3:13 PM ET Former Arkansas coach Bret Bielema is suing the university’s foundation for allegedly breaching his buyout agreement after his firing in November 2017. In the lawsuit filed against the Razorback Foundation in federal court in Arkansas on Friday, Bielema’s attorneys indicated he was seeking just over $7 million. Bielema, now an assistant with
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3:05 PM ET The NCAA is encouraging its member schools to designate Nov. 3, the date of the U.S. presidential election and other major national and local races, as a day off for major college athletics. “We encourage all member schools to assist students in registering to vote in the upcoming national election and designate
11:42 AM ET A new Florida law will allow college athletes in the state to make money from endorsements starting next summer. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill Friday afternoon, adding an expected increase in urgency to the nationwide movement toward creating more opportunities for athletes to benefit from the billions of dollars generated
1:07 PM ET LSU added to its future quarterback room Friday when Walker Howard from the Class of 2022 announced his commitment to the Tigers. Howard is a 6-foot-1, 185-pound QB from St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, and held offers from Alabama, Arizona State, Baylor, Nebraska, Ole Miss, Penn State, TCU and
12:17 PM ET The Clemson Board of Trustees voted Friday to change the name of the Calhoun Honors College after former players Deshaun Watson, DeAndre Hopkins and many others urged the university to make the change. The honors college was named for John C. Calhoun, a South Carolina politician who served as vice president from
10:30 AM ET Matt James, a former Wake Forest wide receiver, was named Friday as the next star for ABC’s reality series “The Bachelor.” He’ll be the first black man to star in the role in the show’s history. James, from Raleigh, North Carolina, caught 40 passes for 401 yards in 2014, his final season
Jun 11, 2020 Major college athletes rarely go home. Aside from a few weeks during the summer, and a short break or two during the academic year, they’re on campus, training and competing. But since the coronavirus pandemic began in the middle of March, they have lived a different reality in quarantine: classes and team
7:00 AM ET College football teams are returning to campus for voluntary workouts with the goal of an on-time start to the 2020 season. But with their return has come a handful of positive coronavirus tests, and a new series of questions about managing the virus with a large group of athletes used to being
6:38 PM ET The NCAA Division 1 Football Oversight Committee passed a six-week practice plan Thursday in order to kick off the season on time, sources confirmed to ESPN. The plan now heads to the NCAA Division I Council for approval at its meeting June 17. The color-coded plan, first obtained by ESPN earlier this
2:18 PM ET In the wake of several controversies, including a recent acknowledgment of an assistant coach using a racist epithet during practice, Clemson football players have rallied to defend coach Dabo Swinney on social media, and on Thursday four Tigers who are organizing a protest for racial justice on campus offered more insight into