Former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze has been named offensive coordinator of the Arizona Hotshots of The Alliance of American Football, the team announced. Freeze resigned his position at Ole Miss in July of 2017 after school officials discovered the coach had placed a number of calls on a university-provided cellphone to numbers associated

SAN FRANCISCO — In the wake of a report that Pac-12 leadership has influenced decision-making during the replay process of football games, commissioner Larry Scott announced an immediate change that will prevent any real-time involvement from conference leadership moving forward. “I’ve come to the conclusion that we’ve made mistakes in terms of our procedures involved

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Badgers receiver Quintez Cephus has pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that he sexually assaulted two drunken women in his apartment this past spring. Cephus entered the plea to charges of second- and third-degree sexual assault during a hearing in Madison on Thursday. Prosecutors allege that Cephus sexually assaulted both women

Former Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant plans to take an unofficial visit to North Carolina this weekend, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. Inside Carolina first reported the visit. Bryant left Clemson after the first four games this season when he learned he had lost the starting job to freshman Trevor Lawrence.

The Kansas Jayhawks fired offensive coordinator Doug Meacham on Wednesday, the school announced. The Jayhawks (2-4, 0-3 in Big 12) have lost three consecutive games. Kansas coach David Beaty said in a statement that coordination of the team’s offense will be a “team effort” but that he will have the final say on playcalls. “None

MADISON, Wis. — Embattled University of Wisconsin receiver Quintez 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

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled that show-cause order provisions in the NCAA bylaws violate California law. Judge Frederick Shaller’s decision, delivered Tuesday, confirmed a tentative decision he issued in August and comes after the NCAA provided a written objection. The show-cause provisions, Shaller wrote, “are void in California as they constitute

We know the big names getting Heisman buzz. Tua Tagovailoa is running away with the award early, while Kyler Murray and Will Grier and Dwayne Haskins are all patiently waiting for the Alabama offense to have something approaching a bad game. Even a few long shots such as Trace McSorley, Ed Oliver, Jonathan Taylor and

The Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week: Well, once I was a slave at the sawmillTalk about a poor boy, talk about a poor boyNever saw a dollar billWell, my work was so hard at the sawmillThink about a poor boy, think about a poor boyWhen you go to write your willWell, seen my

The College Football Playoff era has shown us that a loss isn’t fatal to a team’s title chances, because there have been one-loss teams in the playoff every season. Which one-loss team has the best shot to make it this year: LSU, Penn State, Texas or Washington? LSU might have the hardest road left of