Famous birthdays for April 7: Tony Dorsett, Kevin Alejandro

April 7 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries.
They include:
-- St. Francis Xavier in 1506
-- Poet William Wordsworth in 1770
-- College Football Hall of Fame member Walter Camp in 1859

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NFL Guidance Begins to Mold Miami's Running Back

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CORAL GABLES — The Miami Hurricanes have done a rare thing in this world of college football. They have brought back the same running back rotation that led them to the National Championship game, but now they have some NFL guidance headed into the 2026 season.
New running backs coach Favian Upshaw brings a new touch to the Hurricanes, after years in the NFL and most recently with the Denver Broncos.
“Honestly, I would say if I were to have interviewed for this job a year ago, I wouldn’t have been ready," Upshaw said about t

Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too

Every year I ask the college students in the course I teach about the 14th-century Black Death to imagine they are farmers or nuns or ****** les in the Middle Ages. What would their lives have been like in the face of this terrifying disease that killed millions of people in just a few years?
Setting aside how they envision what it would be like to confront the plague, these undergrads often figure that during the medieval period they would already be considered middle-aged or elderly at th

Nearly 700 NFL players have been born outside the US: See the data

The NFL is set to host the on-field portion of its 2026 International Player Pathway Pro Day on March 30 in Ashburn, Virginia. Last year, the IPP shared its pro day with the University of South Florida. This year, the event is being held in combination with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Showcase.
The NFL has a long history of internationally-born players — since the league’s inception in 1920, 699 players from 84 countries outside of the United States have played in the NFL.
The United States’ northern n

IU swimmer Paegle ready to take it all in in last trip to NCAAs

At some point, every college swimmer touches the wall for the last time.
That's where Bloomington South grad Kristina Paegle finds herself after four years at Indiana that seemed to last about as long as one of her 50-yard freestyle races. All the same, she's made the most of it, heading to her last NCAA Nationals this week in Atlanta set to become the Hoosiers' most decorated women's swimmer.
"It definitely flew by really, really fast," Paegle said. "It's so sad. I wish I could stay in college forever. It's really,

NH college hockey: UNHs Chauvette blanks UMass; Stavroff stays hot for Dartmouth

Goffstown's Kyle Chauvette made 29 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, leading UNH past No. 19 UMass 1-0 on Saturday night at the Whittemore Center in Durham.
Chauvette, a senior transfer from Union, made 10 saves in each of the first two periods and nine in the third as the Wildcats flipped the script on Friday night's contest between the teams in Amherst, Mass., where the Minutemen prevailed 4-0.
Ryan MacPherson's first goal of the season, a quick shot from the left wing circle after taking a b

NFL Delivers Shocking Sign of Disrespect to Eagles QB Jalen Hurts

Over and over, the football world shows Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts it doesn’t think much of him.
After over a decade as a high-profile college and NFL starting quarterback, Hurts has continually defied the odds and proven doubters wrong. It’s kind of become what he’s most known for.
After a lackluster 2025, the 2026 season will give Hurts a chance to do what he’s done best.
NFL.com’s Nick Shook put out his postseason NFL starting quarterback rankings with a high dose of disrespect on Hurts and his game, pu

Iowa State win over Kansas a reminder of Cyclones' Final Four potential

AMES, Iowa – In the attention economy, “What have you done lately?” has been largely replaced by, “What have you done right this second?” There’s no patience nor hardly any memory, but there certainly is an urgency bordering on frantic.
That makes for a tough environment to appreciate what Iowa State basketball has done. The Cyclones (22-3, 9-3 Big 12) are ranked fourth nationally, so it’s not as though they’re being overlooked or undervalued, but they’ve mostly only been in the national college basketball consciousnes

2 Georgia football transfers invited to the NFL combine

The Georgia Bulldogs have 10 players invited to the 2026 NFL combine. Two Georgia transfers are also invited to the predraft event.
Former Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, who led the Miami Hurricanes to the national championship, is invited to the combine, as expected. Beck is a mid-round quarterback prospect with six years of college experience that could help ease his transition to the NFL game.
Beck's 2025 season featured a magical College Football Playoff run that included a game-winning rushing touchdown against the Ole Miss Re

