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Big East welcomes back Temple, solves scheduling headache

August 23, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

The Temple football program will join the Big East in 2012, rescuing a conference that once booted it from the membership from a scheduling nightmare. CBSSports.com, the Philadelphia Inquirer and...

Memphis officially joins Big East, C-USA and Mountain West inch closer to full merger

June 17, 2018 at 6:51 p.m.

The Big East officially introduced Memphis as a new member slated to join the league in all sports in 2013, while Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference are reportedly...

Big East expansion continues, Memphis to be introduced as new member Wednesday

August 23, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

Memphis, a current Conference USA member and college basketball power, will be introduced as the newest member of Big East Wednesday. The Big East has scheduled a noon teleconference to...

Sickle cell trait: The silent killer

August 19, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Dale Lloyd II had already lifted weights with his teammates when he took the field in the Texas heat for what would be the final workout of his life. It...

UCF strength coach Ed Ellis testifies about what he did on the day Ereck Plancher died.

Ereck Plancher trial: Jury finds UCFAA negligent in Plancher’s death

August 23, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

A jury ruled the UCF Athletics Association was negligent in the 2008 death of football player Ereck Plancher and awarded his parents $10 million. The group spent about five hours...

Ereck Plancher trial: Doctor says sickle cell trait can’t cause death

August 23, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

Dr. Martin H. Steinberg, a Boston University hematologist, testified the suggestion complications from sickle cell trait caused Ereck Plancher's death was "nuts." Steinberg, an expert hired by the UCF Athletics...

Ereck Plancher trial: Three players say water and trainers at workout

August 23, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

Three UCF players testified coach George O'Leary never ordered water and athletic trainers be removed from Ereck Plancher's final workout. Plancher collapsed and died following offseason conditioning drills at the...

Ereck Plancher trial: Planchers rest their case after parents’ emotional testimony

August 23, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

Gisele Plancher took a deep breath and began to read her son's handwritten message inside the last Mother's Day card he ever gave her. Her voice wavered as she told...

Ereck Plancher trial: Planchers poised to rest their case Monday

August 23, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

The family of UCF football player Ereck Plancher has called 18 witnesses, hoping their testimony convinces a jury the UCF Athletics Association is guilty of gross negligence. Plancher collapsed and...

Ereck Plancher trial: O’Leary says he never ordered trainers, water out

August 23, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

UCF coach George O'Leary defended his actions during football player Ereck Plancher's final workout, testifying Thursday that he never ordered athletic trainers and water be removed from the building. O'Leary...

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