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Brazil’s Ronaldinho confirms retirement and plans farewell

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 17, 2016, file photo, Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski (3) runs onto the field with his teammates before an NCAA college football game against Idaho in Pullman, Wash. Hilinski has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 21-year-old Hilinski was discovered in his apartment after he didn’t show up for practice Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Young Kwak, File)

Quarterback’s death permeates NCAA convention discussions

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 11, 2013 file photo, Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho celebrates his team's victory over Argentina's Newell's Old Boys at the end of a Copa Libertadores semifinal soccer match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The brother and agent of 2005 Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldinho says the former Brazil and Barcelona playmaker has retired from football. (AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes, File) **FILE**

Agent says former World Cup winner Ronaldinho has retired

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, file photo, Texas A&amp;M head coach Kevin Sumlin gestures during an NCAA college football game against UCLA, in Pasadena, Calif. A person familiar with the decision says Arizona will hire former Texas A&amp;M coach Sumlin. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, on condition of anonymity because details of a five-year contract to replace Rich Rodriguez as coach of the Wildcats were still being finalized. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

AP source: Arizona to hire Kevin Sumlin as football coach

By JOHN MARSHALL - Associated Press

CORRECTS SPELLING TO DIGGS NOT RIGGS Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) celebrates in the end zone after a game winning touchdown against the New Orleans Saints during the second half of an NFL divisional football playoff game in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018. The Vikings defeated the Saints 29-24. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stefon Diggs, NFL give us a game for history

By Thom Loverro

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) passes in drills during an NFL football practice, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Pittsburgh. The Steelers host the Jacksonville Jaguars in a divisional playoff on Sunday. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Jaguars surging, Steelers wary in high-stakes rematch

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2014, file photo, Washington State alumnus Keith Jackson smiles after raising the Cougar flag before the start of an NCAA college football game against Portland State at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. Jackson, the down-home voice of college football during more than five decades as a broadcaster, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. He was 89. (AP Photo/Dean Hare, File)

Keith Jackson, sportscaster with ‘Whoa, Nelly! call, dies

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O.B. Bowen remembered as a ‘legend’ at Southern Miss

By JASON MUNZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, New Green Bay Packers NFL football team general manager Brian Gutekunst gestures while speaking at an introductory news conference in Green Bay, Wis. A life around football has prepared Gutekunst for his new job as the GM of the Packers. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer, File)

Life around football prepares Gutekunst for Packers GM job

By GENARO C. ARMAS - Associated Press

Georgia quarterbacks Jacob Eason (10) and Jake Fromm (11) take part during the team's practice Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, in Athens, Ga., for Monday's NCAA championship football game against Alabama in Atlanta. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald)

QB Jacob Eason leaving Georgia after losing job to Fromm

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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 1999, file photo, Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer holds the National Championship trophy after beating Florida State 23-16 in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. As the new Tennessee athletic director, Fulmer says he wants to help bring back the stability that marked the Volunteers' athletic department during much of his tenure as the school's football coach. That stability has been missing for most of the last decade. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File)

Fulmer wants to restore stability at Tennessee as Vols’ AD

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Retired Florida State coach Bobby Bowden speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. The 88-year-old Bowden was in Omaha to accept the Tom Osborne Legacy Award as part of the Outland Trophy banquet. Bowden coached Florida State from 1976-2009 and won national championships in 1993 and 1999. His Seminoles beat Osborne's Nebraska team 18-16 in the Orange Bowl after the 1993 season for the first of his two national championships. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Bowden likes Fisher’s chances of making Aggies an SEC factor

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 28, 2016, file photo, Green Bay Packers' Eliot Wolf, director of football operations, makes a phone call inside the war room during the 2016 NFL Football draft at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. New Browns general manager John Dorsey has added former Green Bay executive Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith to his revamped front office. Wolf interviewed on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, with Dorsey, who came to Cleveland last month after Browns owner Jimmy Haslam fired vice president Sashi Brown. (Evan Siegle/The Green Bay Press-Gazette via AP, File)

Browns add Packers execs Wolf, Highsmith to front office

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa speaks at a press conference in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Alabama beat Georgia 26-23 in overtime to win the NCAA college football playoff championship game on Monday night. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Hawaii native leads Alabama with ‘humility and class’

By CALEB JONES - Associated Press

Brown nears return as Steelers get set for rematch with Jags

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 1, 2017, file photo shows the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta. Atlanta’s new $1.5 billion stadium is about to be on perhaps its largest national stage for the Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, College Football Playoff title game, fans say the glitzy facility is living up to the hype despite a series of construction setbacks that delayed its opening. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

National title game still feels like afterthought to season

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

University of South Dakota moves forward with DakotaDome

By BY JEREMY HOECK - Associated Press

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart waves as the team arrives before the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Alabama Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

The Latest: Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa takes title game honor

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Chile announces Colombian Reinaldo Rueda as new coach

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FILE- In this Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, file photo, Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm throws a pass during the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Pasadena, Calif. Georgia plays Alabama in the Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, College Football national championship game. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

No experience required: Freshman QBs make immediate impact

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press