40 h. ago College football player says he walked away from $60,000 scholarship after campaign of racist abuse from teammates

‘They called me the N-word,’ 18-year-old Brook Williams said

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67 h. ago Cops called to high school football game after player's dad storms the field and tackles opponent

An assistant high school football coach and father of the team's quarterback is facing disciplinary action after allegedly trying to tackle an opposing player, igniting a melee and prompting a call to police.

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6 d. ago The Latest: A shuffle is in store for the AP Top 25 in college football

Three top college football teams went home with unexpected losses this weekend, likely shaking up the AP Top 25 poll

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1 week ago $54m to walk: getting fired as a college football coach is a booming industry

Brian Kelly’s departure from LSU is just the latest in a series of big money firings. It’s also a jarring state of affairs for many struggling fansAt a time when millions are at risk of going hungry and losing their medical insurance benefits, struggling Americans can at least take solace in knowing that the nation’s college football coaches are doing just fine – especially Brian Kelly.On Sunday LSU relieved Kelly of his coaching duties after his Tigers suffered a resounding home loss to Texas A&M that dropped them out of the AP’s ranking of college football’s top 25 teams. (This is after LSU was ranked as high as third in September and firmly in the top 10 for most of the season.) Kelly, who was in the fourth year of a decade-long contract worth about $100m, will be going home with more than just a box full of purple and gold office trinkets. Continue reading...

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1 week ago NCAA must pay $18m over alleged failure to warn player about concussion risks

Jury finds college sports’ governing body negligentRobert Geathers has shown signs of CTEA South Carolina jury has decided the NCAA owes a former college football player and his wife $18m, while finding college sports’ major governing body negligent in failing to warn the player about the long-term effects of concussions.Following a civil trial that wrapped up late last week, Orangeburg county jurors awarded $10m to 68-year-old Robert Geathers, who played at South Carolina State University from 1977 to 1980 as a defensive end. His wife, Debra, was awarded $8m, according to a court document. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AP Top 25 gets an overhaul behind No. 1 Ohio State; Vandy is a top

Vanderbilt is now a top-10 team in college football for the first time since 1947

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2 w. ago The Latest: Big waves are coming for the top 10 of the AP Top 25

Week 8 of college football will surely reshuffle the AP Top 25 rankings

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3 w. ago Utah man arrested for ‘threatening to shoot rival fans’ ahead of BYU

Christopher Tai Justice, 28, was taken into custody after police say he was linked to an online account threatening fans of the Utah Utes

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3 w. ago Penn State fire James Franklin after disastrous collapse – and with coach owed nearly $50m

Preseason No 2 team have suffered series of lossesCoach’s contract was guaranteed through 2031James Franklin is out at Penn State. The school fired their longtime head coach on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 22-21 home loss to Northwestern all but ended whatever remote chance the preseason No 2 team had of reaching the College Football Playoff.Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season for the Nittany Lions (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten), who began the year with hopes of winning the national title only to have those hopes evaporate by early October amid a string of losses, each one more stinging than the last. Continue reading...

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