5:51 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban said he supports the march on campus that players have planned for Monday afternoon. “The players have made these choices and decisions about what they want to do, how they want to be heard, and we want to support them because we do support what they want to
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1:35 PM ET A week after pausing all activities because of positive coronavirus cases, NC State will resume football practice Monday, athletics director Boo Corrigan said Saturday on social media. Last Monday, the entire athletic department temporarily paused after 27 positive cases were identified. NC State did not specify how many programs were directly affected.
9:43 AM ET Associated Press With national involvement slowing, former Villanova football coach Andy Talley is challenging other coaches in a social media campaign to sign up new bone marrow donors. Talley and his Get in the Game bone marrow foundation are driving forces on college campuses on behalf of the Be The Match national
8:00 AM ET Back in May, Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. knew he had to do something after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. After calling his grandfather, James, who recalled how he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decades ago, Jones had his answer. “After talking with him, I was just like,
5:23 PM ET Houston-area high school stars and ESPN 300 prospects Bobby Taylor and Hunter Washington announced that they will be following in the examples of professional athletes and sitting out games in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Taylor and Hunter both play for Katy High School and said
4:37 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt has canceled practice for the Volunteers after what he called “a few more positive tests.” The Volunteers were scheduled to practice Friday. Pruitt had adjusted the schedule for Saturday to allow his players to take part in an on-campus march against racism. Pruitt says he decided
11:56 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The Big Ten is discussing Thanksgiving weekend as one of several options
12:38 PM ET Ole Miss’ football team didn’t practice Friday and instead marched to The Square in downtown Oxford, Mississippi, to bring awareness to racial injustice in the country. Coach Lane Kiffin participated in the march, and some of the players carried signs that read: End police brutality. Once at the Square, members of the
11:12 AM ET The ACC will begin coronavirus testing three times a week during the season, including one test the day before kickoff. Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said on a media call Friday the three-times-a-week testing protocol is through the ACC medical advisory group. The ACC has not yet officially announced new protocols, but
11:15 AM ET Associated Press North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham says the school will begin football and other fall sports without fans at home because of the pandemic. In an open letter to fans Friday, Cunningham says the restriction will last through September for football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross