5:00 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Elliott walked into his house around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 after a full day at the football offices. He put a piece of pizza in the microwave and sat down to watch “Sunday Night Football.” Then his phone rang. On the other end, one
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Former West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons has landed back at Alabama as a top administrator. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said Monday that Lyons has been hired as executive deputy athletic director and chief operating officer. West Virginia agreed to separate with Lyons, who had led
5:25 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a hard-hitting linebacker who was on
4:35 PM ET Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. — Northern Colorado announced that head coach Ed McCaffrey won’t return after two seasons that saw the Bears go 6-16. A national search begins immediately, the school said Monday. “This is never an easy decision,” director of athletics Darren Dunn said in a statement. “We appreciate all the
2:07 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Josh Heupel declined Monday to address what kept linebacker Jeremy Banks out of the Volunteers’ loss at South Carolina. “We anticipate Jeremy being with us here this week. And as far as what transpired and those type of things, at the end of the day he was
8:05 AM ET Virginia running back Mike Hollins has been discharged from the hospital a week after he was shot and three of his teammates were killed following a class field trip. His mother, Brenda Hollins, tweeted Monday morning: “Mike has been discharged!!! HALLELUJAH I want to thank everyone for their prayers, text messages, and
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff As the college football season winds down, the rankings will inevitably shake up and unpredictable things will happen. And Week 12 proved just that. The weekend brought Central Michigan fans creating a life-size snowman plus a last-second, nail-biter field goal that lifted TCU to a perfect 11-0 record. It also
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Welcome to that most glorious time of the year, when we gather with family, stuff ourselves with food and then ungather from that same family, angrily stomping off to our own private corners of the house because we refused to endure the treasonous slander that our supposed loved ones just
10:37 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — South Carolina and Vanderbilt were fined by the Southeastern Conference on Sunday, a day after schools’ fans rushed the field to celebrate football victories. The SEC docked Vanderbilt $250,000 for the school’s third violation of the league’s access to competition area rules. 2 Related The Commodores won
10:11 PM ET Texas Tech outside linebacker Tyree Wilson announced on Sunday that he will forgo his senior season and declare for the NFL draft. Wilson, a 6-6, 275-pound edge rusher who is No. 10 overall in Todd McShay’s draft rankings and No. 15 in Mel Kiper’s, suffered a season-ending foot injury against Kansas on