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AP Sports WriterQB Johns embraces changes at Virginia even with job in limboBy HANK KURZ Jr.Matt Johns is Virginia's incumbent starting quarterback and one of its unequivocal team leaders.In a summer that is part of a new era for the Cavaliers, the fifth-year senior has been leading his teammates...

UNC OL Ferranto to miss season with torn muscleCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina offensive lineman John Ferranto will miss the season with a torn pectoral muscle.Team spokesman Kevin Best on Friday said Ferranto injured his left pectoral muscle during a training workout on Monday, and had surgery...

Associated PressFormer Vanderbilt player sentenced to 15 years for dorm rapeBy SHEILA BURKENASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student.Davidson County Criminal Court Judge...

AP Sports WriterSerigne eager to lead Wake Forest back to respectabilityBy JOEDY McCREARYCam Serigne is tired of racking up empty stats at Wake Forest.He's established himself as one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's best tight ends while playing for one of the league's worst teams, and now he's dedicated...

North Carolina OL Ferranto to miss season with injuryCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) North Carolina offensive lineman John Ferranto will miss the season with an unspecified injury.Team spokesman Kevin Best on Friday confirmed Ferranto's injury but declined to provide any additional details.Ferranto is a senior who was listed on...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Defending champion Alcorn, Prairie View favored in SWACBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - A change in head coaches hasn't tempered the high expectations surrounding Alcorn State, the two-time defending Southwestern Athletic Conference champion.Alcorn State and Prairie View A&M were selected as the East and West division favorites, respectively,...

Former Vanderbilt player sentenced to 15 years for dorm rapeNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student.Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins handed...

AP Sports WriterGrobe moving Baylor forward focused on character, integrityBy STEPHEN HAWKINSWACO, Texas (AP) Jim Grobe has a master's degree in counseling that comes in handy dealing with athletes on and off the field.Yet, Baylor's acting head coach knows that doesn't qualify him to handle issues such as...

Associated PressFormer Vanderbilt player sentenced to 15 years for dorm rapeBy SHEILA BURKENASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student.Davidson County Criminal Court Judge...

Associated PressFormer Vanderbilt player sentenced to 15 years for dorm rapeBy SHEILA BURKENASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student.Davidson County Criminal Court Judge...

Baylor WR Cannon says surgery on right knee went wellWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor receiver KD Cannon has had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.Cannon said Tuesday on his Twitter account that ''surgery went well.'' He included a photo of his bandaged knee.Baylor officials had indicated the procedure was...

Associated PressDocuments: Paterno ignored boy's Sandusky complaint in 1976By MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, told by a teenage boy in 1976 that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky molested him in a shower, responded that he didn't want to hear about it and had ''a...