WR Kellen Lewis dismissed from IU football team

Indiana gave Kellen Lewis a second chance. The quarterback-turned-receiver wont get a third. The former All-Big Ten player was kicked off Indianas football team Wednesday for an undisclosed violation of team rules, just over a year after he drew a four-month suspension for other violations. Coach Bill Lynch said he was disappointed with what happened, [...]

Football coaches to get results of poll review

The results of a three-month review of the USA Today coaches college football poll will be presented next week during the annual spring meeting of the American Football Coaches Associations board of trustees. AFCA trustees requested the outside review during the coaches convention last year. Grant Teaff, the groups executive director, says Gallup was asked [...]

Nebraskas Glenn admits ticket story was false

Washington Redskins draft pick Cody Glenn admitted he lied when he told reporters that his suspension at Nebraska last season was for selling football tickets. Glenn told The Associated Press on Tuesday he made up the story about selling his tickets, which would have been a violation of NCAA rules. The fifth-round pick said he [...]

Michigan QB Threet transferring to ASU

Former Michigan quarterback Steven Threet plans to transfer to Arizona State, according to a person familiar with Threets decision who requested anonymity because the details are still being worked out. The 6-foot-6 Threet would sit out the 2009 season and have two years of eligibility remaining. Threet started his college career at Georgia Tech before [...]

Penn St. LB Bowman out for spring game

Star linebacker Navorro Bowman will sit out todays Blue-White spring game at Penn State. Coach Joe Paterno says hell speak with Bowman next week about his future after the player got into more legal trouble this week. Bowman led the team in tackles last season. Bowman admitted in court to smoking marijuana during the offseason, [...]

Michigan QB Threet transferring to ASU

Former Michigan quarterback Steven Threet plans to transfer to Arizona State, according to a person familiar with Threets decision who requested anonymity because the details are still being worked out. The 6-foot-6 Threet would sit out the 2009 season and have two years of eligibility remaining. Threet started his college career at Georgia Tech before [...]

Sundays American League Capsules

BOSTON 4, NY YANKEES 1 BOSTON Jacoby Ellsbury stole home and the Boston Red Sox ran off with a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees. Bostons speedster surprised left-hander Andy Pettitte with his dash in a three-run fifth inning that gave the Red Sox their 10th straight win, 4-1. They came from behind in [...]

Sundays National League Capsules

CINCINNATI 8, ATLANTA 2 CINCINNATI Jay Bruce homered twice and drove in four runs, Micah Owings earned his first win in nearly a year with seven strong innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves, 8-2. Joey Votto had two doubles and three RBIs to help the Reds salvage the finale of the three-game [...]

BCS considering parts of MWC proposal

The BCS could decide to adopt parts of the playoff plan proposed by the Mountain West Conference, even as the group seems unlikely to scrap its current system of determining college footballs champion. A buttoned-up BCS finished its last day of meetings Wednesday in the city that will host the championship game in early 2010. [...]

Judge extends probation for Penn States Bowman

A judge sentenced Penn States Navorro Bowman to an extra 12 months of probation and to undergo drug testing and counseling after the linebacker admitted smoking marijuana. Bowman, the Nittany Lions leading tackler last season, was already on probation after pleading guilty in May 2008 to disorderly conduct in connection with a campus fight the [...]