5:53 PM ET LSU added ESPN 300 quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to its 2021 recruiting class Monday when the 6-foot-2, 185-pound signal-caller announced his decision to pick the Tigers over offers from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and others. Nussmeier is the No. 62-ranked prospect overall out of Marcus High School in Flower Mound,
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4:20 PM ET Associated Press Women’s flag football will become a varsity sport for NAIA schools by next year, the organization announced Monday. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has secured a two-year partnership with the NFL and its NFL FLAG arm, and Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX). The NAIA will develop league infrastructure and operations
12:01 PM ET The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that it has undertaken a league-wide initiative to promote mental health among its student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators. “This world that we live in right now is so complicated and complex, especially for young people,” first-year Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said. “I made a promise
11:02 AM ET A majority of sports fans surveyed by ESPN said they are in favor of watching televised sports without fans rather than waiting for sports to resume only when fans can be in attendance. The ESPN Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,004 sports fans aged 18 or older, with 65% in favor of
9:48 AM ET The Big Ten conference is extending its suspension of all organized team activities through June 1 as a response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The conference had previously announced in March it would suspend team activities until May 4, but after evaluating the current climate, the Big Ten has further extended the
8:58 PM ET Defensive end Najee Story, No. 250 in the ESPN’s Junior 300 rankings, committed to Northwestern, he announced on social media Sunday. Calling his recruiting process “a long journey full of twists and turns” in a tweet, Story, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound lineman from Solon High School (Ohio) chose the Wildcats over Ohio State,
2:07 PM ET Shaquill Griffin and Shaquem Griffin were used to hearing cheers from students while playing for the UCF Knights prior to their NFL careers. On Saturday, they returned the favor. The identical twins, who both play for the Seattle Seahawks, delivered an unscripted 8-minute commencement speech for the university’s virtual graduation ceremony that
10:00 AM ET USC finished with the 54th-ranked college football recruiting class in the country in 2020, the lowest it has finished since ESPN started its class rankings in 2009. In fact, 2020 marked the first time the Trojans had finished outside the top 20, a far fall from when they finished with the No.
1:40 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas and Missouri are resuming their football rivalry after the former Big 12 foes agreed to a four-game series in which each school will play two home games beginning in September 2025. The fourth-longest rivalry in college football dates to 1891, but it has been
7:37 AM ET Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond believes his team is on the verge of making a leap in 2020 like LSU did last season, when the Tigers went from 10-3 to a 15-0 national title campaign. “We really haven’t won the big-time games yet,” Mond told The Dallas Morning News for a story