Month: September 2020

2:38 PM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey says he hasn’t considered whether there should be a minimum number of games required to qualify for the College Football Playoff. Rather, Sankey said Wednesday that he has reviewed the selection criteria and anticipates a “number of challenges” facing the CFP selection committee as conferences play disparate schedules
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2:36 PM ET The North Texas–Houston football game scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, the fourth season opener the Cougars have been unable to play due to the coronavirus pandemic. North Texas said in a statement Wednesday that four positive COVID-19 tests this week, and subsequent contact tracing, left the Mean Green unable to field
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1:46 PM ET ESPN News Services A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted one police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death. A grand jury in Louisville announced that Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton
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1:50 PM ET The NCAA announced on Wednesday that the infractions case involving LSU will be adjudicated through the Independent Accountability Resolution Process. A school spokesman didn’t immediately respond when asked whether the IARP case involves both the LSU men’s basketball and football programs. Last month, LSU released documents to ESPN in which the NCAA
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1:43 PM ET Mid-American Conference presidents will meet Friday and vote on whether to have a fall football season, which likely would be six games, sources told ESPN. The league’s presidents also met Tuesday but did not hold a vote on the season, which likely would begin the weekend of Oct. 24. The MAC on
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12:31 PM ET Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn said that star receiver Julio Jones re-injured his left hamstring in Sunday’s 40-39 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, and that the team will monitor Jones’ status through the week to determine his availability for this week’s matchup with the Chicago Bears. Jones admitted after the Dallas game
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