NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley said he’s excited quarterback Kyler Murray will remain with the Sooners in the fall, despite the Oakland A’s drafting the outfielder ninth in the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday. Riley congratulated Murray in a statement Tuesday and said he’s “looking forward to getting him back […]
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By DAVE SKRETTA LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Sheahon Zenger brought an impeccable reputation to Kansas, where he was tasked with solidifying an athletic department in turmoil, resurrecting the football program and keeping basketball at the forefront. He failed in everything but keeping hoops on top. So it came as little surprise Monday when Chancellor Douglas […]
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Billy Cannon, the gifted running back who won the Heisman Trophy for LSU in 1959 with a memorable Halloween night punt return touchdown against Mississippi, died Sunday. He was 80. LSU said Cannon, the school’s only Heisman winner, died at his home in St. Francisville. The cause of death was […]
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By RALPH D. RUSSO The NCAA is opening a door for states with legalized sports gambling to host NCAA championship events and officials in Nevada are already set to get in the game as soon as they can. The governing body for college sports on Thursday announced a “temporary” lifting of a ban that prevented […]
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hunter Yurachek has been asked repeatedly since his hiring in December what he planned to do about Arkansas playing football at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, nearly 200 miles from its campus in Fayetteville. The new athletic director finally had an answer to the great stadium debate on Thursday, […]
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SEC Staff, SECSports.com Mike Slive, the seventh commissioner of the Southeastern Conference and one of the most respected and accomplished leaders in the history of intercollegiate athletics, died Wednesday in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 77. Michael L. Slive is survived by his wife of 49 years, Liz; his daughter Anna; son-in-law Judd Harwood; […]
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AP AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas and Alabama, which last met in 2010 Rose Bowl, will play each other in 2022 and 2023. Texas officials announced the agreement Wednesday. Alabama will travel to Texas in 2022 and the teams meet in Tuscaloosa the following year. The Longhorns will push a home-and-home series with Ohio State […]
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By RAZOR Tek (photos: ArkansasRazorbacks.com) Tusk V, son of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s live mascot Tusk IV, was born April 19 at the Stokes Family Farm in Dardanelle and is set to take over as the Arkansas Mascot during the 2019 football season. The tiny Russian boar weighed […]
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College Football Playoff schedule Dec. 29 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic 4 p.m. or 8 p.m. ET on ESPN Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl 4 p.m. or 8 p.m. ET on ESPN Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida Jan. 7 College […]
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA approved a rule limiting the number people who can communicate through headsets during a game to 20 per team, including 15 coaches. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the proposal from the football oversight committee on Friday. The head coach, assistants and graduate assistants are allowed to be on […]
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