The Big 12 announced an agreement Friday with ESPN and Fox Sports on a 13-year contract reportedly worth $2.6 billion to televise football and men's basketball through 2024-25.

Financial terms weren't released, but ESPN cited anonymous sources in reporting the contract was worth an average of $20 million per school each year.

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K-State tight end Andre McDonald’s dog problems may only be getting started. Two days after McDonald, a junior from Choctaw, Okla., began serving a five-day sanction for violating Manhattan’s dangerous dog ordinance, a violation of his probation that stemmed from a 2011 arrest, Manhattan resident Brandon Robb filed a lawsuit against McDonald in Riley County Court. Robb is suing for $60,000.
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Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Bill Young will miss Saturday's season opener against Savannah State after undergoing a medical procedure, the school announced Thursday.Young is expected to return in 7-10 days but also likely will miss the Cowboys' road game against Arizona on Sept. 8.Linebackers coach Glenn Spencer will replace Young as coordinator until he returns. Young has coordinated... [Read More]

Kansas has suspended starting longsnapper Justin Carnes for the first three games of the season because of a violation of team rules.

No details of the violation were mentioned in a statement released Saturday by Jayhawks coach Charlie Weiss.

Carnes was the Kansas snapper for extra points and field goals in 10 of 12 games last season.

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A multi-day search for former Kansas State defensive tackle Sam Harvill came to an end when he was located on Fort Riley Military Installation grounds shortly after midnight Saturday. Fort Riley personnel found Harvill and his vehicle and conducted a routine check. A news release issued by Riley County police indicated he was found in “good condition and required no immediate assistance.” A Riley... [Read More]

Texas Tech offensive tackle Matt Wilson will miss the upcoming season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, Tech coach Tommy Tuberville said during the team’s media day on Saturday. Wilson, a redshirt freshman who ended spring practice as the second-team right tackle behind Terry McDaniel, will undergo surgery “any day,” Tuberville said. “He had a partial tear in his ACL through spring... [Read More]

West Virginia and head coach Dana Holgorsen are set on a new contract extension that'll run through the 2017 season, sources tell CBSSports.com. The deal is expected to be announced by the school later in the day on Wednesday. The new deal averages over $2.8 million per year, which would rank Holgorsen's deal on par with fellow new Big 12 conference coach Gary Patterson of TCU, according to a... [Read More]

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is staying positive even as training camp has brought a series of unfortunate twists. Starting offensive guard Tyler Evans was getting an MRI on Monday to determine the extent of a knee injury he suffered at the start of camp, yet another blow to a Sooners squad that was already going to be without five other players for the upcoming season. Stoops revealed after... [Read More]

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy announced Wednesday that Michael Bowie -- who was listed atop the preseason depth chart at left tackle -- is no longer on the team due to an unspecified violation of team rules. Bowie, a senior from Sand Springs, started five games last season. “Any time you lose a good football player that has got experience, it affects your team,” Gundy told reporters... [Read More]

There had been whispers about the level of commitment running back Greg Bryant (Delray Beach, Fla./American Heritage-Boca Delray) had to Oklahoma over the last few weeks.Bryant's father silenced those whispers by confirming to ESPN.com on Monday night that his son has decommitted from the Sooners.
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Texas Tech has suspended wide receiver Darrin Moore from the football team after his April arrest on a drunken-driving charge. Athletic department spokesman Blayne Beal confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday reports of Moore's suspension. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports police reports show Moore was arrested April 13 after a Lubbock police officer observed him driving erratically. He... [Read More]

The Big 12 favors a selection committee to be involved in picking the four teams involved in a college football playoff instead of a system that would emphasize conference champions.Interim commissioner Chuck Neinas also said during the league's spring meeting Tuesday that the current Big 12 membership is content with 10 schools after inviting TCU and West Virginia, though he left open the... [Read More]

Two players buried deep on Texas’ depth chart will look elsewhere for playing time. Tight end Darius Terrell and defensive back Eryon Barnett both will transfer from the program before next season, the Longhorns announced Tuesday. Terrell, a sophomore from DeSoto, had just one reception in nine games during his UT career. He was behind M.J. McFarland, D.J. Grant, Dom Jones and Barrett Matthews in... [Read More]

Notre Dame tight end Mike Ragone has signed a grant-in-aid form to complete his transfer to Kansas, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish coach Charlie Weis. Ragone has completed his undergraduate degree and will be eligible to play for the Jayhawks immediately. He joins quarterback Dayne Crist and linebacker Anthony McDonald as former Irish players who will finish their college... [Read More]

Sophomore quarterback David Ash says he feels like the leader of the Texas offense.Coach Mack Brown, however, still refuses to publicly declare a starter and says he's confident that either Ash or junior Case McCoy could lead the Longhorns next season.If Sunday's spring scrimmage showed anything, it's that Ash has earned the right to call himself the starter, but McCoy still could challenge for... [Read More]

Ricky Williams got a sneak peak at the past and the future two days before more than 30,000 fans were able to judge for themselves Sunday. The former Texas Heisman Trophy winner was back on campus to take a look at his new statue. The likeness? "Close enough," he laughed. The 8-foot, 1,000-pound likeness was unveiled just outside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Sunday... [Read More]

Missouri quarterback James Franklin will undergo surgery on his right shoulder and miss the rest of spring practice, but he's expected to be ready for the start of next season.The junior threw for 2,865 yards and 21 touchdowns and ran for 981 yards and 15 TDs as a first-year starter in 2011. Franklin was injured last Tuesday during practice when he jumped on a fumble at the end of a play and a... [Read More]

Missouri's and Texas A&M's price tags for leaving the Big 12 will be $12.41 million each, the conference announced on Tuesday.In the fall of 2010, both schools announced they would be leaving the Big 12 on July 1, 2012. Big 12 bylaws state that universities that provide less than 12 months' notice are subject to having 90 percent of their conference revenue withheld. That total was estimated... [Read More]

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy has announced that University of Tulsa assistant coach Van Malone will join the Cowboys' coaching staff.Malone's specific duties were not released. He served as a defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Tulsa in 2010 and 2011.Malone has coached defensive backs at Texas A&M, North Texas and Western Michigan in addition to coaching special... [Read More]