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LUBBOCK, Texas — Former Texas Tech Red Raider Kevin McCullar, who transferred to Kansas after spending four years in Lubbock, enjoyed a triumphant return to United Supermarkets Arena on Tuesday night.

ATLANTA — To have a chance against No. 13 Virginia on Saturday, Georgia Tech needed to play at its peak. Yellow Jackets coach Josh Pastner had aimed to have his team primed for its first post-Christmas game, grinding players through a week of intense practice sessions to address weaknesses and…

There weren’t many massive shifts in college football leadership this year, but the changes that were made slot into a few distinguishable tiers.

DALLAS — My first one-on-one with Mike Leach was over the phone, his preferred method of communication outside the bigger pulpit of press conferences. He liked the freedom, and, to his credit, he always called back. Almost to a fault. Like the time the Houston Chronicle’s Joseph Duarte waited all…

In college football, where cliche coach speak floods ear drums, Mike Leach made us listen.

Leach broke the mold both on the field and off, and his death leaves a sport without one of its unique figures.

From Gruber v. Bruce, decided last week by Judge Waverly Crenshaw (M.D. Tenn.): An internecine difference of opinion among academics at Tennessee Tech University ("TTU" or "Tech") led to this action … asserting First Amendment retaliation … claims. The case arose after two faculty members were disciplined by the Provost…

Whether Georgia Tech can reach the lofty heights that its new coach envisions will be answered only in the seasons to come.

When Brent Key began his first full day as Georgia Tech’s full-time head coach, he had some disadvantages that most of his predecessors did not have. He has never been a full-time head coach, first of all.

This feels like the right hire. It mightn’t feel that way five years from now, but we’re not living in 2027. We’re living at a time when Georgia Tech is trying to correct the biggest wrong in Institute annals. Brent Key feels like the right place to start.

Brent Key is in line to be Georgia Tech’s next head coach, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. ESPN reported earlier in the day that Key had been targeted.