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WA COLLEGE SPORTS SCHEDULE: April 9-16, 2026
MOSES LAKE — College athletes continue through their spring seasons as the weather gets warmer and the competition…
Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers more than a century after white supremacist legislat…
Mississippi lawmakers vote to remove rebel emblem from flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to surrender the Confederate battle emblem from their state flag, triggering raucous applause and cheers more than a century after white supremacist legislat…
K-State players announce boycott after student's Floyd tweet
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State football players say they will boycott all team activities until administrators create a policy that would allow a student to be expelled for “openly racist, threatening or disre…
Louisiana-Monroe signs football coach to 2-year extension
MONROE, La. (AP) — Louisiana-Monroe has signed its football coach to a 2-year contract extension that keeps him with the Warhawks through the 2022 season.
College athletes using platform to address social issues
Deuce McAllister grew up in Mississippi and was well aware of the racial history of Ole Miss when he decided to play football there in the late 1990s. Even so, he never got used to seeing the Confederate battle emb…
49ers sign first-round picks Kinlaw, Aiyuk to 4-year deals
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed first-round draft picks Javon Kinlaw and Brandon Aiyuk to four-year deals, the team said Friday.
The Latest: Canucks say Vancouver out of NHL hub city race
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Rutgers wrestling gets up 2x Big Ten champ as grad transfer
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Two-time Big Ten Conference wrestling champion Sebastian Rivera has enrolled at Rutgers as a graduate transfer.
The Latest: Morehouse cancels football, cross country
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Catcher Austin Wells agrees to $2.5M bonus with Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — Catcher Austin Wells has agreed to a minor league contract that includes a $2.5 million signing bonus after the New York Yankees selected him 28th overall in the amateur draft.
Clemson has 14 more football players test positive this week
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for work…
ACC Commissioner John Swofford stepping down after 24 years
When John Swofford became commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1997, the league was basketball-centric and North Carolina-focused.
Alabama players, Saban appear in anti-racism video
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama football team released an emotional video on Thursday speaking out against racism and ending with the message that “all lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.…
Washington makes cuts to athletic budget
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington is reducing its overall athletic department operating budget by 15% for the 2020-21 fiscal year and all the school’s head coaches have agreed to minimum 5% pay reductions.
Kentucky city passes resolution to remove Lee statue
MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — A western Kentucky city has passed a resolution asking county officials to remove a century-old Confederate statue from the community's courthouse.