College Sports

• Column: Don't get too giddy about playoff just yet
  As the powers-that-be ponder the future in smoke-free back rooms - one of the few areas where college football has kept up with the times - maybe we're finally stumbling toward the era of a true champion.

• Journell's future at Virginia Tech up to AD Weaver
  Suspended Virginia Tech placekicker Cody Journell's future with the Hokies is in the hands of athletic director Jim Weaver.

• Hokies add shooting guard Adam Smith as transfer
  New Virginia Tech men's basketball coach James Johnson has landed his first player.

• Ex-Syracuse hoops coach's wife sues ESPN for libel
  The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine filed a libel lawsuit Monday against ESPN, saying the network ruined her life by broadcasting salacious reports that she knew her husband abused boys and that she had sex with one of the boys.

• Former WVU football coach Bill Stewart dead at 59
  Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart, who was hailed as Rich Rodriguez's successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split, died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. He was 59.

• Alabama fan pleads not guilty to sex charges
  An Alabama fan pleaded not guilty Monday to committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS national title game, which was caught on video.

• Lawyer: Va Tech kicker to plead to reduced charge
  The lawyer for Cody Journell says the Virginia Tech kicker has reached an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a reduced charge stemming from a December incident.

• Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play
  The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.

• Alabama fan indicted on after-BCS game sex charge
  An Alabama fan was charged Thursday with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship game.

• Delany: National title game likely to be bid on
  Big Ten administrators could see a national championship game being played in cities that aren't necessarily traditional hosts.

• Ex-Syracuse hoops coach's wife: Life is ruined
  The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys.

• VCU leaves CAA, announces move to Atlantic 10
  VCU is looking to make the most of its rise to prominence in men's basketball and President Michael Rao said moving to the Atlantic 10 is "the next step."

• AP Source: VCU heading to Atlantic 10, leaving CAA
  A person familiar with the decision says VCU is joining the Atlantic 10 after deciding to leave the Colonial Athletic Association.

• FSU president lays out pros/cons of Big 12 move
  The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered.

• O'Brien offers glimpse into future on PSU caravan
  Bill O'Brien has quickly put to rest any notion that he plans to stick around as long as the last Penn State football coach.

• 3 Razorback football players charged with burglary
  Three Arkansas football players, including wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey, were arrested Saturday and charged with burglarizing dorm rooms.

• 3 Razorback football players charged with burglary
  Three Arkansas football players, including wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey, have been arrested and charged with burglarizing dorm rooms.

• Pitt files lawsuit against Big East
  The University of Pittsburgh is going to court in hopes of expediting its exit from the Big East.

• Judge tosses defamation suit v. Syracuse, Boeheim
  A judge on Friday threw out a defamation lawsuit brought against Syracuse University and men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim by two men who said the Hall of Fame coach slandered them when he said their accusations of sexual abuse against former associate head coach Bernie Fine were driven by greed.