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Former USC football assistant coach John Jackson dies at 81LOS ANGELES (AP) Former Southern California football assistant John Jackson has died at 81.The university said Friday he died of complications following intestinal surgery Thursday in suburban Torrance.Jackson coached star tailbacks Marcus Allen and Charles White during their Heisman...

Liberty coach Gill suspended 1 game for rules violation(STATS) - Liberty head coach Turner Gill and assistant Ron Brown each received one-game suspensions for a secondary NCAA recruiting violation, the university announced Friday.Brown will sit out Saturday's home game against Monmouth, while Gill will serve his penalty at a...

Jerry Sandusky's son waives hearing in child sex abuse caseBELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Jerry Sandusky's adult son won't be in court next week for a hearing on accusations he pressured a teen girl for naked photos and asked her teen sister to perform a sex act.Jeffrey Sandusky on Friday...

AP Sports WriterBristol speedway hosts Virginia Tech-Tennessee football gameBy STEVE MEGARGEEBRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) The speedway that calls itself the ''last great Colosseum'' now will be temporarily transformed into the world's largest football stadium.Tennessee and Virginia Tech meet Saturday night at the Bristol Motor Speedway, located approximately halfway between...

AP College Football WriterBig 12 stands pat and touts unity, but is it built to last?By RALPH D. RUSSOThe 10 schools that make up the Big 12 are bound together by a deal committing their television rights to the conference through the 2024-25 school year.That grant of rights ends...

Baylor cornerback Grayland Arnold carted off fieldBy The Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor starting cornerback Grayland Arnold was injured while making a tackle on a kickoff in the first quarter at Texas on Saturday and was taken off the field on a cart.Scans of his neck came back...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Six FCS players to watch at all-star gamesBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - A wealth of talent from the FCS level will try to impress at the three most prestigious all-star games over the next two Saturdays.Forty players will participate in either the East-West Shrine Game or NFLPA...

A look at things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference for Week 4:GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 20 Georgia Tech's visit to Duke figures to once again have significant ramifications in the Coastal Division race. Both teams are coming off close losses to ranked nonconference teams, with the...

Mississippi State hires Grantham as defensive coordinatorSTARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi State has hired Todd Grantham to be its fourth defensive coordinator in four seasons.The 50-year-old Grantham replaces Peter Sirmon, who lasted just one season with the Bulldogs. Grantham, who will also be the linebackers coach, comes to Mississippi...

Suspended Minnesota players get their turn in hearingsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The 10 Minnesota football players suspended after an alleged sexual assault last fall presented their case Friday in the final day of hearings in front of a panel of university employees.The university presented its side of the case on...

Baylor cornerback Grayland Arnold carted off fieldBy The Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Baylor starting cornerback Grayland Arnold was injured while making a tackle on a kickoff in the first quarter at Texas on Saturday and was taken off the field on a cart.Medical personnel attended to Arnold for...

MIAMI (AP) - As some players from both sides brawled after the final play, BYU quarterback Christian Stewart decided to simply walk off the field.He fought for four quarters, then two overtimes.And the result he wanted just wasn't in the cards.Stewart led the Cougars back from a pair of...