COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina's athletic department reported nine NCAA secondary violations in the past six months, including one when a staffer bet dinner on a game not involving the Gamecocks. (MORE)

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Georgia defensive end Michael Lemon was suspended from the team Thursday after he was charged with punching a student and breaking his eye socket. (MORE)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee signed football coach Phillip Fulmer and basketball coach Bruce Pearl to new deals Wednesday that will keep them with the Volunteers through 2014. (MORE)

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Brandon Dillard, a redshirt junior wide receiver expected to contend for significant playing time for Virginia Tech this season, will instead miss the season after rupturing his right Achilles' tendon in player-organized offseason workouts. (MORE)

WYOMING, Mich. (AP) Michigan running back Kevin Grady was arrested early Wednesday morning and will be arraigned next week on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. (MORE)

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) John Pont, who guided Indiana to its only Rose Bowl appearance 40 years ago and also coached at Northwestern, Yale and Miami of Ohio, died Tuesday. He was 80. (MORE)

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech cornerback Jerrard Tarrant has been charged with rape and has been suspended from the football team. (MORE)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota coach Tim Brewster said running back recruit Kevin Whaley is "fortunate that he's alive" after being shot in the leg outside a Virginia night club earlier this month. (Full Story)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has been suspended from the team after being ticketed for underage drinking in his third run-in with police in about a year. (Full Story)

HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii cornerback Keenan Jones has been suspended from the team and was scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday on two felony charges. (Full Story)