ACC football players meet with the media in Pinehurst

PINEHURST, NC (AP) – The Atlantic Coast Conference has apologized for a sentence with two expletives that appeared on a page in its football media guide.

Spokeswoman Amy Yakola says the league “appropriately updated” online versions to remove the all-caps sentence. The league pulled printed copies not already distributed at the ACC Kickoff media days.

It is unclear how the mistake occurred.

In March, the ACC men’s basketball tournament program listed North Carolina State as “UNC State” – partly an abbreviation for rival North Carolina – throughout a stats page. The league said it was an editing mistake by its program provider using a computer’s find-replace function.

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PINEHURST, NC (AP) – The Atlantic Coast Conference has entered a period of strength and stability. Nobody’s coming in anytime soon, and nobody’s leaving.

The league has won three straight Orange Bowls. It placed its champion into the inaugural College Football Playoff. It continues to consider starting a revenue-generating cable network to rival the SEC’s and Big Ten’s.

Commissioner John Swofford said Monday that the league is still discussing the possibility of an ACC-specific channel with ESPN and within the league. He says “we’re being very deliberate and thorough” in its decision-making process.

Swofford also says “we have a lot of consistency right now” and adds the ACC’s recent run of success has given the league a firm foundation to further build.

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