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Coastal's Moglia to miss Sun Belt gatheringCONWAY, S.C. (AP) Coastal Carolina coach Joe Moglia will miss the Sun Belt Conference's yearly football gathering after having a precautionary medical procedure.Doctors found a precancerous nodule on his trachea that they wanted to remove. The 68-year-old Moglia is recovering from the...

AP Sports WriterDistractions Galore: Coaches are hot topics at Peach BowlBy PETE IACOBELLICall this the Distraction Bowl.The Peach Bowl features one coach in Central Florida's Scott Frost who's determined his future is already elsewhere against another in Auburn's Gus Malzahn who's facing questions about whether he'll remain with the...

AP College Football WriterAP Top 25: No. 2 Alabama closes gap with Clemson; Liberty inBy ERIC OLSONClemson remained No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday, but not by much.Trevor Lawrence's absence because of COVID-19 and the Tigers' narrow win over Boston College created a divide...

Montana State extends Choate through 2021(STATS) - Montana State announced it has extended coach Jeff Choate's contract by three years through the 2021 season on Thursday.Choate has a 9-13 record in two seasons, including 5-6 last year after the Bobcats ended the campaign by beating rival Montana for the...

AP Sports WriterVirus sparks debate on whether more prospects will stay homeBy STEVE MEGARGEEConcerns about the coronavirus are preventing football prospects from visiting campuses this spring and keeping coaches from traveling to evaluate them.North Carolina coach Mack Brown said he believes this could cause more 2021 recruits to stay...

Beanie Wells offering reward for capture of brother's killerAKRON, Ohio (AP) Former Ohio State and NFL player Beanie Wells is offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of the person who gunned down his brother.Akron police said 31-year-old Joel ''Joey'' Wells was found in a driveway in Akron...

AP Sports WriterNo. 6 Oklahoma suspends kicker Calum Sutherland indefinitelyBy CLIFF BRUNTOklahoma kicker Calum Sutherland has been suspended indefinitely.A school spokesman made the announcement in a brief statement Friday, one day before the sixth-ranked Sooners play at Kansas.Sutherland, a sophomore, was arrested Sept. 21 on a public intoxication charge....

Suspect accused of Ohio game threat to offer guilty pleaCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A man was expected to plead guilty Wednesday to accusations that he threatened a shooting at Ohio State University and vowed to hurt players on the football team.An indictment unsealed late last year in federal court...

AP College Football WriterMaryland puts Durkin on leave amid football investigationBy RALPH D. RUSSOMaryland placed head coach DJ Durkin on administrative leave on Saturday while the school scrutinizes allegations of poor behavior by the football staff, apparent misdeeds that came to light following the death of a player on...

Associated PressPenn State ex-president argues conviction properly tossedBy MARK SCOLFOROHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) A federal appeals court grilled lawyers Tuesday about whether Penn State's former president deserved to have his misdemeanor child endangerment conviction, related to his response to a complaint about Jerry Sandusky, overturned last year.The 3rd U.S....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have revoked season tickets for two football fans who wore a costume that involved one wearing masks of President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton with a noose around their necks. The other wore a Donald Trump mask and led the first man around...

Former Syracuse coach Frank Maloney dead at 79SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Former Syracuse University head football coach Frank Maloney, who succeeded the winningest coach in school history when the program was in decline, has died. He was 79.Maloney died Monday at his home in Chicago, his family confirmed to...