NCAA Sports News

Martin and his players are embarking on a weeklong series of events in the community to build goodwill and urge fans to purchase season tickets.

Chatman is the only returning starter for a team that has made the NCAA tournament three straight years.

Two Florida men have been sentenced to federal prison for participating in a scheme in which former University of South Dakota athletes and others used stolen identities to fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax refunds.

Point guard Kendall Marshall has been awarded to the Bucks on a waiver claim and will add to the team's backcourt depth.

It's a storyline that's bound to be scrutinized - even over-scrutinized - during Rams training camp, as the roster cuts are made and, if Michael Sam sticks on the 53-man roster, week by week during the NFL season.

Whaley signed as an undrafted free agent in May. He started his college career at Texas as a running back before switching to the defensive line.

Officials said Keelan Johnson, a first-year safety, was arrested early Saturday following a confrontation with officers outside a bar in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, home of Arizona State University.

Texas A&M defensive lineman Gavin Stansbury has left the team to focus on what coach Kevin Sumlin calls "personal issues."

General manager Mitch Kupchak on Monday described Young as a "bright spot" during last year's losing season.

Orange County district attorney Jim Woodall said Monday that the hearing originally set for Wednesday is on hold until a later date that hasn't yet been set.

The Gamecocks, who lost the outright league title to Garoppolo and Eastern Illinois last year, are this preseason's favorite in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Nine years after leading the North Carolina men's basketball team to a national championship, Williams returns to the Tar Heel state as a member of the Charlotte Hornets.

The league announced its predicted order of finish Monday after a vote of 112 media members at its preseason media days.

"Kirk has always been a big part of creating the professional culture we want day in, day out surrounding our club," said Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman.

Braun has signed with a team in Belgium's top league, and Wright with a team in Austria's top league.

Gary Pinkel heads to Connecticut for a day at ESPN, powers-that-be are pushing for a Mizzou game at Busch Stadium, and J'Den Cox defeats the national anthem just like he defeats everything else.

An undercurrent to Adam Silver's push to increase the NBA aga limit as commissioner has been the quiet notion that a partner to that plan would see a major expansion of the D-League.

The 6-foot-5 shooting guard was recently offered by a fellow Big East representative in the Marquette Golden Eagles .

From the moment you stepped into the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Birmingham, there seemed to be something a bit off about the whole affair.

Kevin Apps, center, who served as an assistant coach at Williams College in 2008-09 and has been an assistant coach at Army, is the new basketball coach for the Ephs.