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4:31 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow voluntary on-campus athletic activities to resume in football and men’s and women’s basketball, starting June 1. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of sports across the country, the council banned all on-campus athletic activities. That moratorium was set to expire May 31.
6:41 PM ET Renovation of Alabama‘s Bryant-Denny Stadium resumed Monday after an undisclosed number of workers at the construction site tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a statement provided by the university to ESPN, the construction company, Caddell Construction, immediately “adapted operations and processes, engaged in heightened cleaning, and took other protective measures for
4:31 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow voluntary on-campus athletic activities to resume in football and men’s and women’s basketball, starting June 1, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of sports across the country, the council banned all on-campus athletic activities. That moratorium was
3:55 PM ET Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told reporters Wednesday that his athletic department has run several social distancing models to consider having fans in stands at games this fall, and Ohio Stadium, with a normal capacity of more than 100,000, would hold a crowd closer to 20,000-22,000. “We’ve played with that a
3:04 PM ET Clemson added a quarterback commitment Wednesday from Bubba Chandler, who nearly two weeks ago was committed to Georgia to play baseball and didn’t have any FBS scholarship offers. Chandler, a 6-foot-4, 195-pound prospect from Bogart, Georgia, loved football but figured his future was in baseball and had been committed to play that
2:03 PM ET Police in Maryland on Tuesday arrested former Oregon football signee Luke Hill, and the state attorney’s office has charged him with felony first-degree attempted murder, felony assault and other misdemeanor charges after he allegedly fired a gun multiple times from a car on Monday. Sources told ESPN that Hill’s intended target was
1:35 PM ET Stephen F. Austin faces a series of penalties, including the vacating of games, for a lack of institutional control violation (Level I) involving the “erroneous certification” of 82 student-athletes in nine sports over the past decade, the NCAA announced Wednesday. On Tuesday, the NCAA announced an eventual postseason ban for the school’s
1:35 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — A man accused of threatening a shooting at Ohio State and vowing to hurt players on the football team is now scheduled for a change of plea hearing, according to a Wednesday court filing. Such hearings are typically held when a defendant switches a plea from not
12:48 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana Hoosiers added graduate transfer Khameron Taylor to their football roster, they announced Wednesday. The 6-foot-4, 270-pound tight end from South Alabama provides experience and depth behind incumbent starter Peyton Hendershot. Taylor will be eligible to play immediately after graduating earlier this month with a degree