7:00 AM ET “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” — Ernest Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises” In the present tense, it can seem impossible for a new team to join college football’s ruling class. You fall short again and again, and it starts to feel like it’s
5:44 PM ET The NCAA has issued a “blanket waiver” on multiteam events to provide opportunities for programs to complete their schedules amid the challenges attached to the pandemic. Per the NCAA’s announcement on Friday, teams can participate in two multiteam events (MTE) if they don’t exceed the maximum of 27 games. Two teams from
4:11 PM ET Arizona received its notice of allegations from the NCAA, the school announced on Friday. It provided no further information. “In order to protect the integrity of the ongoing enforcement process, the University is not releasing the NOA at this time,” the school said. Arizona Board of Regents Chair Larry E. Penley released
3:46 PM ET Georgia State coach Shawn Elliott has agreed to a three-year contract extension through the 2025 season. Elliott is in his fourth season at Georgia State with a 17-23 overall record and consecutive bowl appearances. His new annual salary will be $750,000, according to details of the contract obtained by ESPN. His incentives
1:56 PM ET Associated Press A resort casino on tribal land in Connecticut is finalizing plans to host more than 30 college basketball teams as it becomes a modified bubble for several early-season tournaments, including two being moved from New York The Mohegan Sun has teamed up with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,
7:30 AM ET It’s the nature and depth of the conversation that has marked the biggest change for Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver Rashod Bateman and his teammates. Since the viral video of George Floyd’s death began to circulate on Memorial Day, you’ll find Bateman and Minnesota football players from a variety of backgrounds regularly
9:12 AM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Former Big Ten standout Destiny Pitts received a transfer waiver from the NCAA and is eligible to play for Texas A&M this season, the school announced. A two-time all-conference honoree at Minnesota
8:00 AM ET This weekend’s 2020 GEICO Top Flight Invite, held at Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona, is an early preseason tournament featuring eight elite club basketball teams — and an abundance of ESPN ranked prospects, led by top 2021 recruit Chet Holmgren. The three-day tournament will be featured on the national stage on
8:30 PM ET The National Junior College Athletic Association board of regents approved a blanket waiver on Thursday for all sports in the 2020-21 season, meaning athletes at 512 member institutions in 45 states will not lose a year of eligibility regardless of their levels of participation this year. The NCAA has not commented on
9:38 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. The Women’s Cancun Challenge has been canceled, eliminating one of the more familiar recurring Thanksgiving-week tournaments on the women’s college basketball calendar. A spokesperson for event organizers confirmed the cancellation Thursday. The
7:17 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Five-star junior Skyy Clark committed
Oct 21, 2020 The first half of the college football season was defined by a lack of challengers at the top. Clemson and Alabama have more than looked the part. Georgia is close, Notre Dame is hovering around the conversation, and BYU should get a look. But the Big 12 has all but eliminated itself
7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. The biggest college football game on Saturday? It’s happening in Dallas between No. 9 Cincinnati and No. 16 SMU — two of the nine unbeaten teams left in the FBS.
7:00 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal Last week the NCAA announced all athletes who participate in winter sports in 2020-21 will be granted an extra year of eligibility. The move was widely
9:23 AM ET Former Michigan star wide receiver Nico Collins said Tuesday that while it would be “bittersweet” to watch his former team open the season at Minnesota on Saturday, he was focused on getting ready for the NFL combine. On “The Adam Schefter Podcast” on Tuesday night, Collins talked about his decision to opt
8:13 PM ET Kentucky‘s Olivier Sarr and Jacob Toppin have been granted waivers and are eligible immediately for the Wildcats this season. Sarr, a transfer from Wake Forest, was arguably the nation’s best transfer last spring, and Toppin, a transfer from Rhode Island, is the younger brother of former Dayton star and projected lottery pick
7:40 PM ET Marquette is pausing for 14 days all activities for its men’s and women’s basketball teams after one positive COVID-19 test from each team. The school did not specify whether the positive tests came from athletes or other personnel, but all those who fall into Tier 1 would be quarantined for two weeks.
5:58 PM ET Penn State head coach Pat Chambers resigned Wednesday following an investigation into inappropriate conduct that stemmed from a former player saying Chambers made a reference to a noose around the player’s neck. Chambers said in a statement provided to ESPN that he made the decision to take “a break to re-set and
4:21 PM ET Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. — The Big West Conference will play 20 league games in men’s and women’s basketball under a modified format that will reduce travel during the coming season because of the coronavirus. The league announced its schedules on Wednesday. No spectators will be allowed at games initially, although the
3:54 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama freshman forward Alex Tchikou will miss the upcoming basketball season after suffering a torn right Achilles. Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats said Tchikou had surgery Wednesday in Birmingham and is expected to make a full recovery. The 6-foot-11, 225-pounder was a four-star prospect who several recruiting
10:48 AM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — A photographer is suing the owners and handlers of Texas‘ live mascot for negligence, saying he suffered permanent neck and back injuries when the longhorn steer charged out of its pen and plowed into several people at the 2019 Sugar Bowl. Nick Wagner, who was then a
Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann are among the players negotiating new contracts with Barcelona as the club looks to make short-per cost-cutting moves. Sergio Busquets and Sergio Roberto are also in talks on renewed terms. Gerard Pique, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Frenkie de Jong and Clement Lenglet have already agreed new deals. The wages for the
9:40 AM ET Shane Laflin We released our top 100 women’s college basketball prospect rankings in the Class of 2021 in early September, a list headlined by guard Azzi Fudd. Now it is time to break down the Classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. Each of those classes is rich in talent and has players
2:35 PM ET The season-opening football game between Colorado State and New Mexico scheduled for Saturday has been canceled, the Mountain West Conference announced Tuesday. “Due to the prevalence of the COVID-19 virus in Bernalillo County and in accordance with state guidelines, the University of New Mexico is unable to participate in the scheduled football
8:00 AM ET Every day spent in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic seems to reveal a new financial problem for another Division I program. Tamica Smith-Jones is no longer surprised to see those headlines — she’s living one. Smith-Jones, the athletic director at the University of California, Riverside, located an hour east of Los
8:00 AM ET Welcome back to our weekly Heisman Watch for the 2020 college football season. Throughout the year, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 14 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place votes,
7:36 PM ET Associated Press Former Texas Tech women’s basketball coach Marlene Stollings, who was fired after USA Today published a report detailing players’ claims of physical and emotional abuse, filed a lawsuit against the school and athletic director Kirby Hocutt on Tuesday. The lawsuit claims breach of contract, fraud, fraudulent inducement, defamation and sex
10:05 PM ET Associated Press The attorney representing eight Black former Iowa football players who allege racial discrimination during their time with the Hawkeyes said Monday night that the university’s rejection of their demands, which included a payment of $20 million, is not the end of the matter. Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons of Tulsa,
12:56 PM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay a total of just under $250,000 to seven women, including four members of Geno Auriemma’s 2014 women’s basketball coaching staff, after the U.S. Labor Department found they had been underpaid when compared with men in similar positions. A total
Oct 17, 2020 Nick Saban was back on the Alabama sideline after a COVID-19 scare and a false positive test earlier in the week, and his Crimson Tide are back on top of ESPN’s power rankings. Alabama carved apart a Georgia defense that had been suffocating this season with one explosive play after another and
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