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Defense dominates as Navy beats Army 
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Quarterback Tai Lavatai ran for two touchdowns, and Navy’s defense limited Army to 57-second-half yards and a season-low 232 overall in a 17-13 victory Saturday in a game played at the Meadowlands to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Navy (4-8) played a...
Pair of Notre Dame stars skipping Fiesta Bowl to prepare for NFL Draft 
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Kyren Williams and Kyle Hamilton, two junior star players for No. 5 Notre Dame, announced Friday they will not play in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 9 Oklahoma State so they can instead prepare for the 2022 NFL Draft. The two were Associated Press preseason first-team...
Virginia tabs Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott as next football coach 
Virginia didn’t have to extend its search for a new football coach beyond the ACCe as the Cavaliers announced Friday they had tabbed longtime Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott to fill their vacancy. Cavaliers athletic director Carla Williams announced Virginia was hiring Elliott, who will be introduced at a news...
Auburn hoops gets 4 years probation, 2-game suspension for coach Bruce Pearl 
The NCAA has placed the Auburn men’s basketball program on four years probation for unethical conduct involving former associate head coach Chuck Person and imposed a two-game suspension on coach Bruce Pearl for failing to monitor his assistant and adequately promote compliance. An NCAA Committee on Infractions panel issued its...
Maryland, men’s basketball coach Mark Turgeon part ways 8 games into season 
Mark Turgeon’s tenure at Maryland is over, less than a month after the start of his 11th season at the helm. Again, the Terrapins were struggling to reach their potential — although the abrupt change still came with a jolt, just eight games into the 2021-22 campaign. “After a series...
Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall stepping down after bowl game 
Bronco Mendenhall said the thought that it was time to do something else first came to him the day after his team’s dispiriting loss to Virginia Tech. In the ensuing days, Virginia’s coach considered other solutions, but as the week progressed he felt more clarity. He announced Thursday he’s stepping...
College Football Playoff expansion talks inch forward, no agreement in sight 
DALLAS — The latest meeting on expanding the College Football Playoff wrapped up without a resolution Wednesday as the people involved agreed to keep talking. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said there remains a strong consensus among the management committee, comprised of the 10 major college football conference commissioners and...
ACC Network finally coming to Comcast’s Xfinity cable
The two-year-old ACC Network, which carries Atlantic Coast Conference sporting events, including Pitt athletics, will finally become available on Comcast’s Xfinity cable service. The arrival of ACC Network is part of a larger overall carriage renewal agreement between telecommunications/entertainment behemoths The Walt Disney Company and Comcast, parent of NBCUniversal. There...
Women’s AP Top 25 gets shakeup behind No. 1 South Carolina
Maryland dropped six spots to No. 8 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday after losing two games in a week that saw eight of the top 10 teams change places behind unanimous No. 1 South Carolina. UConn reclaimed the No. 2 spot — up one spot and shared...
Duke jumps to No. 1 in reshuffled AP Top 25; Purdue to No. 2
Mike Krzyzewski’s final team at Duke has reached a familiar milestone: No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The Blue Devils jumped four spots to the top of Monday’s poll following a win against Gonzaga that knocked the Bulldogs from the top spot. That adds...
USC hires football coach Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma 
Southern California hired Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley to be its next coach Sunday in a stunning and rare move of one traditional college football powerhouse swiping another’s highly accomplished head coach. Riley went 55-10 in five seasons leading the Sooners, winning four Big 12 titles and making three College Football Playoff...
Duke, football coach David Cutcliffe agree to part ways 
David Cutcliffe won’t return for a 15th season as Duke’s coach after the school announced a “mutual agreement for separation” Sunday following the Blue Devils’ winless ACC record. The school’s announcement came a day after the Blue Devils (3-9, 0-8) closed a three-win season with a 47-10 home loss to...
AP Top 25: Michigan rises to No. 2; Oklahoma State to 5th; Pitt up to No. 17
Michigan jumped to No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday and Oklahoma State joined the top five for the first time since 2015. Georgia was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank for the eighth consecutive week. For the fourth...
Gonzaga, UCLA, Kansas top AP Top 25; Michigan up to No. 4
Gonzaga, UCLA and Kansas held the top three spots in The Associated Press’ first Top 25 rankings of the regular season while Michigan climbed two spots to No. 4. The Bulldogs received 55 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel in the poll released Monday after a win over Texas....
Penn State’s Jahan Dotson named semifinalist for Biletnikoff Award
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson has turned in a masterful 2021 campaign, and the senior is receiving some national attention for his performance. Dotson was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, which is presented to the best pass-catcher in the Football Bowl Subdivision...
South Carolina, UConn top women’s AP Top 25
After an impressive win, Indiana has vaulted to its best ranking ever: No. 4 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The veteran Hoosiers had their best ranking ever at No. 8 in the preseason Top 25 and then had a week that included a rout of then-No....
UConn hires former NFL coach Jim Mora to lead Huskies
UConn on Thursday hired former UCLA coach Jim Mora, who also coached two NFL teams, to lead the Huskies. The 59-year-old Mora has been out of coaching and working as a television analyst after spending six seasons (2012-17) leading UCLA to a 46-30 record. “Jim is a proven winner, a...
NCAA streamlines constitution, set to give power to schools
The NCAA on Monday set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. The nation’s biggest and most influential governing body in college athletics released a draft of an 18 1/2-page constitution, cut down from 43...
Luke DeCock: As titans Roy Williams and Coach K retire, where does ACC basketball go from here?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There is a great deal of existential hand-wringing over the future of ACC basketball without Roy Williams and, soon, Mike Krzyzewski, and understandably so. Except for the ACC’s least hand-wringingest coach. “I couldn’t wait to get them out of the league,” Notre Dame’s Mike Brey said. “I’ve...
NCAA waiver will help football teams replace transfers
Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those that leave. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a...
NCAA accuses Louisville, men’s basketball coach Chris Mack of additional allegations 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NCAA has amended its Notice of Allegations against Louisville, adding additional violations committed by the men’s basketball program that include impermissible activities and accusations coach Chris Mack did not promote an atmosphere for compliance. Already under review by the Independent Resolution Panel (IRP) for violations related...
Struggles and surprises so far among Big 12 quarterbacks 
There have been boos in Oklahoma and frustration in Iowa. And down in Texas, a gigantic new scoreboard is lighting up like an old pinball machine. Much of the quarterback play in the Big 12 so far this season is not what anyone expected. The league’s best are struggling, while...
Several Big Ten coaches searching for answers at quarterback 
Illinois coach Bret Bielema needed one word to answer whether he considered changing quarterbacks last weekend. No. The most oft-repeated question in football has made a resounding resurgence around the Big Ten after another weekend filled with less than stellar quarterback play. “We will internally name a starting quarterback Tuesday...
SMU, TCU get 100th edition of rivalry after waiting a year
FORT WORTH, Texas — Regardless of why SMU and TCU couldn’t find a way to pull off the 100th meeting between the Dallas-Fort Worth rivals last season, it’s happening a year later. Maybe it was a big deal last year because it was just the second time in almost 100...
College Football Playoff expansion stalls as commissioners sort through issues
A plan to expand the College Football Playoff stalled Wednesday when the management committee was unable to come to a consensus on a whether to grow the postseason format from four to 12 teams. The 10 major college conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director who make up the management...


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