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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager said Monday night that he has not been contacted by Virginia Commonwealth University or the Atlantic 10 with any news that the Rams are switching conferences.

CBSSports.com reported Monday citing "industry sources" that VCU is joining the Atlantic 10 in 2013.

VCU has acknowledged considering a change in conference affiliation, but Yeager told The Associated Press from New York City he would think it incumbent on VCU or the Atlantic 10 to call to tell him that a change was coming.

"I presume that would be the protocol," he said.

Pamela D. Lepley, VCU's executive director of university relations, said in a text message to the AP on Monday there was "nothing new to say."

School President Michael Rao and his top advisor did not return phone messages.

Yeager said if the Rams do leave, but remain in the CAA for one more year, league bylaws state they would not be eligible for the conference tournament and would forfeit as much as $5 million in shares due them over the next six years for victories in the NCAA tournament. They also would be leaving a conference that plays its tournament about a mile from VCU's home arena.

George Mason and Old Dominion also have acknowledged considering changing leagues. But George Mason announced Friday that its decided to stay in the CAA. Old Dominion, which is considering moving to Conference USA, has made no announcement of its decision and officials have said they would have no additional comment until a decision has been made.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager said Monday night that he has not been contacted by Virginia Commonwealth University or the Atlantic 10 with any news that the Rams are switching conferences.

CBSSports.com reported Monday citing "industry sources" that VCU is joining the Atlantic 10 in 2013.

VCU has acknowledged considering a change in conference affiliation, but Yeager told The Associated Press from New York City he would think it incumbent on VCU or the Atlantic 10 to call to tell him that a change was coming.

"I presume that would be the protocol," he said.

Pamela D. Lepley, VCU's executive director of university relations, said in a text message to the AP on Monday there was "nothing new to say."

School President Michael Rao and his top advisor did not return phone messages.

Yeager said if the Rams do leave, but remain in the CAA for one more year, league bylaws state they would not be eligible for the conference tournament and would forfeit as much as $5 million in shares due them over the next six years for victories in the NCAA tournament. They also would be leaving a conference that plays its tournament about a mile from VCU's home arena.

George Mason and Old Dominion also have acknowledged considering changing leagues. But George Mason announced Friday that its decided to stay in the CAA. Old Dominion, which is considering moving to Conference USA, has made no announcement of its decision and officials have said they would have no additional comment until a decision has been made.

Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Colonial Athletic Association Commissioner Tom Yeager said Monday night that he has not been contacted by Virginia Commonwealth University or the Atlantic 10 with any news that the Rams are switching conferences.

CBSSports.com reported Monday citing ''industry sources'' that VCU is joining the Atlantic 10 in 2013.

VCU has acknowledged considering a change in conference affiliation, but Yeager told The Associated Press from New York City he would think it incumbent on VCU or the Atlantic 10 to call to tell him that a change was coming.

''I presume that would be the protocol,'' he said.

Pamela D. Lepley, VCU's executive director of university relations, said in a text message to the AP on Monday there was ''nothing new to say.''

School President Michael Rao and his top advisor did not return phone messages.

Yeager said if the Rams do leave, but remain in the CAA for one more year, league bylaws state they would not be eligible for the conference tournament and would forfeit as much as $5 million in shares due them over the next six years for victories in the NCAA tournament. They also would be leaving a conference that plays its tournament about a mile from VCU's home arena.

George Mason and Old Dominion also have acknowledged considering changing leagues. But George Mason announced Friday that its decided to stay in the CAA. Old Dominion, which is considering moving to Conference USA, has made no announcement of its decision and officials have said they would have no additional comment until a decision has been made.

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A woeful offseason for Arkansas off the field continues Saturday, with word that a couple more Razorbacks have found themselves on the wrong side of the law.

According to ArkansasNews.com, three UA football players were arrested this afternoon and charged with residential burglary. The three facing charges are wide receivers Marquel Wade and Maudrecus Humphrey and redshirt freshman tight end Andrew Peterson.

The trio was booked intothe Washington County Detention Center on the single charge each earlier today.

There are no details available as to what led to the arrests, nor has the school commented on the development.

Wade, Humphrey and Peterson are the fourth, fifth and sixth UA football players arrested since the middle of March on charges ranging from felony theft of property (offensive linemanJason Peacock) to possession of a controlled substance/paraphernalia (wide receiverMichael Whitehurst) to aggravated burglary and theft of property (linebackerTyler Gilbert). Additionally, Bobby Petrino was ousted as head coach for, well, ya know, while another wide receiver, Quinta Funderburk, and another linebacker, Brock Haman,decided to transferout of the program.

Also, starting linebacker linebackerAlonzo Highsmithmissed all of spring practice with a left pec injury, and his status for the start of the 2012 season remains up in the air.

Other than that, its been a relatively quiet offseason in Fayetteville.

As far as the latest players arrested are concerned, Wade, a sophomore, had eight receptions for 62 yards last year, while Humphrey, a junior, had one catch for nine yards. Both players were listed as No. 2 wide receivers on UAs pre-spring depth chart.

Peterson redshirted as a true freshman last season.

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Many words in the dictionary could describe the Galesburg High School baseball teams game against Peoria Richwoods in the Cardinal Classic on Friday afternoon.

Silver Streaks coach Arnie Gonzalez used one word in his post-game press conference. Ugly is the only way to describe todays 8 to 5 loss to Richwoods (7-17), he said. Yes, Im upset, but not because we lost, but its how we lost.

We had a complete letdown in all phases of the game. We came in after handling them twice in the past week and half thinking they would just roll over, he added. I told the players it doesnt work like that way. Everyone will be out for us not only as the number one seed but also because we are the Silver Streaks.

Chans Sugden got the start for the Streaks and ran into immediate problems in the bottom of the first inning. After a lead-off hit, Sugden retired the next two batters and had a 1-2 count on the Knights Zach Boland when he hung a curve and Richwoods starting pitcher doubled to left plating the first run. It looked like Sugden would out of the inning allowing just the one run, but a throwing error on a routine ground ball with two outs by third baseman Drew Diaz kept the inning alive and resulted in three unearned runs.

The Knights scored three more times on five hits in batting around in the third against Sugden to make it 7-0. Gonzalez took him out with two outs and the bases loaded in the inning. Ian Milligan came out of the bullpen to retire the first man he faced on one pitch.

I may have gone with Chans a little too long, Gonzalez said. The problem was were a little short on arms right now and have two more games.

Luke Ryan didnt make the trip because of illness, while Drake Sykes and Colton Crain are still nursing injuries.

Millie did a heck of a job keeping them in check, Gonzalez said. He gave us a chance, but unfortunately we had dug ourselves into too big of a hole.

Milligan held the Knights hitless in his 3 1/3 innings of work. The run the Knights scored off the hard-throwing right-hander resulted from a walk, two stolen bases and a balk.

Galesburg (23-8) finally broke through against Boland, who ended up going the distance while throwing close to 140 pitches.

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