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Colorado State opens new stadium by beating Oregon State

FORT COLLINS – Linebacker Tre Thomas scored on a 44-yard interception return to lead a Colorado State defense that forced five turnovers, Nick Stevens threw three touchdown passes and the Ra...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Clemson’s Dabo Swinney gets raise to nearly $7 million a year

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson coach is getting a hefty raise after winning the national championship. The university announced Friday its Board of Trustees approved a new 8-year, $54 mi...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Colorado State opens new on-campus stadium vs Oregon State

Rams have big aspirations in 2017

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Baylor settlements could signal trend of more to come

AUSTIN, Texas – The federal civil lawsuits against Baylor University have piled up for more than a year, accusing the nation’s largest Baptist school of repeatedly mishandling, ignoring or s...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Facebook receives exclusive rights to 15 college football games in 2017

Facebook has struck a deal for exclusive rights to live stream 15 college football games this season, beginning next week. The agreement with Stadium, a digital sports network, gi...

DATE: Aug 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

USC’s Sam Darnold, Penn State’s Saquon Barkley lead AP All-America team

Southern California quarterback Sam Darnold and Penn State running back Saquon Barkley put on a show at the Rose Bowl last season and established themselves as two of the biggest stars in co...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Pac-12 dubbed ‘Conference of QBs’ in 2017

The Pac-12 has been called the Conference of Quarterbacks and it looks like it will really live up to that this season. USC’s Sam Darnold leads a strong group of returning QBs, in...

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Army-Navy football to play 2021 game in New Jersey

Game returns to Philly four more times

DATE: Aug 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Alabama starts atop AP poll for 2nd consecutive year

No need to overthink it: Alabama is No. 1 in the AP preseason Top 25. The Crimson Tide became the first program in 12 years to take the top spot in The Associated Press preseason ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

LSU officially has new live tiger mascot on campus

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana State University officially has a new live tiger mascot on its campus. The tiger arrived in Baton Rouge last week, coming from a rescue facility in Ok...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Will a Heisman longshot prevail for third consecutive season?

Preseason longshots the past two years have ended up winning the Heisman Trophy. Last year, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson had 50-1 odds when practices started. Jackson quickly became...

DATE: Aug 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: College Sports