Penn State blocking out the noise of big-game losses
NCAA, Sports
BIG TEN NOTEBOOK
July 25, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — New year, new slate, no outside noise. That’s the mantra in Happy Valley, despite James Franklin being saddled with a 4-20 mark as coach at Penn State against teams ranked in the AP T...
Plenty for Narduzzi to discuss at ACC Kickoff
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
July 24, 2025
Pat Narduzzi is far from alone among his college football coaching peers in stressing that his No. 1 priority at work every day is to, as his job title suggests, coach. But the times have changed rapi...
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TALIA WISE CBN News 
July 19, 2025
“We saw that God was moving in a powerful way so we wanted to start really like a movement.” Senior tight end Jake Overman is the founder of the Pitt Purpose movement. The Spirit of God has sparked a ...
DeBoer looks to escape Saban’s shadow, lead Tide to playoffs
NCAA, Sports
July 17, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Four years without a national championship feels like a severe drought for veteran Alabama players. Similarly, one year of missing the College Football Playoff has second-year coach Kal...
UCLA softball standout Megan Grant will join basketball team
NCAA, Sports
July 12, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Megan Grant, a two-time All-American softball player at UCLA, is joining the Bruins’ women’s basketball team for the upcoming season. She will play both sports in 2025-26. “Basketba...
Rich Rod’s return to West Virginia is a homecoming, too
NCAA, Sports
July 10, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Rich Rodriguez has more gray around the temples than the last time he was at West Virginia, nearly 20 years ago when he bolted for Michigan as one of the hottest coaching prospect...
BYU coach avoids comment on QB Retzlaff’s status
NCAA, Sports
July 9, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — BYU coach Kalani Sitake declined to address the status of Jake Retzlaff on Tuesday amid reports that the quarterback is transferring after being accused of sexual assault in a civ...
Settlement era begins, shaking up college athletics
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
July 3, 2025
The NCAA’s House settlement era opened Tuesday, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in the biggest change in the history of college athletics. The...
Transfer Minor answers Capel’s call for a point guard
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By DAVE MACKALL TribLive 
June 28, 2025
The Pitt Panthers needed a point guard following all-ACC third-teamer Jaland Lowe’s transfer to Kentucky. Damarco Minor was happy to answer the call. A call in April, that is, from Pitt men’s basketba...
Lackawanna College to move up to NCAA D-II in PSAC
NCAA, Sports
June 27, 2025
Lock Haven will move to the PSAC West Division with the Falcons moving into the PSAC East. By TribLive The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference announced Thursday that it extended an invitation to L...
Athletes and visionaries reshaping college sports
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
June 25, 2025
College athletic departments are scrambling. Players are transferring season to season, top talent is demanding big contracts and millions of dollars will start flowing directly from schools to their ...
Coastal coach Kevin Schnall frustrated about CWS ejection
NCAA, Sports
June 23, 2025
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall, tossed from the game along with first base coach Matt Schilling in the first inning of the College World Series finals Sunday, said his ejectio...
Retired coach happy to watch Coastal in CWS
NCAA, Sports
June 20, 2025
Coastal Carolina and LSU will meet in College World Series final beginning Saturday. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Considering the run Coastal Carolina’s baseball team is on — 26 straight wins on the way to the ...
Scrutiny for transfers is ironic for modern college athletes
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP 
June 19, 2025
Hailey Van Lith was one year away from tying a bow on a traditional college career at Louisville and being cemented as one of the most decorated four-year starters in Cardinals history. She had just l...
NCAA, Sports
By By JOSH DUBOW AP 
June 19, 2025
Sacramento State will join the Big West conference as a full member starting with the 2026-27 academic year. Sacramento State informed the Big Sky on Wednesday that it will leave the conference after ...