12:18 PM ET The NCAA expanded its Confederate flag policy on Friday to prohibit all its championship events from being held in the states where the flag is flown. Mississippi is the only state affected by the policy change. It is the only state flag that continues to feature the banner of the Confederacy —
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8:00 AM ET The 2020 college football season has already been the strangest and most unique season since the end of World War II, and it hasn’t even officially begun yet. The threat of the coronavirus brought a stop to all spring practices in March, and teams have only recently begun to resume voluntary workouts
8:25 PM ET SEC commissioner Greg Sankey threatened not to host any future conference championship events in Mississippi until the state changes its flag. Mississippi is the only state that has the Confederate symbol — a blue cross with the 13 stars — still on its flag. “It is past time for change to be
6:10 PM ET Iowa linebacker Dillon Doyle, the son of former Hawkeyes strength coach Chris Doyle, has announced he’s transferring to Baylor. “I’m excited to announce my decision to attend and compete for Baylor University,” Dillon Doyle tweeted. “Baylor provides a special situation to be part of a culture with world-class people and coaches every
4:58 PM ET An LSU football player suspended for a Title IX violation filed a complaint against the university Thursday, alleging it made an “unjust and discriminatory decision… following a biased, flawed, confusing and unlawful process.” The player, who is not identified in the complaint, in March was found responsible for the violation, which alleges
4:26 PM ET Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said there was “tremendous” dialogue in a meeting involving him, university president Jay Hartzell and the Longhorns football team Wednesday night, but understands players’ frustrations similar to those expressed by junior linebacker Juwan Mitchell over their desire for the university to promote diversity and ensure black
12:53 PM ET Texas says that 13 football players have confirmed positive coronavirus test results or are presumed positive, according to Allen Hardin, the school’s senior associate athletics director for sports medicine and performance. Texas says all 13 players are now self-isolating and 10 more identified through contact tracing are in self-quarantine but asymptomatic at
2:39 PM ET Alabama and Ohio State have scheduled a home-and-home football series for 2027-28, the schools announced on Thursday. The Buckeyes will host the first game in Columbus on Sept. 18, 2027, before traveling to Tuscaloosa the following season on Sept. 9, 2028. It will be the first time they’ve met outside of a
2:17 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt says running back Tim Jordan is no longer on the team after he was arrested May 30 in Florida on gun and marijuana charges. Jordan would have been a senior for the Volunteers, and the native of Bartow, Florida, played in 12 games
1:29 PM ET The University of Florida will no longer allow its “Gator Bait” cheer at sporting events because of “historic racist imagery associated with the phrase,” school president Kent Fuchs announced Thursday. As part of a university-wide review to help the school take steps against racism, Fuchs highlighted the cheer as action that will