NFL Combine 2026: Full list of prospects invited to Indianapolis

The NFL has released the full list of players invited to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine. A total of 319 draft prospects were invited to participate in the league's annual scouting showcase in Indianapolis, which takes place from Feb. 23 through March 2.
The list of NFL Combine invitees includes representatives from 77 college football programs, including seven schools with at least 10 players on the list.
Texas A&M leads the way with 13 invitees, followed by Alabama with 12, LSU and Ohio State with 11 each, and Georgia, Miami

Gruesome injury celebrating HR

Seton Hall outfielder Justin Ford was forced to leave the game after he hit a home run in the fifth inning of his team’s loss to Boston College on Friday night.
Ford suffered a gruesome lower left ankle injury after he rounded first base and was celebrating his home run. As he faced his dugout, his left ankle rolled outward with his foot on the ground and he fell to the dirt.
(Warning: the video below shows Ford’s injury.)
Ford’s injury was so serious that a stretcher was brought out on the field. A pinch runner was allowed to replace him and score Ford's r

Back from the dead, a black hole is erupting after a 100-million-year hiatus

Inside an incredibly bright cluster of galaxies, a long-dormant supermassive black hole has come back to life. Radio images captured a one-million-light-year-long stream of star-forming particles and gas emanating from the black hole at the center of the galaxy J1007+3540—which apparently is erupting for the first time in about 100 million years.
“Although some ‘restarted’ radio galaxies are known in the literature, J1007+3540 stands out,” says lead study author Shobha ***** ari of Midnapore City College in India.

Earlier this week, Robert Griffin III, a former NFL quarterback from 2012 to 2020 (Redskins, Browns and Ravens), posted on X about why BYU had earned its place in the College Football Playoff. Punctuating his remarks, he said at the end: “Stop the persecution of the Christians, man ... come on!”
His commentary became a social media magnet for naysayers ready to recap their theological reasons for objecting to the label. But Robert Griffin III (often called RG3 for short), has heard this pushback before.
One year ago, on the day of the BYU Baylor football game in Waco, Texas, on Sep 28, 2024,

AT&T's CEO urges young people to view their careers in four- to five-year chapters.
John Stankey highlighted rapid technology changes and the need for ongoing self-education.
Tech leaders agree that self-driven learning and AI skills are key in today's job market.
Young people should redesign their careers every few years, says AT&T's CEO.
On an episode of the "In Good Company" podcast released on Wednesday, John Stankey said that the idea that you get a relevant college education is "quickly fading," so young people should own their learning.

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Auburn football hires USF's Alex Golesh as next head coach
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This story has been updated to include quotes and new information.
AUBURN — Alex Golesh has been hired as Auburn football's next head coach, the program announced Sunday, Nov. 30, coming from South Florida to succeed Hugh Freeze on the Plains.
Golesh, 41, signed a six-year deal to come to become the 33rd head coach in Auburn history, according to multiple reports. Contract figures have yet to be released.
“Auburn Football is one of the proudest, most tradition-rich programs in all of college football an

No. 7 Ole Miss effectively clinches spot in College Football Playoff as Lane Kiffin's decision looms
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Ole Miss is all but officially in the College Football Playoff. The Rebels could even host a first-round game. Will Lane Kiffin be coaching the team in the postseason?
That question continues to linger for however many more hours or days as the No. 7 Rebels beat rival Mississippi State 38-19 on Friday to finish the regular season at 11-1. Given Ole Miss’ current spot in the College Football Playoff rankings, the Rebels are on track to host a game on either Dec. 19 or 20. But t

A University of Texas professor says AI didn't break college — it revealed how broken teaching was.
Steven Mintz said that mass lectures and formulaic essays dehumanized education long before AI.
He said that schools must automate rote learning so humans can focus on thinking and mentorship.
When Steven Mintz, a history professor at the University of Texas at Austin, opened 400 essays from his students, he noticed something uncanny. The sentences were the same. The structure was the same. Even the conclusions matched.
In a LinkedIn post, Mintz said this wasn't a cheating crisis but a pedag

ACC tiebreaker scenarios: How Virginia, Duke reached **** le game
Greenville News

Editor's Note: This story has been updated with new information to reflect Virginia and Duke clinching a spot in the ACC championship game.
For much of the college football season, the ACC standings have been clustered with numerous teams tied for first place in the standings.
It was only fitting, then, that the ACC championship game matchup wasn't set until after Week 14.
Six teams entered Week 14 in contention for a spot in the conference championship game in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium going in

