Column: Notre Dame didn't chicken out of playing Michigan, though the Irish did sell out
Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair....

Colorado quarterback Webb, ex-lineman Lewis charged with assault after Boulder fight
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former Buffaloes offensive lineman Alexander Lewis were both charged with second-degree assault on Wednesday after prosecutors alleged they knocked a man unconscious in a weekend brawl....

TCU suspends DE Fields, the Big 12 defensive player of year, for first 2 games of '13 season
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."...

Hawaii refracts on team name plans after backlash against dropping 'Rainbow' for men's teams
HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii's athletic department is scrapping a plan to drop the word "Rainbow" from its men's teams' nicknames....

Trouble for Trojans? After tumultuous 2012, Kiffin and USC strive for drama-free 2013
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lane Kiffin has an idea....

Head football coach cleared of child porn charges no longer employed by Minn. State U, Mankato
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A former head football coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an administrative position, is no longer employed at the university, the school said Wednesday....