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7:52 AM ET The College Football Hall of Fame was heavily damaged and looted during violent protests in Atlanta on Friday night, Atlanta police confirmed in a statement. The College Football Hall of Fame, which is located near the CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta, was near the epicenter of demonstrations over

4:28 PM ET Associated Press The Power Five conference commissioners are asking Congress to move forward with federal legislation regarding compensation for college athletes. The commissioners of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference sent a letter dated May 23 to congressional leaders, as first reported by Stadium. The Associated

6:14 PM ET Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said on Friday that he is “bullish about our opportunity” for the college football season to start on time, echoing a growing confidence among leaders throughout college athletics as they continue to navigate their way through the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m bullish about our opportunity, and more so

3:27 PM ET Former Michigan football player Chuck Christian filed a lawsuit against the university’s regents last week, making him the first named plaintiff in the burgeoning legal action regarding the alleged sexual abuse of former team doctor Robert Anderson. Christian, who played tight end for the Wolverines in the late 1970s and early 1980s,

1:38 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA released a long and detailed plan Friday to help schools bring athletes back to campus during a pandemic. The Resocialization of Collegiate Sports: Action Plan Considerations was announced as schools across the country prepare for the return of football players as early as June 8. The NCAA’s Division

May 27, 2020 It’s easy to appreciate the magic of the 2019 season, especially now. It seems a lot longer than four months ago that LSU’s Joe Burrow was torching Clemson to put an exclamation point on perhaps the greatest single season by a quarterback. As June edges closer, and there start to be signs

9:27 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Heisman Trophy runner-up Jalen Hurts and two-time NCAA all-around champion gymnast Maggie Nichols were honored Thursday as the Big 12 Athletes of the Year, giving Oklahoma a sweep of the conference’s top individual awards for the third time in five years. After transferring to Oklahoma from Alabama,

5:37 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — As he prepares to welcome his players back to campus, Georgia’s coach Kirby Smart insisted Thursday that they’ll be safer working out under the school’s supervision than on their own. Smart also called on fans to comply with guidelines for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, warning that a

4:38 PM ET Bill Connelly Close ESPN Staff Writer Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia On the final play of the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State quarterback Craig Krenzel’s fourth-down

9:59 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Two days after a black Minnesota man died after being pinned by police, the University of Minnesota announced it will limit its relationship with the Minneapolis Police Department. School president Joan Gabel made the announcement Wednesday night in a letter that was sent to students, faculty and staff members, writing

7:00 AM ET College football is a beautiful connection of sport and weird history. Using Mark Schlabach’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 assembled in February and some help from my colleagues, I’ve collected each team’s strangest historical fact, or simply a weird thing that happened. Some of these are going to be more recent (and surprising) than

7:15 AM ET The 2021 NFL draft is still 11 months away, and the 2020 draftees haven’t played a pro down yet. But it’s never too early to start looking ahead, and I’m getting a head start on film for next year’s class. And what a class it has the potential to be. Three quarterbacks

7:05 PM ET The Pac-12 will allow voluntary, in-person workouts for all sports to begin on June 15, as long as the local governments and universities allow student-athletes to return to campus, the conference announced Tuesday. The Pac-12 joins the SEC and Big 12 in making conferencewide announcements allowing the return of student-athletes for voluntary

8:16 AM ET College football is the ultimate small-sample sport. We determine champions and all-time greats and hirings and firings and massive salaries based on incomplete impressions and only 12-15 games. Combine that with the size of the FBS itself — throughout its history, college football’s top-division roster has typically featured well over 100 teams

6:00 AM ET Brent Guy retired last year after more than three decades as a college football coach. At age 59, he retired because he had had enough. It wasn’t that he had had his fill of the long hours and short sleeps or that he didn’t enjoy competing or that he no longer enjoyed

5:15 PM ET Michigan landed its second ESPN 300 linebacker in as many days on Monday when Jaydon Hood announced his commitment to the Wolverines. Hood is the No. 191 ranked prospect overall and had been considering Miami, Kentucky, Minnesota, Louisville, South Carolina and a handful of other offers. He is now joining his teammate,

7:59 AM ET Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush voiced strong concerns over the NCAA’s recent support of a player endorsement plan, saying that paying college athletes for their names and likeness is “going to destroy some people.” Bush, whose outstanding career at USC was marred by his eventual forfeiture of the 2005 Heisman Trophy, touched

7:00 AM ET Kentucky coach Mark Stoops stood in the middle of a crowded visitors locker room on Sept. 8, 2018, and surveyed the postgame celebration. Coaches bear-hugged one another. Players grinned and bobbed their heads to the music thumping in the background. Everyone, it seemed, was screaming. It had taken them too long to