West Virginia University announced Tuesday it has settled a lawsuit with the Big East for an unspecified amount, clearing the way for the conference power Mountaineers to join the Big 12 in July in time for the fall football season.

Big East Commissioner John Marinatto says his league ``might be open to a discussion'' about allowing Syracuse and Pittsburgh to join the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2013 football season.

Members of Conference USA and current and future members of the Mountain West are taking a bigger-is-better approach to college sports leagues.

Big 12 newcomer TCU is scheduled to play the first conference game of the 2012 season with a Sept. 15 visit to Kansas.

Coach Bill O'Brien's five-year deal with Penn State allows for the two sides to agree to an extension by 2016, or the year before his contract is up.

A judge rejected requests by prosecutors that jurors be brought in from outside the State College area to hear the child sex-abuse case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

Six months after it launched, the Longhorn Network is still struggling to be seen.

Maryland football has granted quarterback Danny O'Brien's request for a release from the program to play elsewhere.

The University of Connecticut's new athletic director says the academic problems with the men's basketball team do not define UConn.

A Penn State administrator is asking a judge to throw out charges that he lied to the grand jury investigating child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky and that he failed to report suspected abuse.

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The judge in Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial ruled Monday that the former Penn State assistant coach's jury will be composed of residents of State College and the surrounding area and that he has permission to visit with most of his grandchildren.

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Members of Conference USA and current and future members of the Mountain West are taking a bigger-is-better approach to college sports leagues.