7:00 AM ET The 2022 NFL draft begins Thursday, with the final boards stacked and mock drafts being finished up before the clock starts ticking (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App). While there are many names on Mel Kiper Jr.’s big board that are familiar to recruiting fans, such as former No. 1 overall prospect Kayvon
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8:03 PM ET IRVING, Texas — One day after the NCAA announced president Mark Emmert will step down by 2023, several high-ranking leaders throughout college athletics on Wednesday agreed it’s the right time to find a new leader, but the position is as ambiguous as the future of the organization itself. “It’s a unicorn,” Pac-12
9:22 AM ET Blake Shapen is set to be named Baylor‘s starting quarterback over 2021 incumbent Gerry Bohanon, a source confirmed to ESPN. As a redshirt freshman last season, Shapen started two games, including the Bears’ 21-16 upset of Oklahoma State in the Big 12 championship game. In that contest, Shapen set a Big 12
7:00 AM ET USC coach Lincoln Riley is shouldering weighty expectations because of who he is and where he is, but there’s also a stark reality facing the coach taking over a once-storied program that won just four games last fall. “We’re double digits below the NCAA scholarship limit,” Riley told ESPN last week. A
7:00 AM ET During the winter, many big names entered the transfer portal and changed schools. After coach Lincoln Riley went from Oklahoma to USC, quarterbacks Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss) and Kedon Slovis (Pitt) transferred out, while Caleb Williams joined Riley out West. Bo Nix left Auburn to go to Oregon, while Quinn Ewers transferred
8:33 PM ET Mark Emmert’s 12-year tenure as the head of the NCAA is coming to a close. Emmert and the NCAA’s Board of Governors announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down from his role as president by June 2023, or sooner if his replacement is found before then. Emmert, 69, has spent the
6:28 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert will be stepping down when his replacement is selected and in place or on June 30, 2023, the organization announced on Tuesday. An NCAA release said Emmert and the NCAA board of governors reached a mutual agreement to have him step aside. “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the
5:17 PM ET A grand jury on Tuesday indicted former Georgia linebacker Adam Anderson and charged with him raping a 21-year-old woman in a house in Athens, Georgia, on Oct. 29. Anderson, who was once considered a potential first-round choice in this week’s NFL draft, has an arraignment scheduled on June 13. Anderson, from Rome,
4:10 PM ET South Carolina has dipped back into the transfer portal to add another tight end, as former East Tennessee State standout Nate Adkins announced Tuesday that he will play his final season for the Gamecocks. Adkins, a two-time All-Southern Conference selection at ETSU, received interest from multiple SEC schools, including Alabama and LSU.
2:40 PM ET On a day he was celebrated by the Oklahoma Legislature, former Sooners coach Bob Stoops gave a campaign-like speech reassuring fans after the departure of coach Lincoln Riley. “Lincoln Riley didn’t invent OU football,” Bob Stoops said while being honored Tuesday with a resolution celebrating “a career of service to the Oklahoma