3 Illinois players arrested on home invasion, armed robbery charges

Three Illinois football players were arrested Wednesday on home invasion and armed robbery charges. Illinois coach Lovie Smith announced Wednesday that Darta Lee, Zarrian Holcombe and Howard Watkins have all been dismissed from the program. Three Illinois football players were arrested on Wednesday on charges of home invasion and armed robbery after an alleged incident at a school dormitory.

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  Illinois dismisses three football players arrested in dormitory incident

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• 3 Illinois players facing burglary charges now off team

  The Charlotte Observer

The 8 biggest recent revelations in Baylor's sexual assault scandal

A full year has passed since Baylor was outed in its sexual assault scandal and subsequently parted ways with football coach Art Briles, athletic director Ian McCaw and school president Ken Starr.  Even as Baylor begins its rebuild - both in football recruiting and in rethinking its approach to sexual assault and dating violence - allegations of sexual assault and rape in the athletic department continue to mount.  Here's a recap of the latest allegations against Baylor, what they mean and how the school got to this point: 1) The latest This month, a seventh Title IX lawsuit was filed against Baylor. A volleyball player referred to as Jane Doe says she was attending a party in February 2012 at

Report: Houston Nutt could sue Ole Miss for defamation if he doesn’t get apology

If Ole Miss thought it had seen the last of Houston Nutt, they may want to think again.  And fast. In the midst of an NCAA “situation” that has already result in significant penalties for the football program, the university attempted to paint the football-related issues as having mainly occurred on Nutt’s watch when he was the Rebels’ head coach from 2008-11.  Nutt wasn’t pleased with the portrayal at the time the Notice of Allegations was issued in May of last year, and certainly isn’t happy a year later. “It hurts you,” Nutt told Yahoo Sports‘ Pat Forde. “It devastates you. … “My name wasn’t mentioned in the report but my name’s on the ticker [on television]. My name is thrown out there a