P.J. Fleck is leaving Western Michigan and heading to Minnesota to coach its reeling football program.
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UNLV hired Collegiate Sports Associates to conduct its search for an athletic director. Also, Nancy Rapoport, special counsel to UNLV president Len Jessup, will serve as chairwoman of the search committee.
Offensive lineman Daniel Schoene announced his verbal commitment to the Rebels on Thursday, a day after decommitting from San Jose State.
Damon Graham, a Starbucks barista from Las Vegas, won more than $900,000 in the Westgate’s SuperContest, the nation’s most prestigious NFL handicapping contest.
The Oakland Raiders are going with rookie Connor Cook at quarterback in their wild-card game against the Texans.
As much as the truth hurts — the odds of a non-Power 5 ever cracking a Final Four in football rank alongside those of Urban Meyer being satisfied with how Ohio State’s season concluded — a recent suggestion from the not-so-major conferences is ill-advised.
For ‘under’ bettors and Las Vegas sports books, it was as bad as a beat gets. For ‘over’ bettors, it was a veritable New Year miracle.
Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam have apologized to the team’s season-ticket holders following a 1-15 season.
Minnesota fired coach Tracy Claeys on Tuesday, just over two weeks after the football program became embroiled in a standoff with the administration over the suspension of 10 players in connection with allegations of sexual assault, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was jailed early Tuesday, and faced assault, disorderly conduct and other charges including that he spit on a nurse after being arrested in Cincinnati’s downtown entertainment district.
Wisconsin junior linebacker T.J. Watt, the younger brother of Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, will forgo his senior season with the Badgers and enter the 2017 NFL Draft.
Matt Boermeester kicked a 46-yard field goal as time expired, and No. 9 Southern California rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a spectacular 52-49 victory over No. 5 Penn State on Monday night in the highest-scoring Rose Bowl ever played.
The New Year’s Six Bowl games wrap up today and first up is the Wisconsin Badgers meeting the Western Michigan Broncos for the Cotton Bowl in Texas.
On Sunday, while other franchises were scrambling to make the playoffs or improve their postseason standing, the coaching carousel spun wildly in California.
Aaron Rodgers vs. Eli Manning will headline the NFL’s wild-card weekend. The Green Bay Packers (10-6) will host the N.Y. Giants (11-5) next Sunday while the Lions (9-7) visit Seattle (10-5-1) on Saturday night.
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