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Pac-12 football returns 4 years after near-extinction

(AP) — The Pac-12, the self-dubbed "Conference of Champions" with athletic excellence going back more than a century, turned into the conference of ashes. A mass exodus of 10 schools in 15 months left the Pac-12 in tatters, dimming the future of a conference that was once the proud home of ...

Prominent college coaches have new homes for 2026

(AP) — College football's coaching carousel was a doozy last winter, spinning wildly and putting some new faces in new places. That ride included Lane Kiffin's closely watched move from Ole Miss to LSU. A slew of schools were desperate to find the right man to help them win games and generate revenue for athletic departments that have a lot of bills to pay in the new era of college athletics. Michigan coach Sherrone Moore's firing and arrest created a job opening with college football's winningest program and Kyle Whittingham took the job, shortly after stepping down at ...

Wall Street rises as tech stocks climb and oil prices, bond yields hold relatively steady

U.S. stocks snapped a three-day losing streak Wednesday as gains by big technology companies and relatively steady oil prices and bond yields helped lift the market after a downbeat start to the week. The S&P 500 index rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.5%. The market has been under pressure this week from rising oil prices and a bond-market sell-off. The rocky start to September follows a mostly positive August during which every major index notched a gain for the month. While Wall Street remains gripped by anxiety over rising ...