After nearly a month of conversations, the ACC presidents and chancellors voted Friday morning to add Stanford, Cal and SMU, giving the league 18 schools — 17 in football — starting with the 2024-25 season. The protracted conversations gained steam over the past week, as financial models that projected more of a windfall for existing
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Scott Van Pelt, Host, SportsCenter with SVPSep 1, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Scott Van Pelt joined ESPN in Spring 2001 as the network’s lead professional golf reporter. He has since become a SportsCenter anchor, primarily hosting the 11 p.m. ET edition while remaining the lead reporter and host of the network’s coverage of golf’s
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. In the middle of the night of Monday, Aug. 7, Hawai’i football coach Timmy Chang woke to the sound of loud noises. His wife, Sherry, was already awake and asked, “Do you hear
Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2023, 08:06 AM ET ATLANTA — GEORGIA TECH football coach Brent Key’s office looks out onto Bobby Dodd Stadium, with part of the Atlanta skyline in view as well. One of the buildings visible is the old Equitable building, now owned and operated by Georgia’s Own Credit Union,
Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 1, 2023, 08:04 AM ET The Atlantic Coast Conference is expanding from its Eastern roots. The ACC presidents and chancellors met on Friday morning and voted to add three new schools — Stanford, Cal and SMU, sources told ESPN. It will bring the league to 18 members, 17 of which will play
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia coach Tony Elliott came to kicker Will Bettridge with a simple, but meaningful, request. “Do you want to wear No. 41 this season?” Elliott asked. Bettridge was close
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 10:45 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. NC State safety Rakeim Ashford was taken to a Connecticut hospital for evaluation after absorbing a late hit during Thursday night’s season opener against UConn. Ashford had sensation and movement in his extremities,
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. ACC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to have a phone call Friday morning to discuss expansion again, multiple sources told ESPN. While it remains unclear whether there are enough votes to add
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 05:57 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Marshall safety Jahsen Wint, a former Ohio State player who was acquitted of rape and kidnapping charges in February, was declared eligible to play by the NCAA on Thursday. Wint, who transferred to