9:22 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey said it’s too early to tell for sure if the transfer portal is a net positive for college athletics. He doesn’t need more data to see that the NCAA is not denying as many waiver requests for athletes wanting to head to
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7:44 PM ET Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban underwent hip replacement surgery on Monday and will be back to work soon, the school announced in a news release. Dr. Lyle Cain, an orthopedic consultant with the athletic department, said the robotic-assisted procedure was successful on the 67-year-old coach. “Coach is resting comfortably, and we
5:51 PM ET Wyoming football recruit Naphtali Moimoi is presumed to have drowned after police on Friday called off a search off the coast of Half Moon Bay, California. Moimoi, 18, was knocked off a boogie board by a wave last Thursday, according to the San Mateo County sheriff’s office. Friends saw he was unresponsive
9:28 AM ET Tom LuginbillESPN Analyst Close Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The 2019 NFL draft is here. Some players have displayed elite talent since high school and will continue to celebrate their
7:30 AM ET Bring on the 2019 NFL draft. Below are my “final” Big Board and “final” position rankings for the class of 2019. I’m putting “final” in quotation marks because I’ll be making a few tweaks up until the draft begins (Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App). I’ll
6:23 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NFL running back and Tennessee Volunteers star Reggie Cobb has died at the age of 50, the San Francisco 49ers announced Saturday. Cobb scouted for the 49ers for the past 10 years and for other clubs before them. Details of his death were not disclosed. Cobb played in
1:50 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Mark Richt, making his first public comments since stepping down as coach of the Miami Hurricanes in late December, said Saturday that he has no current plans to return to coaching. Richt, in Orlando to announce his new role as a studio analyst for the ACC Network during Miami’s
9:28 AM ET Kansas State receiver Hunter Rison was arrested Friday for domestic battery, the Riley County (Kansas) police department told The Mercury newspaper. Rison faces a charge of domestic battery to a family/person in a dating relationship. He is free on $1,000 bond. The 20-year-old was indefinitely suspended from the team for a violation
7:45 AM ET I’ll be on SEC Network this week to help with its coverage of the 2019 NFL draft, my second year joining the crew to break down picks and NFL fits and take a deeper look at how the skill sets of the top prospects in the conference will transition to the next
3:56 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban is expected to have hip replacement surgery Monday, a source confirmed to ESPN. USA Today was first to report the scheduled procedure. Saban, 67, addressed what he called a “bothersome” hip following the Crimson Tide’s spring game last Saturday, saying it would be evaluated by doctors and could