Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan South Carolina coach Shane Beamer got one of his biggest recruiting wins on Tuesday, when five-star edge Dylan Stewart announced his commitment to the Gamecocks. Stewart is the No. 15 recruit overall in
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 10:59 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to lead investigations into the athletic department’s culture and its accountability mechanisms after allegations of hazing and mistreatment that have impacted several of the
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Even Alabama coach Nick Saban will concede that right now, Georgia is at the top of college football. That doesn’t mean Alabama can’t change that narrative. Or Tennessee. Or LSU. Or Ohio State.
Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 31, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Nearly two months ago in Washington, D.C., University of Arizona president Bobby Robbins sat on a panel with NCAA president Charlie Baker at an event Arizona organized about the future of college sports. Little did Robbins know that within a few weeks, he’d be a central figure
Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 31, 2023, 04:26 PM ET Northwestern is expected to hire veteran coach Skip Holtz as the special assistant to the head coach for the 2023 season, sources told ESPN on Monday. Holtz’s assignment is temporary for the upcoming months and won’t interfere with his USFL job as the head coach of the
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJul 31, 2023, 03:59 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Oregon got a commitment from 2025 quarterback Akili Smith Jr. on Monday, the No. 82 prospect overall in his class. That name should sound familiar to Ducks fans, as his father, Akili Smith,
Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 01:53 PM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska defensive back Myles Farmer, the team’s second-leading tackler last season, was not on the 120-man roster when the Cornhuskers opened practice Monday and his return is uncertain. First-year coach Matt Rhule said he suspended Farmer indefinitely. Rhule didn’t disclose the reason other than
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 31, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Wilson Alexander of The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was named the winner of the 2023 Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, the Football Writers Association of America announced Monday. Alexander is the fourth person to win the annual honor named for Aschoff, an ESPN college
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 31, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Four-star quarterback Demond Williams Jr., who had been previously committed to Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss, committed to Arizona on Monday morning. Williams, ranked 219th overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and a product of Basha High School in Chandler, Arizona, was in Tucson this
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 31, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Give Colorado credit for one thing: While its football prowess has diminished dramatically in the 2000s, it remains one of college sports’ key realignment weather vanes. Wherever the winds are blowing, that’s where you’ll find the