11:28 PM ET Several former Iowa football players are speaking out about the negative experiences they and other black players had while in the program. Former Iowa offensive lineman James Daniels, now with the Chicago Bears, tweeted Thursday night, “There are too many racial disparities in the Iowa football program. Black players have been treated
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8:03 PM ET Kansas ended a prolonged contract settlement dispute with former football coach David Beaty by reaching a $2.55 million financial settlement, the school announced Friday. Beaty was owed $3 million when the Jayhawks fired him in November 2018. His Kansas teams went 6-42 in four seasons. “Despite the settlement, the University maintains the
7:49 PM ET Associated Press Ohio State says football players will be permitted to begin voluntary workouts in school facilities on Monday. Other athletes will follow later this month, with basketball players among those who can start voluntary training on June 15. To be cleared to begin working out, Ohio State athletes will be tested
7:35 PM ET Utah has suspended defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley and launched an external investigation concerning a 2013 text message he sent that included a racial slur, Utes athletics director Mark Harlan announced Friday on social media. Harlan said he was made aware of the text message Wednesday night and that he had spoken to
4:09 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross had surgery Friday for a congenital fusion in his spine that will keep him off the field this upcoming season. Ross said on social media that the operation “went great” and he was ready to get to work to return to football.
1:30 PM ET Florida State head football coach Mike Norvell found out on Thursday that words — and the actions that back them up — mean everything right now. During an interview with The Athletic earlier this week, Norvell claimed to have had “a lot of open communication” with his players and gone “back and
11:14 AM ET Associated Press Florida A&M will leave the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and join the Southwestern Athletic Conference on July 1, 2021, it was announced. The Tallahassee school’s board of trustees voted unanimously to make the move, which was verified by the SWAC. “While we have had a long-standing relationship competing in the Mid-Eastern
9:29 PM ET Texas players marched with coach Tom Herman and members of the Austin Police Department to the state capitol building Thursday afternoon, joining the national protests against racism after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Herman and his wife and other Longhorn coaches joined the players as they walked from the north
6:25 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity has been given a one-year contract extension. The announcement came in a rare online video spring meeting of the University of Georgia athletic association’s board of directors on Thursday. The 65-year-old McGarity was named Georgia’s AD in 2010. His extension came in
6:11 PM ET Notre Dame football players will begin moving into an on-campus hotel on Monday, where they will live all summer and be quarantined upon arrival for up to a week, and will each take COVID-19 tests before starting voluntary workouts on June 22. Athletic department officials informed players and their families on Thursday