8:15 AM ET In the first collegiate game of their careers against Wake Forest, Clemson true freshmen defensive linemen Bryan Bresee and Myles Murphy were admittedly nervous. Excited, but nervous. They weren’t five-star high school prospects who could overpower their opponents with pure strength anymore. They were playing for Clemson, a school that only two
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. To suggest that success in college football is cyclical only understands half the picture. Yes, even the great programs such as Alabama and USC have endured their lean years. But
7:30 AM ET This weekend’s college football slate appeared to have a pretty strong tag: Red River Week. No matter what else was going on, you knew there would be at least one season-defining game on the docket. So much for that. Texas and Oklahoma are a combined 3-3, and neither is in the AP
7:44 AM ET Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nathan Gerry has apologized for using racial slurs on social media in 2011 and 2012, saying he was “disappointed in himself” and “that type of language is never acceptable.” The old posts on Twitter surfaced Thursday and show Gerry using a variation of the N-word on multiple occasions. He
12:15 PM BST Just two days out from the 2020 Bledisloe Cup opener, the question on the tip of every Australian rugby supporter’s tongue remains: Is Dave Rennie the man to end the Wallabies’ 18-year drought? The second Kiwi to take charge of the Australia’s national rugby team, whose fortunes, brand and popularity have waned
7:00 AM ET Don’t completely rule out the Pac-12 from the 2020 College Football Playoff race. Despite just a seven-game schedule including the conference championship game — on top of a three-year playoff-less streak — the Pac-12 has a 34% chance to put a team in the playoff, per the Allstate Playoff Predictor. Oregon (19%)
7:02 AM ET Mercedes has confirmed that another team member has tested positive for COVID-19 at this weekend’s Eifel Grand Prix, following news of its first positive case on Thursday. After the initial case was detected, all team members present at the Nurburgring this weekend were retested for the virus on site. One positive and
7:00 AM ET In his role as FIFA’s Chief of Football Development, former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is one of the key figures charged with overseeing the process of adapting and improving the laws of the game. Over the past few months, the 70-year-old has been busy drafting up a series of tweaks and changes
11:11 AM GMT Annesha Ghosh A bit more clarity has emerged around the Women’s T20 Challenge, which is scheduled to be held next month on the sidelines of the IPL. Some 30-36 Indian players who will take part in the three-team tournament in the UAE are likely to assemble in Mumbai on October 13 for
5:05 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez has said he was brought to tears over the way his six-year stay at Barcelona ended. Suarez, 33, joined Atletico last month after Barca told him he was no longer part of their plans despite having a year remaining on his contract. –