Boosting One Protein Reawakens Aging Brain Cells in Mice, Study Shows

A discovery by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in the US could lead to treatments that clear the troublesome aggregations of protein thought to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease.
Using mice bred to have a condition similar to the neurodegenerative disorder, the team found that elevated levels of a protein called Sox9 triggered specialized brain cells to go into clean-up overdrive, 'vacuuming' up plaques with increased efficiency.
In behavioral and memory tests, the treated mice also performed better

Game Preview: No. 12 Gonzaga Meets No. 7 Michigan for the Players Era ******* le
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Tonight’s Players Era Championship game in Las Vegas delivers the best matchup of the young college basketball season season so far: No. 12 Gonzaga vs. No. 7 Michigan, with a $1 million NIL prize on the line for the winner’s war chest. Gonzaga arrives to the matchup following a 39-point drubbing of the Maryland Terrapins on Tuesday, a performance that showcased their ******* ing, tempo, and surging defensive confidence. Michigan reaches the ******* le game looking every bit like a top-10 machine unde

College basketball player dies after being injured during game
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A basketball player at a junior college in Oklahoma who was injured during a game has died, school officials said.
Connors State College sophomore Ethan Dietz died Tuesday after he was injured during the second half of a game Saturday in Texas, the school said in a statement posted to its Facebook page. A spokesperson for the college, Shannon Rigsby, said initial reports indicate Dietz suffered some kind of head injury, but that she didn't have any more information.
"Ethan exemplified what it means to be a Cowboy, to

College Football Playoff: 4 key questions on Texas, Oregon, Utah, Miami, and more
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Tonight brings the latest set of College Football Playoff rankings from the Selection Committee. And while the Week 13 schedule did not have a ton of key games on the slate, there are some burning questions the Committee will need to answer with the fourth installment of the rankings.
What are those questions? Let’s dive into them, and try to offer some guidance for the Committee.
Not that they’re reading, of course.
Last week the Committee had Oregon ranked at No. 7, just one spot behind Ole Mis

Marc Buoniconti said his father, the late NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, explained the secret to the success of their nonprofit and its fundraising efforts simply: “We’re just not good listeners.”
In the 40 years since Marc Buoniconti, then a college football linebacker at the Citadel, was paralyzed during a routine tackle, they have been told countless times that it was a problem that couldn’t be fixed. The Buonicontis didn’t listen.
Instead, through the fund that bears their name, they have helped raise more than $550 million for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and improved the li

Ex-Kentucky lineman Daniel Mincey charged in UAB football facility stabbing

At least two UAB football players suffered stab wounds on Saturday, Nov. 22, in an incident that occurred at UAB's Football Operations Center, according to multiple reports.
“UAB Police and Public Safety is investigating an ***** ault that took place this morning at the Football Operations Center," a UAB statement read via AL.com. "Injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. The suspect is in custody, and there is no threat to campus."
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DeSantis's makeover of 'left-wing' Florida college has high-cost consequences

Nearly three years ago, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis championed his culture war policies during the run-up to a bid for the White House, he vowed to overhaul a small, quirky liberal arts college in Sarasota that was part of the state education system.
New College of Florida was “more into DEI, CRT, the gender ideology,” the Republican governor said, using abbreviations for diversity, equity and inclusion and for critical race theory. He added: “We’re going to be able to offer some reforms.”
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The former Marine sniper accused of a mass shooting and the warning signs that came before

Marc Simmons hadn’t heard from his estranged friend in nearly seven years. Then, Nigel Max Edge showed up at his work and falsely accused Simmons of stealing his identity.
They met taking community college classes and bonded over their time with the Marines in Iraq. Simmons’ kids once called Edge “Uncle Sean” — back when his name was still Sean William DeBevoise.
Simmons was now terrified his old friend would retaliate against him, he told a judge.
“The defendant, Nigel Edge, is mentally unstable,”

Foreign enrollment at US colleges holds steady, for now, despite Trump's visa crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign students enrolled at U.S. colleges in strong numbers this fall despite fears that a Trump administration crackdown would trigger a nosedive, yet there are signs of turbulence as fewer new, first-time students arrived from other countries, according to a new report.
Overall, U.S. campuses saw a 1% decrease in international enrollment this fall compared with last year, according to a survey from the Institute of International Education. But that figure is propped up by large numb

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John Beam, a decorated football coach who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U,” died after he was shot at a college in Oakland, California, police said.

Officials said authorities arrested a suspect in the shooting.

I feel like I would at least take the ******* college sports hoodie off so you don't look like the most American guy ever.