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NCAA talks with Clemson players
July 31, 2010COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips said Friday that the NCAA had been on the Tigers' campus this week to talk with two members of the football team.
Ex-Oregon QB Masoli accepts invite to Ole Miss
July 31, 2010Former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has accepted an invitation from Mississippi coach Houston Nutt to visit the school this weekend, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Friday.
Andy Staples: Boise State becoming what they once fought against
July 31, 2010Long the champion of small schools who wanted to play the elite, Boise State's rise to prominence has made it as arrogant as those who once ignored them, writes Andy Staples.
Oregon picked to defend Pac-10 title, edging USC
July 31, 2010PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Oregon has been picked to win the Pac-10 in the preseason media poll, edging longtime favorite Southern California by three points.
How Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli went from hero to villain
July 31, 2010Jeremiah Masoli is asking you to open your mind, to consider the possibility that, regardless of what you've read or heard, he is not a thug. That would be an easier sell, of course, if he hadn't spent nearly three months in a juvenile facility in 2005 for robbery; if he hadn't pled guilty in March of this year to burglarizing a fraternity house; if his career as the starting quarterback -- and a potential Heisman contender -- at Oregon hadn't ended last month after police found him driving with marijuana in his car.
Oklahoma State's Johnson to face drug charge
July 31, 2010STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) -- Oklahoma State safety Victor Johnson will face a possession of a controlled substance charge in addition to an accusation of obstructing a police officer leveled against him after his weekend arrest.
Pac-10 to change name to Pac-12
July 31, 2010NEW YORK (AP) -- For years people in the Pac-10 -- from players to fans -- have complained about a lack of recognition and a so-called East Coast bias that caused the conference to be under-appreciated nationally.
Pac-10 missed out on UT, but still won
July 31, 2010I received more than 600 reader e-mails this past week -- more than during most weeks of the actual football season -- and at least 90 percent of them were outdated by the time I sat down to write this week's Mailbag. Sorry that you wasted your time, folks. If it makes you feel better, at least 90 percent of the many words I've written about realignment over the past several months are now moot, too.
Great white sightings close Cape Cod beach
July 31, 2010Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.
Clinton wedding, Rocky Horror and cow judging
July 31, 2010
If some of Chelsea Clinton's wedding guests want to make a weekend of it in Rhinebeck, there's a stage production of "The Rocky Horror Show" on the boards Saturday night and Sunday.
