Michigan Wolverines (Football)

Questions by team representatives regarding sexual orientation to collegiate players hoping for a multi-million-dollar National Football League career have prompted an investigation by the league.

BOSTON, JAN 30 - Possessing 'All-American' good looks, married to a supermodel and one of the most successful quarterbacks of all time, the New England Patriots' Tom Brady transcends sport.

Oddsmakers: Two best teams should square off. If the purpose of the BCS National Championship Game is to pair the two best teams in the country, Las Vegas oddsmakers agree with the matchup between LSU and Alabama.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Denard Robinson danced with his feet and dazzled with his arm, giving Michigan an edge at quarterback against Ohio State.

Lawyers want a youth charity established by a former Penn State football assistant coach at the heart of a child molestation scandal to stay solvent so they can file future lawsuits for victims.

The Tide will be out for revenge after blowing a 24-point lead to the Tigers last season and then watching them win the national championship. This time it's Alabama with national championship hopes.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - It seems as though Harvard coach Tommy Amaker is trying to start a new tradition at a school that's been around for 375 years.

Coaching really is a lucrative business. I mean, how lucky is Rich Rodriguez? The man is fresh off a disastrous three-year run at Michigan, one of the nation's premier programs, where he compiled a 15-22 record, and what is his reward? He gets the top job at Arizona, signing a five-year, $9.55 million pact this week. Where else in America can you fail miserably and still land a multimillion-dollar gig? Rodriguez, who spent this season as a most uncomfortable studio analyst at CBS, is charged with turning around an Arizona program that is the only member of the original Pac-10 not to earn a Rose Bowl berth. ``This is my final coaching stop,'' said Rodriguez. Doubtful. But surely there is another big-money job right around the corner.

They talked about expanding from four to five BCS bowls (book it that Dallas will be the fifth BCS bowl, if there is still a BCS). They talked about changing the requirements for the automatic qualifying bids currently held by six conferences (Big East, Big 12, Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC, SEC).

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The contrast could not be more stark amid one of the biggest scandals in U.S. college sports history.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The contrast could not be more stark amid one of the biggest scandals in U.S. college sports history.

(Reuters) - To understand America's devotion to college football, consider that after Penn State fired coach Joe Paterno over the school's sex abuse scandal, many dedicated fans said it was as if a deity or god had fallen.

Paterno's long goodbye ends with public memorial

(Reuters) - To understand America's devotion to college football, consider that after Penn State fired coach Joe Paterno over the school's sex abuse scandal, many dedicated fans said it was as if a deity or god had fallen.

Battling NFL players and the league will face each other in court on April 6 in a hearing on a players' lawsuit seeking to bar owners from locking them out of work.

DETROIT (Reuters) - The University of Michigan has fired football coach Rich Rodriguez after a three-year stay marred by losing records and NCAA violations.

Person familiar with situation says Michigan AD, coach Rich Rodriguez to meet again Wednesday. Rich Rodriguez admits he usually doesn't sleep well, tossing and turning between nap-like stretches.

QB Bolden's father says Paterno nixes player's request to transfer from Penn State. Penn State quarterback Rob Bolden's father says coach Joe Paterno has denied his son's request to transfer.

A year on the job and Michigan athletic director has a decision to make about football program. Dave Brandon made some big decisions as the chairman and CEO of Domino's Pizza.

After embarrassing New Year's Day, Ohio State looks for Big Ten redemption in Sugar Bowl. No pressure, Ohio State.