4:30 PM ET Associated Press More than 50,000 former college athletes next month will begin collecting portions of a $208 million class-action settlement paid by the NCAA in a case that challenged its caps on compensation. Hagens Berman, the law firm representing the plaintiffs in Alston vs. the NCAA, said Wednesday 53,748 FBS football players
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2:26 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri defensive end Tre Williams pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and was sentenced to two years of unsupervised probation after prosecutors dropped a felony domestic assault charge. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports Williams pleaded guilty to peace disturbance and was sentenced July 11. Williams was arrested in
12:57 PM ET HOOVER, Ala. — Six months after a blowout loss to Clemson in the CFP National Championship, Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is appreciating the lessons offered by the Crimson Tide’s rare defeat. “I think it’s good to both get the opportunity to win and have the opportunity to lose as well,” he said
8:00 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN You have to give the ACC Coastal this: It’s not boring. It hasn’t been all that good either, mind you — its champion hasn’t won the conference title game since 2010. In eight years, more Coastal champs have finished 50th or worse in S&P+ (three) than have finished in the
7:06 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Weeks after both Terry Bradshaw and Baker Mayfield took verbal jabs at his starting quarterback, Texas Longhorns coach Tom Herman said Tuesday that he noticed and that his players “file things away.” Speaking at Big 12 media days, Herman called outside criticism of Sam Ehlinger “irrelevant,” but he intimated
3:21 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Schools interested in joining the American Athletic Conference after Connecticut leaves can call commissioner Mike Aresco. The American will not be soliciting applications for membership. Aresco said Tuesday at the American media day that the league is leaning toward not replacing UConn and going forward with 11
2:48 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — K.J. Henry could be the answer to one of the Clemson Tigers‘ biggest question marks entering fall camp, and coach Dabo Swinney said the former five-star recruit might not be ready to fill a hole at defensive end if he hadn’t asked to redshirt a year ago. Henry, who
12:59 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The Big 12 has a message for those thinking of making the “Horns Down” sign this season: Do it quickly and don’t direct it toward opposing players. Greg Burks, the Big 12 coordinator of football officials, said if a player quickly flashes the “Horns Down” after scoring a touchdown,
11:28 AM ET HOOVER, Ala. – Georgia has gone 24-5 during the last two seasons, but coach Kirby Smart says the theme going into fall camp this year is to “Do More.” The Bulldogs have won back-to-back SEC East championships only to come up just shy of winning a national title. The culprit each time:
8:00 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN Winning a national title papers over a lot of cracks. Technically, the ACC Atlantic got to boast the champ for the third time in six seasons last fall, but outside of Clemson, this was the most disappointing division in the nation, mainly because Florida State fielded its worst team since