NCAA Sports News

Atkins had surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee last season and the team was easing him back into action.

No fans leading chants, no live TV broadcasts - the Virginia Mason Athletic Complex was a remote outpost at the edge of a lake.

As he did so often during a standout collegiate career, rookie linebacker Chris Borland on Tuesday read the play well, was in proper position and made a big play.

The last of the Denver Broncos' defensive starters who missed the Super Bowl has been cleared to return to practice.

Paxton is scheduled to throw a standard between-starts bullpen workout prior to Tuesday's game at Progressive Field.

Legaux might be overly optimistic, but considering how far he has come since tearing two ligaments in his left knee during the second game of last season against Illinois, his positive attitude is understandable.

Highly touted Gophers running back recruit Jeff Jones is finishing summer school and hopes to eligible to play this season.

The Bearcats went 9-4 last season under coach Tommy Tuberville and returns 16 starters.

Oday Aboushi was part of a five-day surgical mission by the Islamic Medical Association of North America in early March to repair cleft lips in Sudan.

Given that Big Ten coaches by and large are not a jovial bunch, at least when they're addressing a crowd of media, Franklin got everyone's attention right away.

Former University of Georgia champion sprinter Torrin Lawrence died early Monday morning in a car accident on Interstate 75 near Cordele, Ga.

Team after team passed on Ellington until Arizona made him the 187th player chosen in that draft.

The Colonels have moved junior Marquise Piton and sophomore LaJuan Smith from linebacker to defensive end.

Fifth-year Murray State coach Chris Hatcher has returned the program to OVC relevance thanks to his exciting "Hatch Attack" offense.

Wisconsin might have some rebuilding ahead as it replaces 13 starters from a team that went 9-4 last fall -- including 10 that went to the NFL.

The Tigers, who have produced such NFL players as Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Richard Dent and Ed "Too Tall" Jones, ranked in the top 10 nationally in 2013 for total defense, scoring defense and turnovers gained.

Tennessee Tech coach Watson Brown is known for his offensive innovation, and he has some plans to use Darian Stone in a new hybrid "QW" quarterback-wing position.

No matter how this season unfolds, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald insists there is no more unified team than his Wildcats.

Brown says he's not surprised and that it's just part of the business of being a kicker.

The 2014 Michigan State football team is scheduled to report for preseason camp Friday, four weeks before the Aug. 29 season opener against Jacksonville State.