Notre Dame wants to remain independent in football, but that might not matter if the Big Ten and Pac-10 decide to expand and create sweeping changes to major college sports. "Our preference is clear," Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Tuesday. "I believe we're at a point right now where changes could be relatively small or they could be seismic." Swarbrick...

The first Pinstripe Bowl will be played at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 30 and will be televised by ESPN. The game will include the No. 3 team in the Big East and the No. 6 school in the Big 12, excluding Bowl Championship Series participants. "I think no matter what the sport, every kid who grows up wants to play at Yankee Stadium," Yankees president Randy Levine said Tuesday.

A quarterback competing for the starting job at the University of Georgia has been released on bond after his arrest in south Georgia over the weekend on charges related to underage drinking. A Remerton Police report says Zach Mettenberger was arrested at a bar called Flip Flops early Sunday and charged with underage consumption and possession of alcohol, possessing fake identification and...

Mike Leach is expected to return to Lubbock later this week to answer questions under oath from attorneys for Texas Tech handling the former football coach's lawsuit against the school. Leach, who currently lives with his family in Key West, Fla., is set for oral and video depositions beginning Friday at the offices of his Lubbock attorney, Ted Liggett.

Dave Brandon joked there's no place to hide in his new office - a second-story, window-filled space on the corner of a busy intersection near campus. He likes it that way.

Boise State senior safety Jason Robinson has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules.

Boise State safety Jason Robinson has been suspended indefinitely for violating team rules. The announcement by coach Chris Petersen came on the first day of spring drills Monday for the team that went undefeated last year and won the Fiesta Bowl. Robinson, a senior from Los Angeles, is a three-year letterman who made 26 tackles in 2009.

Dave Brandon joked there's no place to hide in his new office -- a second-story, window-filled space on the corner of a busy intersection near campus. He likes it that way. "I'm really excited to be here," Brandon said in an interview with The Associated Press. Brandon had a lot on his calendar Monday, his first day as Michigan's athletic director, but acknowledged nothing on...