1:30 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt tight end Turner Cockrell has been battling cancer for the past year. The Commodores announced Cockrell’s health issues Friday on the athletic department’s website. Cockrell, a sophomore from Acworth, Georgia, noticed two lumps on the right side of his neck last fall. He was diagnosed with
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9:00 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Now that we’ve seen Trevor Lawrence in a game, seen with our own eyes what “special” looks like, the prevailing sentiment around Clemson’s football program is that it’s only a matter of time. As in only a matter of time before the much-celebrated (and immensely talented) true freshman is
8:58 PM ET Texas offensive lineman Patrick Hudson was taken to the emergency room Wednesday after suffering a heat illness, coach Tom Herman said. Herman said the 6-foot-4, 335-pound Hudson had a “full body cramp” and the team’s trainers dunked him in a cold bath to get his body temperature down before an ambulance arrived.
6:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Actor Burt Reynolds, a one-time Florida State running back and ardent Seminoles fan, was mourned and remembered by sports personalities after his death Thursday at the age of 82. “Burt was a lifelong friend, who was extremely close to me for the last 64 years,” ESPN College GameDay host
9:30 AM ET ESPN staff Week 2 of college football is here and there are several storylines worth watching. Can Jimbo Fisher start earning that $75 million against a vaunted Clemson squad? Can South Carolina prove to be a worthy challenger to Georgia in the SEC East? Meanwhile, Stanford and USC battle for Pac-12 supremacy
8:21 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee starting center Brandon Kennedy suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Tuesday in practice and will miss the remainder of the season, coach Jeremy Pruitt told reporters following Wednesday’s practice. Pruitt said Kennedy was standing on his feet when the injury occurred and “nobody
3:39 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos says he is doing all he can to find a 12th regular-season game for the Cornhuskers. Moos on Wednesday commented for the first time since the opener against Akron was called off because of inclement weather Saturday. Nebraska wanted to play Akron
10:02 PM ET Kansas athletic director Jeff Long, in the wake of the Jayhawks‘ loss to FCS opponent Nicholls State at home, said in a statement issued Tuesday that the evaluation of the football program is “ongoing without a predetermined timeline.” The Jayhawks lost 26-23 in overtime on Saturday, dropping coach David Beaty’s record at
9:12 PM ET In a tentative decision filed last month, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled the show-cause order provisions in the NCAA bylaws violate California law. “[The show-cause order provisions] are void as they constitute an unlawful restraint on engaging in a lawful profession,” Judge Frederick Shaller wrote. Shaller’s determination is part
3:49 PM ET Each week I will get the power ratings from the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, ESPN’s Will Harris and Bruce Marshall of the Gold Sheet, then combine them with my power ratings to give you the consensus Vegas power ratings. These ratings are less about a team’s record and more about the overall