Summer training camp is just getting underway for Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide, but that isn’t stopping college sports’ highest-paid coach from keeping an eye on the future. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The legendary ball coach purchased a new home, an oceanfront property on Florida’s Jupiter Island, to use when he’s not on
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern players on Wednesday declined to discuss the hazing allegations embroiling the program during the past month, but reiterated their support for each other and for former coach Pat Fitzgerald.
Jenna Laine, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN. TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans said Wednesday that
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 12:34 PM ET Washington State president Kirk Schulz acknowledged his school’s athletic program is in “a bad spot” as it faces a harsh new reality in the wake of the Pac-12’s defections last week. Schulz, in his first interview since the conference dwindled to four teams, recalled the tense moments
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 10:43 AM ET Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is retiring at the end of the 2023-24 academic year, he announced Wednesday morning. Smith, who has led the Buckeyes’ athletic department since March 2005, will step down effective June 30, 2024. “I have always believed that a leader
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 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 Before we get on with the autumn win-loss business that is actual college football, let’s pause for a moment — no, make that a dozen
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. This summer’s college football blockbuster movie has been a disaster flick. Major football in the West, as we’ve come to define it over the past 100 years, will cease to exist in 2024, with the Pac-12
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 11:44 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. STANFORD, Calif. — As Stanford grapples with the crumbling Pac-12 Conference, first-year football coach Troy Taylor said the school intends to remain at the Power 5 level. “I think the players that committed
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 8, 2023, 07:23 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said “there’s a little tinge of sadness – probably more than just a little tinge,” to see the Pac-12 on the verge of collapse after more than 100 years
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 8, 2023, 05:20 PM ET The ACC presidents met Tuesday morning about the potential addition of Stanford and Cal but did not vote on the matter, sources told ESPN. Instead, the league will continue to explore the additions and is “still evaluating” the schools, sources said. No decisions are expected imminently, as