Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush is expected to be stripped of the award by the end of the month.
The former Southern California running back would become the first player in the 75-year history of the award to have the Heisman Trophy taken away. The report also said the award would be left vacant for '05.
The NCAA found major violations in USC's football program and levied serious sanctions against the school in June.
"I can tell you the Heisman Trophy trust has made no decision regarding the Reggie Bush situation," Robert Whalen, executive director of the Heisman Trophy Trust, told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The website cited two anonymous sources close to the Heisman Trophy Trust, who say the group's investigation is almost complete and would agree with the NCAA's finding that Bush was ineligible during the '05 season.
Bush now plays for the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, who said Tuesday that they would have no comment on the report.
Bush's Los Angeles-based attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP.
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Pirates look ahead: Ruffin McNeill's first game at East Carolina wound up being one of the most memorable victories in school history, won on a last-second heave into the end zone.
He says the first step toward a successful encore comes with humility.
"I'm pretty good at bringing them down, bringing them back to Earth," McNeill said Tuesday. "I have no problem bringing up points (to improve on). You watch film and you'll find some things."
There's no time to dwell on the Tulsa game, which East Carolina won 51-49 on Dominique Davis' 33-yard touchdown pass to Justin Jones as time expired. The Pirates (1-0, 1-0 Conference USA) play host to another league opponent when Memphis visits this weekend.
ACC honors: North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates was named the league's offensive back of the week on Tuesday.
Yates threw for a career-high 412 yards in an opening-weekend loss to LSU.
Duke adds seats for Tide game: Duke will add eight sections of temporary bleachers totaling 3,904 seats for the Blue Devils' Sept. 18 game with Alabama.
For ticket inquiries, visit www.GoDuke.com/tickets.
From college news release
Late Monday
No. 3 Boise State 33, No. 10 Virginia Tech 30: Kellen Moore and Boise State look as if they are going to be in this national championship chase for a while.
Moore hit Austin Pettis with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left and Boise State passed what might be its toughest test of the season, beating Virginia Tech at Landover, Md.
The Broncos (1-0) came to FedEx Field with their best preseason ranking ever and ran out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter, then had to rally to extend their winning streak to 15 games.
Tyrod Taylor passed for 186 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 73 yards for the Hokies (0-1), who for the fourth straight season took a deflating early season loss.
"Game 1, and that's what it is," Boise State coach Chris Petersen said. "We're just pleased to get out of here with a 'W.' "
The Associated Press
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Hours after the Smith Center emptied and the cameras left, long after he and his North Carolina teammates went their separate ways, Tar Heels point guard Kendall Marshall lay awake in the early hours of Thursday morning with certain parts of Duke's 85-84 victory against UNC playing on a loop in his mind. 
Forget about Duke's comeback win over North Carolina. The evidence from this season suggests that the Blue Devils' biggest test of the week will come today when Maryland comes to Cameron Indoor Stadium. 
East Chapel Hill sophomore Ben Griffin was about 13 years old when he challenged a group of then-current and former University of North Carolina golfers. 
Robert Orr, a Raleigh attorney who represented UNC football players Quinton Coples and Devon Ramsay during the school's recent NCAA-related problems, said Friday that the firing of Butch Davis and hiring of Larry Fedora as head football coach would not fundamentally change the chances of similar issues cropping up at the school. 
If Wake Forest wants to extricate itself from the ACC's cellar, wins in its next two games would be a good place to start. 
Rameses, North Carolina's 18th ram mascot, died Thursday night of natural causes. He was 8 years old. 
Remember when ACC teams began conference play about a month ago, and how it seemed like the road to the regular-season championship would be limited to a two-team race between North Carolina and Duke? 
While there will be bonus time to draw up a game plan for Thursday's trip to Duke, the break also comes at a good time for C.J. Williams. Keep up with the latest sports stories with our free e-mail newsletters, delivered to your inbox!
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