAS VEGAS (AP) A fight over name-calling between girlfriends promoted a fight that resulted in the death of a Missouri State University football player outside his Las Vegas home, according to a police report about the...

Las Vegas teen charged as adult in football player slayingLAS VEGAS (AP) A 17-year-old suspected of shooting and killing a Missouri State University football player during a fight involving their sisters in Las Vegas has been charged as an adult with murder.Richard Allan Newsome Jr. stood in shackles...