Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 24, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Inspirational thought of the week: I wonder when I wander home If I’ll be fit to drink alone.Sleep with my memories, pictures, apologies.For every minute
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Aug 23, 2023, 10:22 PM ET Standout defensive tackle Maason Smith will not play in No. 5 LSU‘s season opener Sept. 3 against No. 8 Florida State, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Wednesday. Smith’s absence is due to a one-game suspension by the NCAA over an improper benefit, according to The (Baton Rouge)
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 23, 2023, 08:58 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Despite a disappointing 5-7 season a year ago, Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork dismissed any talk Wednesday that coach Jimbo Fisher was on the hot seat
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 23, 2023, 07:00 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said earlier this month that his message to his team this year was “embrace the hate.”
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 23, 2023, 05:54 PM ET The ACC is again seriously considering the potential additions of Stanford, California and SMU, multiple sources told ESPN on Wednesday. A series of meetings will be held this week to further vet and discuss different financial models that would come with the additions, sources said. The inclusion
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 23, 2023, 03:28 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern interim coach David Braun thinks the Wildcats are “worthy of doing something great” during the upcoming season after a challenging summer punctuated by coach Pat Fitzgerald’s firing on July
Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti Aug 23, 2023, 02:43 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Former USC running back Reggie Bush filed a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, seeking to “hold the NCAA accountable for maliciously attacking” his
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 23, 2023, 12:58 PM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Georgia running back Branson Robinson, the former No. 1-ranked back in the 2022 class who rushed for 341 yards as a freshman, will miss the season with a ruptured patella tendon, coach Kirby
Associated Press Aug 23, 2023, 01:20 PM ET Iowa defensive tackle Noah Shannon, who has acknowledged his involvement in sports wagering, has been suspended for the season, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday. Ferentz told reporters in Iowa City that the school would appeal the NCAA’s decision. Shannon, who has not been charged in the state’s
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 23, 2023, 09:00 AM ET USC star quarterback Caleb Williams has long viewed his path through college football in the same way as most five-star prospects — a three-and-done track to the NFL. While being recruited, Williams’ father, Carl, asked schools for specific plans to illustrate how his son could become the