11:36 AM ET Multiple Contributors An external review of Iowa’s football program found an environment where many Black players felt bullied and demeaned, but recommended that coach Kirk Ferentz and athletic director Gary Barta take steps to improve the culture. Iowa commissioned the review, conducted by the Kansas City-based Husch Blackwell firm, following claims from
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11:14 AM ET A former Michigan student says the football program’s most famous coach, Bo Schembechler, knew about the sexual misconduct of then-team doctor Robert Anderson. The accuser, identified as John Doe EB-17, worked as a play-by-play announcer for football games during his time at the University of Michigan in the early 1980s. In a
9:52 AM ET Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said the program’s partnership with the ACC for the 2020 football season was the result of “unusual circumstances unrelated to Notre Dame’s long-term assessment of independence.” The ACC board of directors on Wednesday approved a plan in which all conference schools and Notre Dame will play
8:00 AM ET I was on the beach three weeks ago on July 9. The day was ending, and I was packing up my family’s gear to leave the shore and head back to the house for dinner when a man startled me with a “HEY!” He was walking directly toward me, overcooked by the
8:00 AM ET College football coaches are still working on finishing up their 2021 recruiting classes, but plenty of top prospects have already made their commitments. As it stands right now, 221 of the top 300 prospects have already made their decision and committed to a school. That means that a ton of future stars
10:42 PM ET Colorado State is voluntarily pausing team activities to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19, the school announced Wednesday. CSU has has eight positive COVID-19 tests out of more than 140 administered since testing began last month. The entire team will be tested as early as next week, and Colorado State expects to
9:22 PM ET Arizona will resume team activities next week and bring freshmen to campus beginning Monday as part of a phased return of its athletic programs, the school announced Wednesday. In late June, Arizona paused its plan to return athletes for team activities, citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases in Pima County and
6:13 PM ET The ACC made its scheduling decision on Wednesday, opting for 10 conference games — including Notre Dame — and one nonconference game. That leaves the SEC and Big 12 as the only leagues that have not made an announcement about what they plan to do about scheduling. Even though we have a
8:06 PM ET Clemson added its second ESPN 300 prospect in as many days Wednesday when offensive lineman Dietrick Pennington announced his commitment to the Tigers. Pennington is the No. 213-ranked recruit overall and chose Clemson over Auburn, Florida State, Georgia and LSU. He’s a 6-foot-5, 280-pound offensive guard out of Evangelical Christian High School
7:11 PM ET Arizona offensive lineman Edgar Burrola, who last week was suspended for violating team coronavirus safety protocol, acknowledged to ESPN that he violated policy on multiple occasions, but said he was distrustful of the Arizona medical staff based on skepticism of the protocol the school follows as well as its handling of a