College sports

Ohio State receiver K.J. Hill scores a touchdown against Minnesota during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
October 13, 2018 - 1:13 pm

No. 3 Ohio State Holds Off Persistent Minnesota 30-14

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dwayne Haskins threw for 412 yards and three touchdowns as No. 3 Ohio State held off persistent Minnesota to win 30-14 Saturday in a game where little went well for the Buckeyes beyond their passing game. The Buckeyes (7-0, 4-0) needed a pair of Blake Haubiel second-half field...
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Florida head coach Dan Mullen, center, is restrained during a verbal confrontation with Vanderbilt coaches and players in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
October 13, 2018 - 11:34 am

2 Florida Players Ejected On Punt Return Vs. Vandy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials ejected two Florida players after a Vanderbilt defender's helmet was knocked off on a punt return and both coaches yelled at each other as their teams spilled onto the field in a near-brawl. No. 14 Florida trailed 21-10 Saturday and was returning a punt late in the...
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South Florida's Coby Weiss, center, celebrates with teammates Jacob Mathis (85) and Trent Schneider (39) after kicking the go-ahead field goal in an NCAA college football game against Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla., Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
October 12, 2018 - 8:01 pm

No. 23 Usf Rallies To Beat Tulsa 25-24 To Remain Unbeaten

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Coby Weiss made a 22-yard field goal with 2 seconds left and No. 23 South Florida scored 17 points in the final 7:10 to beat Tulsa 25-24 on Friday night. Blake Barnett set up the winning field goal with a 32-yard strike to Tyre McCants to the 5. Barnett scored on 1- and 12-yard...
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FILE - In this Saturday Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Oregon coach Mario Cristobal gestures toward his team during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Stanford in Eugene, Ore. If the Pac-12 wants to maximize its already damaged hopes of playing for a national championship No. 7 Washington needs to beat No. 17 Oregon on Saturday. (AP Photo/Chris Pietsch, File))
October 12, 2018 - 11:44 am

No. 17 Oregon Seeks Redemption Hosting No. 7 Washington

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — In the same way the number 12 will never be forgotten in the long history of the border rivalry between Washington and Oregon — as in 12 straight wins by the Ducks — so will the number 70. As in 70 points. That's the number of points Washington scored the last time it stepped...
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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2018, file photo, Notre Dame wide receiver Miles Boykin (81) runs with the ball against Ball State during the second half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame won 24-16. Boykin is usually the tallest guy in a classroom at Notre Dame. The Irish offensive huddle is another matter. “Once we had Chase (Claypool), Cole (Kmet), Alizé (Mack) and me, and I’m the smallest receiver out there on the field,” said the 6-foot-4, 228-pound senior wideout, one of the shortest of six Notre Dame receivers and tight ends. Notre Dame plays Pittsburgh this week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
October 12, 2018 - 12:22 am

Pitt Faces Tall Task Against No. 5 Notre Dame's 'Sequoias'

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Wide receiver Miles Boykin is usually the tallest guy in a classroom at Notre Dame. The Irish offensive huddle is another matter. "Once we had Chase (Claypool), Cole (Kmet), Alizé (Mack) and me, and I'm the smallest receiver out there on the field," said the 6-foot-4, 228-...
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October 11, 2018 - 7:59 pm

Fixer Says He Made Cash Payment In College Hoops Scheme

NEW YORK (AP) — A government witness at a college basketball corruption trial testified Thursday that he made a secret $40,000 payment to the inner circle of a North Carolina State recruit through an assistant coach at the school. Testifying in federal court in Manhattan, self-described recruitment...
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Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott speaks during the Pac-12 NCAA college basketball media day Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
October 11, 2018 - 11:52 am

Pac-12 Commissioner: Errors Made In Replay Review Procedure

The Pac-12 will make immediate changes to how video replay reviews are handled after Commissioner Larry Scott admitted procedural mistakes were made when a targeting foul was not called during last month's game between Washington State and Southern California. Scott responded Thursday to a report...
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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2017, file photo, Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus stands on the sideline before the Big Ten championship NCAA college football game against Ohio State in Indianapolis. Cephus is suing the school because he says a disciplinary probe it is conducting while he's trying to defend himself in a criminal sexual assault case violates his rights. Cephus was suspended from the Badgers in August after he was charged with sexually assaulting two drunken women in his apartment. Cephus says the sex was consensual. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
October 11, 2018 - 8:44 am

Wisconsin Receiver Pleads Not Guilty To Sexual Assault

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges alleging that he sexually assaulted two drunken women in his apartment earlier this year. Cephus entered the plea to charges of second- and third-degree sexual assault during a hearing in Madison on...
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FILE - In this May 18, 1995, file photo, Chicago Bulls coach Phil Jackson argues a call against his team, as he sits next to assistant coach Tex Winter during the second quarter of an NBA basketball playoff game against the Orlando Magic in Chicago. Winter, the innovative "Triangle Offense" pioneer who assisted Jackson on 11 NBA championship teams with the Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers, has died. He was 96. Kansas State University said Winter died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File)
October 10, 2018 - 8:29 pm

Tex Winter, Innovative Basketball Coach, Dead At 96

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Tex Winter, the innovative "Triangle Offense" pioneer who assisted Phil Jackson on NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, has died. He was 96. Winter's family said he died Wednesday in Manhattan, where he began his coaching career at Kansas...
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THIS CORRECTS THE IDENTIFICATION TO BRIAN BOWEN SR., AND NOT MERL CODE, AS ORIGINALLY SENT - Brian Bowen Sr. arrives at federal court, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in New York. When Brian Bowen Jr., one of America's brightest high school basketball stars, announced in June 2017 that he would attend the University of Louisville, a school that had not been on anyone's radar as his possible destination, sportswriters called it a coup that "came out of nowhere." In a trial that began Monday, federal prosecutors will argue that the signing wasn't luck at all but the result of a payoff to Bowen's father. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
October 09, 2018 - 10:08 am

Basketball Player's Father: Louisville Assistant Gave Cash

NEW YORK (AP) — The father of a blue-chip college basketball recruit testified Tuesday that an assistant coach at the University of Louisville gave him a secret payment of $1,300 as part of a deal to get the son to sign with the school. At a criminal trial about corruption in big-time basketball,...
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