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Paterno earned $13.4 million pension at Penn State

Joe Paterno earned a state pension of $13.4 million for his 61-year coaching career at Penn State. Paterno's family said Tuesday through a spokesman that Paterno's widow, Sue, would receive an initial payment of $10.1 million by the end of May, with the rest to be paid out over the ...

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2008 file photo, West Virginia coach Bill Stewart smiles during an NCAA college football game against Villanova in Morgantown, W.Va. Stewart, the former West Virginia coach, died Monday, May 21, 2012, of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. A statement issued by spokesman Michael Fragale said Stewart's family notified the university on Monday. Fragale said Stewart was golfing at the time. Stewart, 59, resigned last summer and was replaced by Dana Holgorsen the same night. Stewart had gone 28-12 in three seasons after taking over for Rich Rodriguez but failed to earn a Bowl Championship Series berth. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, file)

Former WVU football coach Bill Stewart dead at 59

Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart, who was hailed as Rich Rodriguez's successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split, died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. He was 59. Stewart's family notified the university and said Stewart had been ...

WVU: Ex-football coach Bill Stewart dies

Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart has died of what the athletic department says was an apparent heart attack. A statement issued by West Virginia spokesman Michael Fragale says Stewart's family notified the university on Monday. Fragale had no further details. Stewart resigned last summer and was replaced by ...

FILE - In this July 23, 2008, file photo, Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson, right, slides into third for a triple as Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon reaches for the late tag in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Kansas City, Mo. Addressing whether sliding feet-first or head-first is more efficient, Granderson of the New York Yankees says he's scraped up his hand sliding into home and tries to avoid it, and the same goes for diving into first base. "Into third," he says, "I think you get leaning a little bit, especially if it's a triple. You get a little fatigued, you're leaning forward and just momentum takes you down that way." (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

Ballplayers say it's their choice how to slide

Taking batting practice and infield practice are rituals in baseball. Sliding practice? Not so much. Ask a player at the highest levels of the game when he last rehearsed the art of getting down and dirty on the base paths, and he'll probably tell you he can't remember. Some might ...

Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff. In fact, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive ...

Big Ten network cuts academics, citing low ratings

The Big Ten cable network has been an unchallenged success promoting conference sports to a national audience and making money for its members. The academic programming its leaders had promised hasn't panned out. When the Big Ten Network launched in 2007, officials said it would promote the scholarly work done ...

Old Dominion leaving CAA for Conference USA

It only took football three years to become king at Old Dominion. Inspired by a program that has been wildly successful on the field and among Monarchs supporters, Old Dominion announced Thursday that it is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association for Conference USA, which will elevate the football program to ...

NCAA transfer restrictions won't be easily lifted

The NCAA is examining transfer rules after a spate of high-profile cases that has critics saying too much power is in the hands of athletic directors and coaches. The issue came to the forefront in men's basketball over the winter when 7-foot center Todd O'Brien went public with St. Joseph ...

SMU fires athletic director Steve Orsini

SMU athletic director Steve Orsini was fired Thursday, just four weeks after he and the Mustangs hired Hall of Fame basketball coach Larry Brown. The move was announced by SMU President R. Gerald Turner in a news release, and was effective immediately. "After several discussions over the last few weeks, ...

Delany: National title game likely to be bid on

How about a national championship game in Detroit? Or Minneapolis? What about Boston or New York? With college football headed toward a playoff, Big Ten administrators this week came out in favor of staging those games in bowls, a step that would keep the conference's longstanding ties to the Rose ...

Laurie Fine speaks during a news conference in Geneva, N.Y., Wednesday, May 16, 2012. The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys, and threatened to file a libel lawsuit in federal court against the cable network and two employees. (AP Photo/The Syracuse Post Standard, Dennis Nett) NO SALES. MAGS OUT. TV OUT. NO INTERNET. NO ARCHIVE

Ex-Syracuse hoops coach's wife: Life is ruined

The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys. Laurie Fine held a news conference Wednesday and threatened to file a libel lawsuit in federal ...

