8:59 PM ET USC will pause football workouts until at least Monday due to positive tests for COVID-19, the school announced. The school’s weekly surveillance testing program recorded eight positive tests between the football team and men’s water polo team, which also will suspend activities. “All eight student-athletes have been isolated,” the school said in
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1:32 PM ET Ole Miss center Eli Johnson, who announced earlier this month that he was opting out of the upcoming college football season, entered the transfer portal on Wednesday. Johnson started all 12 games last season. He told ESPN he will not be returning to Ole Miss after he receives his master’s degree in
12:22 PM ET NC State‘s season opener against Virginia Tech is moving from Sept. 12 to Sept. 26 because of a recent increase in COVID-19 cases that caused the Wolfpack to pause all athletic activities, the ACC announced Wednesday. NC State on Monday imposed the stoppage after announcing 27 positive cases within the athletic department.
12:14 PM ET Associated Press Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons and Oregon tackle Penei Sewell are among 11 players selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America first team who are not slated to play this fall. The team was selected by 47 AP poll voters who were asked to consider all Division I players —
10:34 AM ET Vanderbilt returned to practice Wednesday morning after suspending all football activities last Friday. The school announced last Friday that it was made aware of “a small number” of positive coronavirus tests within the program, leading to Friday’s practice being canceled. Per the school’s safety protocols, the athletes who tested positive were placed
10:41 AM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A Western Carolina football player has called on his teammates to boycott team activities after several racist videos involving students at the school circulated on social media. Sophomore safety Jaylon McMillon said he and other members of the Catamounts football team agreed during a Zoom video Sunday
6:31 PM ET Associated Press RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Former New Mexico football coach Bob Davie ignored a player’s plea for help in his fight against depression and instead made the lineman play a game before he took his own life, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges the
1:38 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Sam Khan Jr. Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers Texas A&M and the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Houston. Texas Tech on Tuesday reported 21 active cases of COVID-19 within its
2:50 PM ET UCLA starting tackle Jake Burton has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal with the hope of landing with a team where he can play this fall. Burton, who started 23 games the past two seasons at right tackle for the Bruins, appears in the portal as a graduate and would not require an
10:49 AM ET A group of Big Ten football parent associations on Wednesday sent an open letter demanding information around the league’s decision to postpone the fall football season and a “structured discussion” with first-year commissioner Kevin Warren. A large majority of Big Ten parent associations participated in the letter, which uses the banner #B1GParentsUnited