7:18 AM ET Le’Veon Bell could get paid this offseason. The free-agent running back is one of the best weapons in the NFL because of what he can do outside of running the football. He is a tremendous pass-catcher — he grabbed 75 or more passes in three different seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers —
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Feb 20, 2019 Willie Taggart ended a nightmarish first season at Florida State with a bit of history he surely did not want: The Seminoles posted their first losing season since 1976. The same problems that had plagued them the previous season only grew: inconsistency at quarterback, poor offensive-line play and too many penalties. Clemson
1:00 AM ET MANHATTAN, Kan. — Gene Taylor smiled and leaned back in his office chair to glance out the third-floor window into the football stadium at Kansas State, with its artificial surface glazed with ice on this February morning. He stopped for a split-second, turned back to the questioner and nodded in agreement. Two
7:42 PM ET The Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry is about to stray from tradition. The SEC is expected to move the Auburn–Georgia series from its traditional spot in late November to early October beginning in 2020, Georgia president Jere Morehead confirmed to reporters on Wednesday, one day after 247Sports reported the schools were close to
12:53 AM ET Former Houston coach Major Applewhite will join Alabama‘s program as an analyst this season, AL.com reported on Tuesday. It will be Applewhite’s second stint with the Crimson Tide; he spent one season as the school’s offensive coordinator in 2007 before joining Texas. Applewhite was fired by Houston in December after going 15-11
11:55 PM ET Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill is no fan of the man currently leading the Golden Gophers program. Kill, who recently was named permanent athletic director at Southern Illinois, criticized Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck during an interview Tuesday with SiriusXM College’s “Big Ten Today.” Kill didn’t like the way Fleck handled the transition
3:00 AM ET The NBA trade deadline came and went with its usual theatrics. We waited with bated breath to see who would win the Antony Davis sweepstakes, only to watch some delicious pettiness ensue by the New Orleans Pelicans, who were not about to let LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers grab their
3:40 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh is taking Michigan’s football team to South Africa in May. Director of football operations Mark Taurisani tweeted about the trip Tuesday. As with last year’s visit to France, the Wolverines will not practice in South Africa. Harbaugh did have practices in Italy in 2017.
9:39 PM ET Associated Press AURORA, Colo. — A man fatally shot in a dispute over a parking space was an assistant principal for Aurora Public Schools and a former football player at the University of Colorado who was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks. Arapahoe County sheriff’s office spokeswoman Deborah Sherman says 46-year-old Anthony “T.J.”
9:15 PM ET Former Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson announced Monday night on Twitter his next stop will be at Maryland. COMMITTED #TerpNation pic.twitter.com/KXihdGWYsj — Josh Jackson (@joshiejack17) February 19, 2019 Jackson plans to transfer after finishing his degree this spring, which would make him eligible to play for the Terrapins in 2019. Jackson’s arrival