Academic misconduct will be among the charges, ESPN reported Thursday, a day after CBS Sports reported that Tyndall will formally receive a notice of allegations within the week. Tyndall was fired in March by Tennessee after one season in Knoxville. The allegations of improper benefits and misconduct took place during Tyndall’s tenure at Southern Miss. ESPN said a hearing would likely take place in 2016. The report specified the infractions as misconduct related to “course work performed for — or completed for — various recruits, impermissible financial aid for non-qualifying signees and lack of control that falls under unethical conduct bylaw that involves a head coach....

He didn't mean just for exhibitions involving teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference, but at least in that sense his predictions has been proven correct. MORE: Grade report proves critics wrong | ACC Tournament changes | Charge rule ACC commissioner John Swofford told reporters at the league's annual meetings that a 30-second clock would be in use this season for conference exhibitions. To be clear, we're talking about the one or two games the ACC's members will play against Division II, Division III and NAIA opponents....

For the sake of the conference, that’s not such a bad thing. While the debate as to whether Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski should apologize to Oregon’s Dillon Brooks, four other ACC teams will fight for two Final Four spots on Sunday. MORE: 16 most hated college basketball players ever | Coach K got caught in a lie, should apologize The North Carolina-Notre Dame and Virginia-Syracuse matchups validate the decision to add Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse in 2013 and Louisville (also not one of those teams) in 2014....

North Carolina and Wake Forest are founding members of the ACC. Both joined in 1953 when the conference was established. The two schools have remained members of the ACC since. MORE: SN early Top 10 | Biggest shoes to fill in 2015 | 20 key returning players So how is it that on Monday, the two schools announced they’ve scheduled a home-and-home, non-conference series in football? “This is a unique opportunity to play a regional rival in years that fall outside the normal conference rotation,” North Carolina AD Bubba Cunningham said....

The past two days, Duke's coach spent large chunks of his postgame press conferences talking up the quality of ACC teams this season as it relates to the NCAA Tournament. After his Blue Devils beat North Carolina State — a team that won 21 games overall and went 9-9 in conference play — by eight points, Krzyzewski stumped for the Wolfpack. MORE: NC State’s bubble bursts | Duke 76, NC State 67 | Print your bracket now...

This is a necessary and inevitable step, but before we take the next one it’s important to take into account how we got here—and how far we are willing to go. The West has hesitated at every step along the way to war, and for good reason. When Crimea was lost to Russia in 2014, the U.S. reaction was sanctions against Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. There was also some quiet military training and shipments of “defensive” weapons, including the now-lauded Javelin anti-tank missile system....

Odds are available in Las Vegas as of 2 p.m. ET on Thursday. Check The Linemakers on Sporting News’ odds page for current Las Vegas baseball lines. Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants: OVER 7.5 +110 Ryan Vogelsong vs Mike Bolsinger Neither of these pitchers impressed in AccuScore simulations and both teams have quality batters who can drive in runs. The Dodgers are expected to score aplenty, led by Adrian Gonzalez....

Point spreads and totals are available in Las Vegas as of 1 p.m. ET. Check The Linemakers on Sporting News’ odds page for current Las Vegas lines. AccuScore Best Bet No. 1: There’s nearly a 60 percent chance the total combined score in Clippers-Spurs Game 4 goes OVER 199.5, a four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. The average score after AccuScore ran 10,000-plus simulations is 103-102, in favor of San Antonio....

“This is beyond unacceptable,” the woman’s attorney, John Clune, told ESPN’s Outside the Lines ahead of his client’s not appearing at the hearing in Gainesville. MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes The ESPN’s report cited a letter dated Aug. 5 in which Clune informed University of Florida deputy general counsel Amy Hass that his client, her parents and five witnesses would not attend Callaway’s student conduct code hearing Friday in Gainesville, Fla....

Carrigan accused McBroom of taking advantage of one of his close friends. The woman was allegedly forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement, meaning she could not speak about any interactions with the Ace family. In addition to text messages from the friend, Carrigan showed images the woman took from the scene of her alleged rape, including bloody sheets. The woman also said McBroom’s security guard and father were in the room at the time of the alleged rape, along with at least one of McBroom’s friends....

What’s an ACL? The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the four ligaments that attach the upper leg to the lower leg, and prevent the knee from moving in directions knees shouldn’t move in. Bradford got lucky with the first tear, as it was only the ACL he damaged — the more tendons you mess up, the more complex the repair. On the left, an ACL. On the right, the remains of an ACL....

“We’re trying to surge some additional resources to deal with this glut of cases that came out of the accelerated docket,” Acting ICE Director Matthew Albence said. “But after this operation is over, these cases are still going to be viable cases that we’ll be out there investigating and pursuing.” The upcoming raids will target immigrants subject to final orders of deportation across nine U.S. cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Houston....

Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial was released on 30 September on Tubi, with the warring exes played by actors Mark Hapka and Megan Davis. Hapka, who took on the role of the embattled actor is relatively unknown in Hollywood, but is best known for playing the role of Nathan Horton in the soap opera Days of Our Lives. He has also starred as Zach in CBS’ Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side....

“We call on President [Donald] Trump to commit the federal military to provide direct support. Our centralized, federal government can save lives now if it acts,” Penn and Ann Lee, CEO of the humanitarian aid organization Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), co-wrote in The Guardian, published on Saturday. “The military must be tasked with a full offensive against this virus.” Penn drew from events he witnessed after the earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010....

AnnaLynne McCord, an activist and actress known for her role in Nip/Tuck shared the video on her Twitter account Thursday morning and it has since been viewed more than six million times. Although the clip shared on Twitter cut off after two minutes and 20 seconds, the full video was just more than three and a half minutes long. “Dear President Vladimir Putin,” said, as she opened the video. “I’m so sorry that I was not your mother....

What Is Acupuncture? According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture has been practiced for thousands of years in China and other Asian countries. Acupuncture is currently under study for a treating wide range of conditions. While not common, acupuncture can cause potentially serious side effects and should be delivered only by properly qualified practitioners. Acupuncture involves the stimulation of certain points on the body, often with needles or electrodes, to gain a therapeutic effect....

A Nevada Supreme Court upheld a jury decision against Jones for his role in a 2007 melee at Minxx, a strip club in Vegas, according to the Review Journal. PHOTOS: NFL stadiums that should be blown up The incident, which occurred during NBA All-Star weekend in February 2007, started when dancers began fighting over the tips that Jones tossed into the air and onto the stage. During the brawl, two security officers and another person were shot....

So why no protest? Orioles center fielder Adam Jones has some thoughts. “We already have two strikes against us already,” Jones told USA TODAY Sports , “so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us. “Baseball is a white man’s sport.” MORE: The most controversial players in MLB history...