7:00 AM ET It was Saturday around 4:30 p.m. ET. The sun was out, but the air was crisp. My three-person family, as we tend to do on lazy weekend days, was spread out into three different areas of our house. And as I always do when I find myself alone on those such days,
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7:24 PM ET Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said he and the university were unaware of any wrongdoing in Miles’ past before hiring him as head coach of the football team in 2018. Miles was placed on administrative leave on Saturday amid accusations of inappropriate behavior toward female students during his head-coaching tenure at LSU.
4:37 PM ET In November 2018, Kansas hired Les Miles to win the news conference, among other things. Not 28 months later, the school cut ties with the coach during a late-night news dump on a Monday in March. The abrupt and embarrassing end to Miles’ tenure this week shouldn’t be dismissed because KU lives
4:51 PM ET Duke has paused football activities indefinitely after identifying a cluster of 10 positive COVID-19 cases within the team, the school announced Tuesday. In a statement, the school said the 10 individuals attended team activities together and are currently in isolation. Contact tracing also identified close contacts, who are now in quarantine. Duke
3:01 PM ET Despite the woes on the field and the 2-4 record this past season, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said Tuesday he has not given football coach Jim Harbaugh a minimum win requirement for the upcoming season and that he’s willing to think long term with Harbaugh’s employment. Manuel gave Harbaugh a contract
9:35 AM ET Ohio State has paused all football-related activities and closed its athletics administrative offices for one week following an increase in positive tests for the coronavirus, the university said in a statement on Tuesday. The Buckeyes said the decision to pause football activities and close the Woody Hayes Athletic Center offices was made
9:21 AM ET A University of Texas committee formed in November to investigate the history of “The Eyes of Texas” released a 58-page report Tuesday that says the school song was not written with racist intent, but acknowledges its first public performance was likely by performers in blackface during a minstrel show. The song, which
6:30 AM ET Two stagnant programs, four with division title aspirations. The MAC East title race could be one of FBS’ more intriguing if: Kent State makes a few more stops, Miami overcomes a brutal road slate and Ohio is as strong as last season’s tiny sample suggested. There’s also a chance that Buffalo is
11:05 PM ET Les Miles is out as Kansas’ head football coach three days after being placed on administrative leave by the university. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement last Friday that the university was conducting a full review to determine the appropriate steps on Miles’ future after reports of his conduct
10:05 AM ET Indiana coach Tom Allen has agreed to a new seven-year contract through the 2027 season that will pay him an average salary of $4.9 million per year, the school announced Monday. Allen, who was signed through the 2026 season, had an additional year added to his contract after Indiana’s Gator Bowl appearance.