1:54 PM ET Charlotte is pulling its head-coaching offer to Mike Houston after the James Madison coach told the school that he wanted to pursue other options. “Last evening, Coach Houston informed us that he had interest in exploring other head coaching opportunities, while remaining under consideration here,” Charlotte athletic director Mike Hill said in
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1:41 PM ET Iowa junior Noah Fant, a two-time All-Big Ten selection and the No. 1-ranked tight end on Mel Kiper Jr.’s Big Board, will enter the NFL draft and plans to skip the Hawkeyes‘ bowl game. Fant announced his decision via Twitter to skip his senior season. He said in his statement that he
5:07 PM ET Who’s in the College Football Playoff? Which teams will be playing in the New Year’s Six? Where will my team go bowling? College football’s big questions are about to have answers. Here’s how to find them: Selection Day: Sunday, Dec. 2 Championship Drive: Countdown to the Playoff Presented by Allstate Time/TV: 9
Nov 22, 2018 Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Marty Smith and Ryan McGee were surprised when watching Clemson and
9:00 AM ET The only thing that seems to be a foregone conclusion in the College Football Playoff right now is undefeated and No. 3 Notre Dame. With no conference championship game to play this week, the Irish can relax and wait for the 13-member selection committee to confirm their spot in a semifinal on
9:00 AM ET Storylines abound ahead of the Texas-Oklahoma Big 12 championship game Saturday at AT&T Stadium. There’s College Football Playoff implications for the No. 5 Sooners, trash talk traded between quarterbacks and the widespread ramifications of a Red River rematch for the first time in 115 years. Hidden among the headlines, an opportunity exists
10:53 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF finally got Alabama. In basketball. But football was not exactly an afterthought during the men’s hoops game Thursday night. One fan in the student section held up a sign that read, “Was your football team too scared to show up,” while many others wore leis in support of
9:08 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Utah State coach Matt Wells has agreed to a deal to become Texas Tech‘s coach,
11:12 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt tight end Turner Cockrell died Thursday at home after battling cancer for more than a year. He was 21. Cockrell was surrounded by family in Acworth, Georgia, when he died. The Commodores were told of Cockrell’s death at a team meeting Thursday afternoon, Vanderbilt spokesman Larry
6:40 PM ET A Louisville man was arrested Thursday afternoon after confessing to tweeting messages related to burning down Trinity High School. St. Matthews Police confirmed 29-year-old Thor Wiljanen was arrested and will be charged with a second-degree terroristic threat, which is a class d felony. “At some point today, a local Louisville attorney reached