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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...

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Two days before California plays its second game in less than a week against a well-rested USC team, coach Sonny Dykes was still trying to figure out why the Golden Bears were put in this position. The quick turnaround and short week following Friday's double-overtime win against...

AP Sports WriterDeshaun Watson lands another award as NFL draft loomsBy STEPHEN HAWKINSFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Deshaun Watson is trying to approach everything leading to the NFL draft as having fun and enjoying the process while preparing for another once-in-a-lifetime moment.Having accomplished his goal of a national championship...

Former Syracuse player sentenced to 10 years in stabbingSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) A former Syracuse University football player has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the stabbing attack on two of his former teammates last year.The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports (http://bit.ly/2l1DSqW ) Naesean Howard was sentenced Friday...

Baylor receives law firm's sexual assault reportWACO, Texas (AP) Baylor University officials have received a law firm's report on how the school handled incidents of sexual assault on campus, but they're giving no indication on whether the document will be made public.Baylor's board of regents said Friday that...

California LT Aaron Cochran plans to transfer for final yearBERKELEY, Calif. (AP) California starting left tackle Aaron Cochran will transfer for his final season of eligibility after graduating in May.Cochran announced his decision Thursday to leave Cal after getting his bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. Cochran has played...

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...

Charges reduced for Florida freshmen WRs Cleveland, WellsGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida freshmen Tyrie Cleveland and Rick Wells are now facing misdemeanor charges for firing BB guns inside a residence hall in July.State Attorney Bill Cervone said Tuesday that felony charges against Cleveland and Wells were reduced to criminal...

Missouri hires Ofodile as recruiting coordinatorCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) Missouri has hired A.J. Ofodile, a former tight end with the Tigers, as director of recruiting operations.The 42-year-old Ofodile (owe-FAH-delay), who also played in the NFL, has been head coach at Columbia Rock Bridge High since 2003. He was offensive...

Bear Bryant said offense sells tickets, and he was right. College football is enjoying immense popularity in an era of record scoring.But is there too much of a good thing?All that scoring caused this season's average length of game to hit 3 hours, 23 minutes in late November, according...

AP Sports WriterControversial Oklahoma star Joe Mixon among national leadersBy CLIFF BRUNTNORMAN, Okla. (AP) Joe Mixon might be Oklahoma's best player.He's undoubtedly the most controversial Sooner.Mixon landed in Norman back in 2014 as one of the nation's top running back recruits. Before he even participated in a fall...

Associated PressACC fines Florida State $20,000 after Fisher rips officialsBy JOE REEDYTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) The Atlantic Coast Conference has fined Florida State $20,000 after football coach Jimbo Fisher made remarks criticizing officials after Saturday night's game against No. 3 Clemson.Fisher, who was also publicly reprimanded by the conference,...