Football Headlines

• Paralyzed Rutgers player stands tall

  July 14, 2011

  It took only nine months for Eric LeGrand to stand. LeGrand, the Rutgers football player who was diagnosed as paralyzed from the neck down after he was injured in a game...

• Paralyzed Rutgers player stands in therapy

  July 13, 2011

  Tweet by tweet, Eric LeGrand is making progress in his recovery from a fractured vertebrae suffered while making a tackle against Army on Oct. 16. On Wednesday, the Rutgers...

• Former Rutgers star Britt pleads not guilty in Hoboken

  July 12, 2011

  Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt has pleaded not guilty to three disorderly person charges stemming from a June arrest in New Jersey. Hoboken police had suspected Britt was...

• Former Rutgers star Britt has court date postponed

  June 23, 2011

  Thursday’s New Jersey court date for Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt has been postponed to July 12. Britt is charged in Hoboken with resisting arrest earlier this month...

• Rutgers stadium gets 10-year naming deal worth $6.5M

  June 21, 2011

  The birthplace of college football will get $6.5 million over the next 10 years to put a new name on its football stadium. Rutgers announced Tuesday that its 54,454-seat stadium...

• Rutgers Stadium named for High Point Solutions

  June 20, 2011

  Rutgers University’s football stadium is getting a new name. A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Rutgers has reached a deal with High Point...

• Former Rutgers star Britt has charges downgraded

  June 16, 2011

  JERSEY CITY -- A New Jersey judge on Thursday downgraded three charges against Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt for offenses stemming from his second recent arrest in...

• Parlayzed Rutgers player feels 'twitches throughout body'

  June 14, 2011

  Eric LeGrand tweeted more good news on his recovery Monday. “Twitches going throughout the body, coming back,” the Rutgers football player wrote on Twitter. LeGrand was paralyzed...

• Former Rutgers star Britt wanted in Nashville

  June 13, 2011

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Fresh off his second arrest in two months, Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt is being sought by Nashville police on two outstanding warrants issued by the...

• Former Rutgers star Britt arrested again

  June 09, 2011

  Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt was arrested again in New Jersey, a day after appearing in court for a previous arrest on traffic charges. Police said the former...

• Pryor to leave Ohio State amid scandal

  June 08, 2011

  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Terrelle Pryor's career at Ohio State, which started with so much promise and potential, came to an abrupt and scandal-ridden end. The quarterback announced...

• USC stripped of '04 football championship

  June 06, 2011

  The Bowl Championship Series stripped Southern California of its 2004 title on Monday, leaving that season without a BCS champion. The announcement was no surprise. BCS officials...

• Tressel quits Ohio State amid embarrassing tattoo scandal

  May 31, 2011

  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jim Tressel, who guided Ohio State to its first national title in 34 years, resigned yesterday amid NCAA violations from a tattoo-parlor scandal that sullied the...

• Ohio St. president, AD should be 2nd & 3rd down

  May 31, 2011

  Jim Tressel did the only thing he could yesterday by resigning as Ohio State's football coach. You can't preach accountability to your players and then not be accountable for...

• Former Michigan coach wants to clean up NCAA

  May 18, 2011

  There's a great job waiting for former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, one he's highly qualified for. He should become the first national college football sheriff. Give Carr a silver...

• Rutgers-Army at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 12

  May 05, 2011

  Army will play Rutgers at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 12. Rutgers was 1-7-1 at the original Yankee Stadium, playing there for the last time in 1948. Army played at the old ballpark 38...

• Fordham's Stephen Skelton hopes to follow brother to NFL

  April 28, 2011

  When you're a FCS player, chances are slim to none that you will ever get to play in the NFL. But for Fordham's Stephen Skelton, he doesn't have to look very far for inspiration...

• Bailey will be Syracuse's top running back

  April 06, 2011

  SYRACUSE -- The wait is finally over for Antwon Bailey. After three seasons of playing second-string much too often, he’s ready to be the go-to guy in the Syracuse backfield...

• Paralyzed Rutgers player leaves rehab center

  March 30, 2011

  Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand was released from the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation on Wednesday and will live with an aunt in southern New Jersey. The...

• Syracuse football adds 10 games to Meadowlands

  March 10, 2011

  SYRACUSE -- The Syracuse Orange have agreed to extend their relationship with New Meadowlands Stadium to include 10 more football games. The Orange already are slated to play...

• Syracuse football starts spring practice

  March 09, 2011

  SYRACUSE -- Ryan Nassib cemented himself last season as Syracuse’s starting quarterback and led the Orange to their first bowl victory in nearly a decade. As far as Nassib’s...

• Rutgers to play Army at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 12

  February 25, 2011

  A matchup with Army in Yankee Stadium and a trip to North Carolina highlight the 2011 Rutgers football schedule. The Nov. 12 matchup with Army will be the first time Rutgers has...

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  Paralyzed Rutgers player makes public appearance

  February 21, 2011

  Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand made his first public appearance since being paralyzed in a game against Army more than four months ago. LeGrand attended a "Laugh to Heal...

• Donor says UConn can keep $3M

  February 11, 2011

  A donor who demanded the return of $3 million from the University of Connecticut because he was unhappy with the hiring of its new football coach has agreed to let the school keep...

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  Syracuse big winner in local recruiting

  February 03, 2011

  Terrel Hunt could have called it off and no one would have blamed him. But a day after his father, Darryl Dockery, died of kidney failure and nearly a year to the day his mother...

• Rutgers pleased with 'new' Jersey players

  February 03, 2011

  If you build it, they will stay. Greg Schiano came home to New Jersey with this seemingly far-fetched dream of turning Rutgers football into a national power. He has overseen the...

• Page joins Huggins in Rutgers' class

  February 02, 2011

  Running back Savon Huggins, considered the top player in the New York metropolitan area, has signed a letter of intent to attend Rutgers. Joining him is Al Page of Christopher...

• Williams highlights Notre Dame's Signing Day

  February 02, 2011

  Brian Kelly’s plan to build a defense that will help Notre Dame become a national contender again was reflected in his first full recruiting class announced Wednesday. The Irish...

• New coach signs 19 to first UConn class

  February 02, 2011

  HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut coach Paul Pasqualoni says recruiting is like riding a bicycle, and after five years away from it, he has enjoyed peddling around the country...

• Rutgers lands New Jersey's top running back

  January 29, 2011

  In the wake of its worst season in five years, Rutgers has bounced back with a stellar recruiting class. And yesterday the Scarlet Knights landed the biggest commitment in their...