Paula Lavigne, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 12:42 PM ET Close Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Georgia football players and their cars were involved
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJun 14, 2023, 01:08 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Alabama and Georgia will meet during the 2024 regular season in Tuscaloosa, which will be only their fifth regular-season matchup in the past 20 years, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. With
Jun 14, 2023, 12:52 PM ET Arkansas defensive tackle recruit Dion Stutts died Tuesday in an apparent ATV crash, according to police. He was 18. Panola County Sheriff Shane Phelps told multiple outlets that Stutts crashed on his family’s property in Batesville, Mississippi. “We are heartbroken over the passing of Dion Stutts,” the Arkansas football
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 11:44 AM ET Four-star running back Gideon Davidson became the first member of Clemson‘s 2025 recruiting class Wednesday. Davidson, No. 51 in the 2025 ESPN 300, is the cycle’s fifth-ranked running back and would be the first ESPN 300 running back to sign with the program since Will
Matt Miller, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET There is generally very little time off for NFL scouts and evaluators. The summer months following an NFL draft are typically spent already studying the next class — and the 2024 group looks promising. We’ve all heard about USC quarterback Caleb Williams, Ohio State wide receiver Marvin
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJun 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — THE stifling heat is just beginning to show its teeth on a sun-splashed June morning when Nick Saban sees something he doesn’t like on the Alabama practice fields.
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJun 13, 2023, 12:35 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. The University of South Florida Board of Trustees approved a $340 million budget Tuesday to build a 35,000-seat on-campus football stadium. The board authorized $200 million in debt spending to fund the
Tom Luginbill, ESPN AnalystJun 13, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall The future of college football is in good hands (or arms) with the collection of quarterback talent in the 2024 class. While the 2023 recruiting cycle featured
Jun 12, 2023, 07:00 PM ET WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Colorado football program hasn’t won a league title since 2001, sputtered to a 1-11 mark last season and has hibernated on the south side of mediocrity for the better part of two decades. Despite that, Colorado has somehow managed to become the most compelling program
Stephania Bell, ESPN Senior WriterJun 12, 2023, 03:23 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Certified orthopedic clinical specialist and strength and conditioning specialist Clinician, author and teacher A group of prominent medical organizations says it’s growing concerned about what they consider to be a threat to medical care for top-level athletes: increasing liability risks
The spring has been spent breaking down which offenses (quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers) will define the upcoming college football season, so it’s now time to look at what ultimately wins championships: the defenses. The Georgia Bulldogs broke their 41-year title drought, then followed it up by becoming the first back-to-back champion in a
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJun 10, 2023, 06:29 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Michigan running back Donovan Edwards revealed on Saturday that he played the majority of last season with a partially torn patella. Edwards injured his hand in a 34-3 win over Nebraska Nov. 12,
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 9, 2023, 07:42 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tyler Shough will enter his third consecutive season as Texas Tech’s starting quarterback, a role he has thrived in when healthy. The team on Friday announced Shough, who is 8-0 in games he
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 9, 2023, 08:46 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Give the Pac-12 credit: Be it hiring coaches willing to test all logical boundaries when it comes to the transfer portal … or taking a very, very long time to figure out a new media rights
Jun 8, 2023, 04:01 PM ET The Big Ten has unveiled its football schedule model for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, when the league expands to 16 members with the arrivals of UCLA and USC. All hail Flex Protect Plus! The league’s new model features no divisions and 11 protected annual games that are not
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 8, 2023, 03:58 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The Big Ten in 2024 will introduce a football schedule model that includes 11 protected matchups across the conference, eliminates divisions and targets a robust overall rotation as the league expands to 16
Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 8, 2023, 10:00 AM ET TROY, Ala. — Take a spin through this town of 18,000 that hosts Sun Belt football champion Troy University, and there’s the familiar trappings of quaint Americana. A looming water tower that brags “Home of the Trojans” doubles as the skyline. Across the street from Troy University’s
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 8, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. If you’ve talked to a coach or a fan or a writer or an analyst or anyone else about use of the transfer portal in college football, you’ve probably either said it or heard it: “It’s