A 22-year-old University of Idaho football player was fatally shot at a weekend party in Los Angeles, authorities said. Detectives were trying to determine a motive and a suspect in the early Sunday death of Ken McRoyal of Carson, who was killed while attending a photo shoot to promote a new women's clothing line, police said. A second man was wounded and treated at a hospital. "Whether he... [Read More]
Nevada promoted safeties coach Mike Bradeson to defensive coordinator and announced running backs coach Casey Moore will not return to the program.Coach Chris Ault said Monday that he plans to hire three new offensive coaches, including a coordinator who will also be quarterbacks coach, to help expand the Wolf Pack's pistol offense.Ault says he's also in the market for an offensive line coach and... [Read More]
Louisiana Tech running back Tyrone Duplessis was found dead Thursday morning at his off-campus apartment.Hazel Woods, the chief investigator for the Lincoln Parish coroner's office, said the cause of death was not yet known and an autopsy is pending. Ruston police Lt. Tim Parker said authorities are not investigating at this time and are awaiting the coroner's report."Tyrone was a valuable... [Read More]
Quarterback Tate Forcier has left San Jose State and is not a part of its football program due in part to his poor academic standing at the school, a source told the San Jose Mercury News on Monday.Forcier enrolled at San Jose State last summer after a lengthy transfer saga that originally had the former Michigan quarterback heading to Miami.Before becoming a Spartan, Forcier told ESPN's Joe... [Read More]
Norm Chow has been offered and is expected to accept the Hawaii football coaching job, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.Earlier, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that university administrators had authorized athletic director Jim Donovan to negotiate a contract with Chow, who most recently served as the offensive coordinator at Utah.It will be the 65-year-old Chow's first head coaching... [Read More]
The Honolulu Police Department is looking into allegations of point shaving by a member or members of the University of Hawaii Warriors football program, sources said. Point shaving happens when one or more members of a sports team prevent a team from covering a published point spread, often purposely failing to score as many points as the team was expected to make. Gamblers who know the... [Read More]
Fresno State defensive coordinator Randy Stewart resigned Sunday with three games remaining in a season full of mental lapses and missed tackles that have led to big plays and bigger point totals. Two more scoring plays of 20 yards or longer came in a 48-45 loss at New Mexico State on Saturday that ensured a losing season and knocked the Bulldogs from bowl contention. Stewart, who was in his 10th... [Read More]
As many as two dozen football players from Fresno State University have been implicated in a welfare fraud investigation involving a county Department of Social Services worker accused of filing for false benefits for them and others. It's the latest in a series of problems that have plagued the university's athletic department over the decades. The social services eligibility specialist was... [Read More]
The University of Hawaii is moving forward with plans to play a regular-season football game in Japan within the next few years. Jim Donovan, the school's athletic director, revealed the prospect while in Osaka over the weekend for a men's basketball game. Hawaii was finishing up a 15-day tour through China and Japan. The Rainbow Warriors could play a football game in Japan as soon as 2014.... [Read More]
Former Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier said Tuesday that he will attend San Jose State. "It felt right," Forcier said. "I loved the coaches and felt comfortable with them. I really believe I can help that team and I'm going to do everything I possibly can to help them." Forcier said he has completed his online classes and will report to camp Aug. 4.... [Read More]
Boise State University is prepared to fight hard against an NCAA charge of lack of institutional control that’s been pinned on the athletic department. But fighting that allegation could prove difficult, said one prominent attorney who has argued cases before the committee. “If it’s alleged lack of control, more than likely the school will be charged with that,” said Michael Buckner, a... [Read More]
