Topic: College Athletics
Georgia star receiver A.J. Green suspended 4 games for selling bowl jersey for $1,000Georgia star receiver A.J. Green was suspended by the NCAA for four games on Wednesday for selling a jersey for $1,000 to someone who qualifies as an agent. Green ...
Texas plans pregame tribute for Wyoming player killed in accidentTexas will have a pregame tribute for Wyoming freshman linebacker Ruben Narcisse, who was killed this week in a traffic accident. The No. 5 Longhorns hosts the Cowboys on Saturday in Austin. Texas ...
Turkish GM tells newspaper Kentucky recruit Kanter accepted $100K in cash, benefitsKentucky recruit Enes Kanter received more than $100,000 in cash and benefits while he played for a professional team in Turkey, the club's general manager told The New York Times. Nedim ...
Nebraska defense, not satisfied with 39-point win, buys in to Pelini goal of perfectionThere's no pleasing Bo Pelini. No. 6 Nebraska beat Western Kentucky 49-10 over the weekend. But the Huskers allowed 299 yards, and WKU's Bobby Rainey ran for 155. Pelini ...
NCAA probe at UNC puts football season in jeopardy, jolts school's academic reputationThe NCAA investigation hovering over North Carolina's football program has frustrated everyone at the university from administrators to alumni. The probe initially focused on whether two players received improper benefits ...
Penn State president welcomes Nebraska crossover game next year in expanded Big 10Penn State president Graham Spanier likes the revised Big Ten football schedules that include a regular high-profile game with Nebraska. The conference announced Wednesday new divisional alignments and schedules for ...
British-born LB Tom Wort set to debut for No. 7 Sooners, an ocean away from homeFootball is king where Tom Wort is from. Just not American football. The British-born Wort finds himself in a land where his obsession with football — the ...
Ken Pryor, whose game-winning shot against Texas lifted Okla into 1947 championship game, diesFormer University of Oklahoma basketball player Ken Pryor, whose basket lifted the Sooners into the 1947 NCAA championship game, has died. School spokesman Mike Houck said Thursday that Pryor ...
Proposals aplenty, solutions elusive as agent oversight continues to confound college sportsOklahoma football coach Bob Stoops suggests giving amnesty to college athletes who expose shady agents. A Florida sports agent wants national oversight of his beleaguered industry. The NCAA says it's working ...
Big Ten gives Nebraska no breaks, greets new member with killer schedule in 2011The Big Ten's welcome gift to Nebraska looks more like a booby prize. The football schedule for 2011-12, the Cornhuskers' first two seasons in the Big Ten, pits Nebraska ...