6:01 PM ET Associated Press Louisville has furloughed 45 athletic department staffers for at least 60 days and eliminated 40 other support positions in the latest budget moves resulting from shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Athletic director Vince Tyra also announced 4% pay cuts for staffers earning more than $100,000 in the next year,
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12:21 PM ET Kent State receiver Antwan Dixon, who missed two seasons while battling a rare blood disorder, has received a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA. Dixon missed the 2016 and 2017 seasons because of aplastic anemia, an autoimmune disease where the body fails to produce sufficient blood cells. He received a bone
12:45 PM ET The NFL draft starts Thursday (8 p.m. ET on ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App), and all week, ESPNU will be airing top college football games from 2019 that feature the top prospects. On Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, top games and moments will be shown — including the College Football Playoff National
10:15 AM ET It may seem obvious now, when we have lived without sports and concerts and all public entertainment for several weeks. But when we awoke on the second Thursday in March, the coronavirus pandemic had not yet ground the world to a halt. Faced with the looming unknown, NCAA officials didn’t equivocate. They
8:45 AM ET Chuck and LaDonna Christian sat side by side in front of the relative stranger wearing a white lab coat. They had assumed they would be on their way home by now, waiting for a phone call to give them Chuck’s test results. Instead, the doctor had told them to stick around for
6:19 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Players ejected from college football games for targeting will be allowed to remain on the sideline, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The playing rules oversight panel approved the rules change no longer requiring players to head to the locker room after targeting is confirmed. All other aspects of the
8:00 AM ET The NFL draft offers an introduction of sorts for a new crop of star athletes, but it’s also a goodbye for the fans and schools these players leave behind. And now it’s up to their college coaches to find new stars to replace them. Let’s look at some of the schools that
4:36 PM ET Boise State University, which is already facing $10 million in losses because of a partial shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, is furloughing many of its employees, including coaches and athletics staff. Boise State president Marlene Tromp announced the furloughs in an email to staff on Monday night. “I hope our swift
3:27 PM ET There are currently no plans to change the format of the four-team College Football Playoff or adjust the selection committee’s protocol for choosing the top four teams, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Tuesday after two days of virtual CFP spring meetings. The annual meetings, which typically take place in
2:25 PM ET Joe Burrow is about to have an awful lot thrust on his shoulders if he gets selected with the first overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night, including having to adjust to a new scheme while being counted on to provide the Cincinnati Bengals with a new identity. LSU coach