1:41 PM ET Let’s face it: At this point, amid the COVID-19 crisis, the first game is every team’s most important game of the season. Because that means we’re playing football. But for this exercise, let’s break it down and picture a season that goes on as it was regularly scheduled. If we can be
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10:16 PM ET Arizona paused its plan to bring athletes back to campus Monday, citing a surge in COVID-19 cases in Pima County and its impact on the local healthcare system. The school started bringing back athletes June 15 for voluntary workouts in groups of approximately 20, with new groups arriving each week. Arizona said
10:00 AM ET Kiese Laymon Close Author of “Long Division” and “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America” Associate professor of English and Africana Studies at Vassar College Editor’s note: This story about Ole Miss football was originally published on Oct. 14, 2015. Mississippi lawmakers voted on Sunday to retire the Confederate battle
7:05 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. For as much progress as college football has made toward a resumption of activities over the
7:31 PM ET Mississippi lawmakers voted Sunday to retire the Confederate battle emblem from its state flag, following widespread increased pressure that came in part from the world of sports. Mississippi’s House and Senate voted in succession Sunday afternoon to retire the flag, with broad bipartisan support. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has said he will
8:18 PM ET ESPN News Services MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the school’s president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since Floyd, a Black man,
2:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Under Armour is attempting to break its 15-year, $280 million contract with UCLA, according to the school. “UCLA Athletics learned this week that Under Armour is attempting to terminate its 15-year apparel and footwear contract with us and the Bruin community,” the school said in a statement Saturday. “We
3:35 PM ET Associated Press PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — Phil Krueger, who helped build a dominant defense as an assistant for 1967 national champion Southern California and later became part of the first coaching staff in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history, has died. He was 90. Krueger died Monday at his home, his family said. Skilled
8:43 PM ET LSU sophomore linebacker Marcel Brooks has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. Brooks appeared in 11 games as a reserve last season for the national champion Tigers, recording eight tackles and 1.5 sacks. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Brooks played mostly safety in 2019 but also showed promise in pass-rushing situations. LSU converted him to
8:32 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Washington is reducing its overall athletic department operating budget by 15% for the 2020-21 fiscal year and all the school’s head coaches have agreed to minimum 5% pay reductions. Athletic director Jennifer Cohen announced the moves Friday and said they will save the school around $13 million. She
8:00 AM ET With UConn leaving the AAC, college football’s roster of independents grew to seven for the 2020 season. The Huskies are dealing with some pretty serious, long-term, existential questions at the moment, which is honestly something you could say about every team on this list, from a listless UMass to a Notre Dame
8:00 AM ET It’s been a running joke on the college football internet that at some point the ACC Coastal is going to fulfill its perfect mediocrity and give us a seven-way tie at 4-4. That was never going to happen in 2019 with Georgia Tech going into full-on rebuild mode, but we got the
8:19 PM ET Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson said he’ll be isolating from his wife, Catherine, a cancer survivor, once football camp opens for the team on July 12, and doesn’t expect to return home until the season concludes. Clawson said doctors told Catherine that, due to a reduced white blood cell count, she is
1:11 PM ET Drew Brees and his wife, Brittany, will be the presenting sponsors of the Black College Football Hall of Fame’s “The Road to Equality” event next month, the New Orleans Saints quarterback tweeted Thursday. Brittany & I are proud to support BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL…THE ROAD TO EQUALITY as the Presenting Sponsor. An incredible
3:21 PM ET Alabama star offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood wrote the script for and was featured in a video along with several of his teammates and coach Nick Saban speaking out against racism and brutality on Thursday. The video said, in part, “All lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.” “In this moment in history,
8:10 AM ET Some college football prospects are starting to change their recruitment timelines, moving their decision dates up or moving them back, because of the restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic. Whether their plans have been altered or not, coaches are still recruiting these elite prospects as much as they can. There are currently 187
7:22 PM ET West Virginia defensive coordinator Vic Koenning, placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into allegations of mistreatment made by safety Kerry Martin Jr., issued a “sincere apology to both KJ and the entire WVU Family” in a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday. With time to reflect, some thoughts from my heart.
11:04 AM ET Every team has one — the do-everything player who rarely grabs the headlines but is one of the biggest reasons for success. To their teammates, though, they are not working in obscurity and deserve a little love. So here is a little love as we recognize the most unheralded player on each