3:37 PM ET Former Vanderbilt Commodores vice chancellor and athletic director David Williams has died, the university announced Friday. He was 71. Williams, the SEC’s first black athletic director, announced his retirement in September, and a party to celebrate his retirement had been planned for Friday night. “David Williams stood tall on this campus, in
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2:13 PM ET Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is stepping down from the College Football Playoff selection committee to focus on helping first-year football coach Ryan Day, the CFP announced on Friday. Smith, who spent the past two seasons on the committee charged with picking the four best teams in the country, will be
12:33 PM ET Clemson‘s second College Football Playoff national championship in three seasons is paying big dividends for the Tigers’ coaching staff, especially co-offensive coordinators Tony Elliott and Jeff Scott. The Clemson board of trustees on Friday approved $150,000 raises for Elliott and Scott, who will now make $1 million annually. The university is expected
10:00 AM ET The ESPN Junior 300 not only has a new look, but a unique one as well. You would have to go back to 2014, when Leonard Fournette did it, to find the last time a running back has finished atop the ESPN 300 rankings. That was only the second time in the
9:53 AM ET ESPN news services GALVESTON, Texas — An assault charge has been dismissed against Alabama safety and NFL top prospect Deionte Thompson linked to a 2017 spring break fight in Texas. Prosecutors in Galveston County requested the charge be dropped against Thompson, an All-American who in January announced for the NFL draft. A
1:03 AM ET ESPN News Services A Maryland football player was taken to a hospital Tuesday and kept overnight as a precaution when he became ill at an indoor team workout, the Baltimore Sun reported. Defensive back Raymond Boone, in a statement provided to the newspaper by the Maryland athletic department, said, “I want to
7:56 PM ET Former Michigan and NFL running back Tyrone Wheatley was named football coach at Morgan State on Thursday. Wheatley has spent the past two seasons as running backs coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Wheatley worked under Jags coach Doug Marrone at Syracuse from 2010 to 2012, and with the Buffalo Bills from 2013
6:47 PM ET A group of U.S. Senators is urging the Power 5 conference commissioners to further examine how they address sexual violence within their members’ athletic programs. Oregon Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on Thursday sent a letter to ACC commissioner John Swofford, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby,
5:39 PM ET Former Texas quarterback Shane Buechele tweeted Thursday that he will be transferring to SMU. Buechele will graduate from Texas this spring then join the Mustangs. As a grad transfer he will be eligible immediately. Thank you Longhorn Nation. On to the next chapter. pic.twitter.com/3Wk65mSByf — Shane Buechele (@BGShaneBuechele) February 7, 2019 Buechele
2:38 PM ET Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is returning to coaching as the head coach and general manager of the Dallas-based franchise in the new XFL league. Stoops was introduced in a news conference Thursday by Oliver Luck, commissioner of the XFL. “At first I thought it probably wouldn’t be for me,” Stoops said.