Sandusky renews effort to have charges thrown out

Jerry Sandusky again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him on Wednesday, arguing that some counts are too vague to defend and others involve alleged victims whose identities have not been determined. The former Penn State assistant football coach's trial is scheduled to get ...

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2009, file photo, Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager is interviewed during the CAA college basketball media day in Washington. Academic sanctions and potential defections could give the CAA a drastically different look. Yeager says it's all "a little surreal," particularly coming a year after the CAA was at its high point. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

VCU leaves CAA, announces move to Atlantic 10

VCU is looking to make the most of its rise to prominence in men's basketball and President Michael Rao said moving to the Atlantic 10 is "the next step." The president said at press conference Tuesday to announce that VCU is leaving the Colonial Athletic Association to join the A-10 ...

NFL, union, NCAA supporting youth helmet program

The NFL, its players' union and the NCAA are donating money to provide new helmets to youth football players in low-income communities. They've joined with the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) to commit a total of about $1 million to an initiative started by the U.S ...

FSU president lays out pros/cons of Big 12 move

The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered. FSU president Eric Barron sent an email to those who have asked him about the possibility of the Seminoles switching conferences. The email was ...

Geno: Griner had 'pretty good' chance at US team

Brittney Griner could have added an Olympic medal to her NCAA title. The Baylor star's chances of making the U.S. team for this summer's London Olympics were "pretty good" before she withdrew from consideration last month, U.S. coach Geno Auriemma said Monday. Griner cited an unspecified family illness and her ...

This photo taken May 8, 2012 shows autograph-seekers surrounding football coach Bill O'Brien, dressed in the suit, during the school's "Coaches Caravan" trip to Bethlehem, Pa. O'Brien is reaching out to fans and alumni in his first year on the job. (AP Photo/Genaro C. Armas)

O'Brien offers glimpse into future on PSU caravan

Bill O'Brien has quickly put to rest any notion that he plans to stick around as long as the last Penn State football coach. Don't expect his tenure in Happy Valley to last 46 years. "I can tell you that 46 years from now, I'll be 88 years old. I ...

Pitt files lawsuit against Big East

The University of Pittsburgh is going to court in hopes of expediting its exit from the Big East. The school filed a complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on Friday claiming the Big East has waived its right to enforce a 27-month withdrawal notice and the ...

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2011, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Robert Geathers celebrates after sacking Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the first half of an NFL football game in Cincinnati. Brothers Jumpy and Robert Geathers Sr. are the patriarchs of a group that has produced six pro football players with more on the way. Robert's sons, Robert Jr. and Clifton, are currently on NFL rosters. A third son, Kwame, is a rising junior defensive lineman at Georgia. Jumpy's sons played football too, Jeremy at UNLV and Jarvis at UCF.(AP Photo/Tony Tribble, File)

The Geathers: 2 generations of NFL, college stars

There has been plenty of NFL talent to come out of the state of South Carolina — many from the Geathers family tree. Brothers Jumpy and Robert Sr. are the patriarchs of a group that has produced six pro football players with more on the way. Jumpy, known as "The ...

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2012, file photo North Dakota State defensive end Coulter Boyer (92) celebrates with teammates after defeating Sam Houston State 17-6 in the Football Championship Subdivision championship NCAA college football game in Frisco, Texas. A group of FCS officials including university presidents, athletic directors and conference commissioners has recommended that the current playoff bracket be expanded from 20 to 24 teams. The new system, which is expected to pass and go into place for the 2013 season, would seed the top eight teams and give them first-round byes and home games in the following round. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

FCS set to expand playoffs to 24 teams in 2013

It has taken college football's elite more than 100 years to be dragged toward a playoff system that will likely still only have a handful of teams. Smaller schools have been doing the playoffs for a long time — and they're about to make them bigger. The Football Championship Subdivision ...

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