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‘Into the storm’
MOSES LAKE — With the 2026 basketball season fast approaching, the Big Bend Community College Vikings men's basket…
Lute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse and led the program to its lone national title in 1997, has died. He was 85.
NCAA probe of LSU's Wade includes offers to 11 players
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — NCAA enforcement officials say LSU basketball coach Will Wade is suspected of offering or providing “impermissible benefits” to 11 prospective recruits or people associated with them.
Parsons, Sewell among AP preseason All-Americans not playing
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons and Oregon tackle Penei Sewell are among 11 players selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America first team who are not slated to play this fall.
Former Niagara assistant coach files human rights complaint
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An assistant women's basketball coach at Niagara University who resigned last week has filed a complaint against the private Catholic university saying she was discriminated against based on he…
No. 8 Florida gets WRs Grimes, Toney, Copeland back at camp
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No. 8 Florida has its top two receivers back at practice and ready to play this season.
Teams not playing in '20 will not be ranked in coaches' poll
TYSONS CORNER, Va. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic that has altered the upcoming college football season will also change the way the weekly coaches' poll published by USA Today is conducted.
Forbes: transfer Wilkins immediately eligible at Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes says Virginia Tech transfer Isaiah Wilkins will be immediately eligible this season.
Pilot killed in Oregon wildfire was ex-Montana State player
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man who died when the helicopter he was piloting crashed while fighting an Oregon wildfire was a former basketball player at Montana State University and flew search and rescue missio…
No. 4 Georgia loses WR Blaylock to season-ending knee injury
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia wide receiver Dominick Blaylock will miss the 2020 season following his second serious knee injury in two years.
Etienne comfortable deciding to return to Clemson amid virus
Travis Etienne had several choices to weigh during the offseason — and his decisions always led him back to Clemson.
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Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died at the age of 85.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died at the age of 85.
NCAA approves Nolley's transfer from Va Tech to Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA has approved guard Landers Nolley II's request for a transfer, allowing him to play this season at Memphis.
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