8:00 AM ET Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Each week during the 2020 season, Marty Smith and Ryan McGee
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7:00 AM ET “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” — — Ernest Hemingway, “The Sun Also Rises” In the present tense, it can seem impossible for a new team to join college football’s ruling class. You fall short again and again, and it starts to feel like
7:30 AM ET It’s the nature and depth of the conversation that has marked the biggest change for Minnesota Golden Gophers wide receiver Rashod Bateman and his teammates. Since the viral video of George Floyd’s death began to circulate on Memorial Day, you’ll find Bateman and Minnesota football players from a variety of backgrounds regularly
1:26 AM ET A USC Trojans football player was suspended last month by the school in connection to a possible federal investigation into fraud related to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. Sophomore receiver Munir McClain has been suspended since mid-September, his mother, Shan McClain told the
8:40 PM ET The Holiday Bowl will not be played this season, bowl organizers announced Thursday, citing the coronavirus pandemic. “This has been the most difficult decision our Board has ever had to make since our bowl game started in 1978,” Holiday Bowl CEO Mark Neville said in a statement. “While it’s not the decision
8:30 PM ET The National Junior College Athletic Association board of regents approved a blanket waiver on Thursday for all sports in the 2020-21 season, meaning athletes at 512 member institutions in 45 states will not lose a year of eligibility regardless of their levels of participation this year. The NCAA has not commented on
6:42 PM ET The Big Ten will determine whether to cancel games this year based on COVID-19 testing positivity rates within a team, and if a game can’t be played, it will be deemed a “no contest,” the conference announced on Thursday. The Big Ten, which begins its season at 8 p.m. ET on Friday
7:34 PM ET LSU will turn to freshman TJ Finley to start at quarterback against South Carolina on Saturday as Myles Brennan continues to deal with a lower body injury. LSU coach Ed Orgeron made the announcement after Thursday’s practice, adding that fellow freshman quarterback Max Johnson will play as well. “It could have been
8:00 AM ET When Michigan plays Minnesota on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), it will mark the first time Jim Harbaugh opens a season as head coach of the Wolverines with a starting quarterback he recruited out of high school. Let that sink in. Harbaugh has had holdovers from the previous staff and transfers brought
7:00 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. The biggest college football game on Saturday? It’s happening in Dallas between No. 9 Cincinnati and No. 16 SMU — two of the nine unbeaten teams left in the FBS.