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Oregon's Kavell Bigby-Williams Played All Season Under Criminal Investigation For Sexual Assault
Former Oregon Ducks forward Kavell Bigby-Williams played the entirety of the 2016-17 season while under criminal investigation for sexual assault....
Report: Lane Kiffin Was Famously Chewed Out By Nick Saban For Calling His Players "Dumb"
Phil Savage may have been a lousy NFL general manager—the former Browns GM traded up for Brady Quinn and replied to a fan email with “Go root for Buffalo-f#@* you,”—but he does have some pretty good Lane Kiffin goss. ...
Sam Darnold Uses Wakeboarding Trip To Work On His Passing<em></em>
USC quarterback Sam Darnold is enjoying the California heat before his second season at the helm, and it appears that he’s working on his form. Sort of....
Baker Mayfield Reaches Plea Deal After Being Tackled And Arrested By Police
Oklahoma quarterback and 2016 Heisman finalist Baker Mayfield pleaded guilty Monday morning to charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and fleeing, according to ESPN. Prosecutors dropped his resisting arrest charge, the most serious one, after Mayfield agreed to a plea deal last week. ...
Luke Heimlich Steps Away From Oregon State Baseball Team Ahead Of College World Series
Oregon State star pitcher Luke Heimlich has removed himself from the baseball team, according to a press release sent Thursday out by university president Ed Ray. ...
NCAA Orders Louisville To Pay Back Millions In Tournament Money Over Prostitution Scandal
Louisville’s attempt to convince the NCAA that it should avoid punishment because it only hired cheap prostitutes that barely assisted their recruiting efforts has, predictably, failed. ...
Indiana Lost Money Playing In Its Bowl Game
The number of postseason college football bowls has steadily ballooned from a sensible number of games featuring only the best teams in the nation to the stultifying monstrosity we have today, where 82 teams (including several with losing records) play each other in increasingly irrelevant games spr...
LSU's Reported Recruiting Pissing Contest With Texas Is Petty And Cruel
Ed Orgeron was hired to be LSU’s head coach on Nov. 26; Tom Herman signed on for the same position at Texas on Nov. 27, reportedly after turning LSU down. Both are now in the midst of their first full spring heading up their programs, which consists of spring practices, hitting the recruiting trail,...
Report: Michigan State Staffer Did Not Report Sexual Assault, Interviewed Suspects
Curtis Blackwell was fired from his position as Michigan State football’s director of college advancement and performance after he failed to report a sexual assault allegation and “took it upon himself to investigate,” according to police documents obtained by the Lansing State Journal....
Michigan's Trip To Italy Cost Close To $800,000
In April, Michigan football players, coaches, and their family members went to Italy for spring break to play football, do tourist things, and enjoy what the university described as an “educational” experience. The trip was fully funded by an anonymous donor and on Tuesday, Michigan athletic directo...
Kent State Football Player Dies After Team Workout
Kent State freshman Tyler Heintz died today after a team workout, the university has confirmed....
Colorado Chancellor Suspended, <em></em>Athletic Director And Head Coach Fined Over Assistant's Alleged Domestic Violence
Colorado chancellor Phil DiStefano will be suspended 10 days and athletic director Rick George and head football coach Mike MacIntyre will each be required to donate $100,000 to domestic violence awareness for their handling of domestic violence allegations against former assistant coach Joe Tumpkin...
"Quit College Sports Or Quit YouTube": NCAA Threatens UCF Kicker's YouTube Channel
The NCAA reportedly nixed the YouTube channel of UCF’s kickoff specialist, Donald De La Haye, after discovering that some of De La Haye’s videos contained content of him displaying his day-to-day life as a UCF athlete. ...
Ole Miss Retail Store Sues Football Players And Laremy Tunsil's Stepfather Over Claims Of Free Merch<em></em>
Rebel Rags, a retail store in Oxford, Miss., filed a defamation suit against Laremy Tunsil’s stepfather Lindsey Miller and former Ole Miss football recruits Leo Lewis and Kobe Jones this past Friday in an attempt to clear itself of involvement in the program’s booster scandal....
Internal Memo Instructs Pac-12 Networks Employees On How To Avoid Talking About Luke Heimlich
Last week, the Oregonian reported that Oregon State’s star pitcher Luke Heimlich was charged in 2012 with repeatedly molesting a six-year-old family member throughout 2011. Heimlich, who was 15 when he was charged and pleaded guilty, is one of the best pitchers in the nation and has led his powerhou...
Pitt Does What It Should've Months Ago, Grants Cam Johnson Release To UNC
Guard Cam Johnson fought with the University of Pittsburgh’s athletic department for two months to secure a full release prior to his transfer to North Carolina. Just three days after the sharpshooter sent out a lengthy statement to media members, announcing his transfer to UNC and calling out the h...
Ohio State Hires Butler's Chris Holtmann As New Men's Basketball Coach
Chris Holtmann, who only two days ago was tweeting about how eager he was to coach Butler’s team this year, will succeed Thad Matta and take over the Ohio State men’s basketball program, the school announced today. ...
Cam Johnson Granted Release From Pittsburgh, Eligible To Play For UNC Next Year
After going public with a damning critique of the NCAA’s transfer system, shooting guard Cam Johnson has been granted his full release by Pittsburgh and will be eligible to play for the University of North Carolina next season, per news that his father gave to reporters....
Report: Oregon State Star Pitcher Charged In 2012 For Molesting Six-Year-Old Family Member
Oregon State star pitcher Luke Heimlich was required to register as a sex offender after being charged for molesting a six-year-old family member in 2012, according to a report from The Oregonian. ...
Michigan State Trustee: Auston Robertson Reported January Sexual Assault To Mark Dantonio
Auston Robertson, the former Michigan State defensive end arrested in April on sexual assault charges, reported a rape and sexual assault involving three recently dismissed Spartans to head coach Mark Dantonio, according to Michigan State trustee Mitch Lyons....