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Kentucky back Smoke out 'a couple of weeks' with broken ribLEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky coach Mark Stoops says reserve running back Kavosiey Smoke is out ''a couple of weeks'' after breaking a rib during Saturday's overtime home loss to Mississippi.Smoke was not listed on the Wildcats' depth chart...

AP Sports WriterOutsider Day embraces intensity and mystique of ‘The Game’By MITCH STACYCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Growing up in New Hampshire, Ryan Day was far more concerned with Red Sox-Yankees and how the Celtics were doing against the Lakers than Ohio State’s annual clash with Michigan.In college two decades...

Associated PressHarvell-Peel, Oklahoma State defense generating turnoversBy JOHN TRANCHINASTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) No. 22 Oklahoma State gets a lot of attention for its dynamic offense that features the nation’s leading rusher, Chuba Hubbard, but the Cowboys’ defense also has been outstanding lately.In addition to holding each of its last...

Associated PressFamily: Fatally shot UAB running back was always smilingBy TERRY SPENCERDELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) The family of University of Alabama Birmingham running back Gregory Bryant searched for answers Monday, saying they don't know why anyone would fatally shoot him as he drove on Interstate 95.Allen Mosley, Bryant's...

AP Sports WriterGest's season-ending injury thins Indiana's depth at RBBy MICHAEL MAROTIndiana coach Tom Allen spent the whole offseason stressing the need to create more turnovers.He witnessed the payoff in Saturday's season opener.After forcing three turnovers in the first half including an interception return for a touchdown, it seems...

AP Sports WriterNo. 2 Clemson, No. 4 Notre Dame headline AP all-ACC honorsBy AARON BEARDSecond-ranked Clemson and fourth-ranked Notre Dame headline The Associated Press All-Atlantic Coast Conference teams and individual awards for the 2020 season.The Tigers, who beat the Fighting Irish in Saturday's league championship game for a sixth...

Associated PressNo. 9 Oklahoma State's no-star defense succeeding with depthBy JOHN TRANCHINASTILLWATER, Okla. (AP) It's well documented how No. 9 Oklahoma State relies upon its explosive offense to win games, but the Cowboys also have improved on defense this season.Unlike the past two years when stars like Emanuel...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: LSU moves up to give SEC 3 of top 4 in AP pollBy RALPH D. RUSSOThe Southeastern Conference held three of the top four spots in The Associated Press college football poll after LSU's road victory against Texas pushed the Tigers to No....

AP Sports WriterODU hosts Virginia Tech, gets rare home game vs Top 25 teamBy HANK KURZ Jr.A rare chance for Old Dominion to host a Top 25 team is also an opportunity that hasn't come along in while for No. 13 Virginia Tech: A chance for the Hokies to...

South Florida football player dies after being hit by trainDEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) A star high school football player in South Florida who had signed with Georgia Tech was killed Monday after he was hit by a freight train.Bryce Gowdy, 17, died at a hospital after he was...

Judge rips USF coach Charlie Strong for behavior of playersTAMPA, Fla. (AP) A judge presiding over the first appearance of a South Florida football player charged with sexual battery not only had harsh words for the athlete in court, but questioned whether new coach Charlie Strong is a...

AP Sports WriterFocus for Syracuse's Dino Babers: prove last year no flukeBy JOHN KEKISSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Coach Dino Babers begins his fourth season at Syracuse with a big goal - to prove that last season was no fluke.Syracuse finished 10-3 in 2018 and was No. 15 in the...