3:26 PM ET Miami Hurricanes defensive end Gregory Rousseau is the latest college football star to opt out of the 2020 season, head coach Manny Diaz announced Thursday. Rousseau led the ACC in sacks last season with 15.5 and is widely considered a first-round selection in the 2021 NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists
3:08 PM ET Michigan and Ohio State will meet in the Horseshoe on Oct. 24 if the upcoming college football season is played, but their head coaches aren’t waiting to exchange strong words. During a conference call among Big Ten coaches on Monday, Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh reportedly interrupted Ohio State’s Ryan Day and accused the
2:17 PM ET SILVERSTONE, Great Britain — Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he does not feel comfortable negotiating a new contract with Mercedes while people are losing their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. 1 Related Hamilton’s contract expires at the end of this season and he is expected to sign
1:00 PM ET ESPN staff Tom Brady in red and pewter. Philip Rivers in blue and white, no yellow to be found. Joe Burrow in Cincinnati. Chase Young in Washington. The 2020 NFL season is going to look different. There’s just something about old faces in new places … and about new faces. Hope springs
2:18 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Veteran cornerback Rashaan Melvin on Thursday became the third Jacksonville Jaguars defensive player to opt out of the 2020 season. Melvin, who signed a one-year contract worth $1.75 million in March, was expected to compete with third-year player Tre Herndon to start opposite rookie first-round pick C.J. Henderson. He
1:20 PM ET HOUSTON — Despite missing two games last season after sustaining two concussions in a 25-day span, Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks said he has “zero” concerns about his concussion history. “For me, I’m not worried at all,” Cooks said on Thursday. “If there is any hesitation or worry, I wouldn’t be
2:20 PM ET The Navy-Notre Dame rivalry, which has continued annually through the Great Depression, World War II and sundry conference realignments since 1927, could not withstand the changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The Fighting Irish and the Midshipmen, who had been scheduled to play on Labor Day weekend, will not play in 2020.
2:51 PM ET Florida State Seminoles defensive tackle Marvin Wilson was one of the most outspoken voices on social justice issues during the offseason. But he said Thursday that he’s not been a part of any conversations like the ones that led to open letters from Big Ten and Pac-12 players demanding reforms and new
1:27 PM ET Maryland Terrapins coach Mike Locksley can remember sitting at the NFL’s Quarterback Coaching Summit last June at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where leaders from the league’s football operations department and the Black College Football Hall of Fame brought together dozens of people of color with higher coaching aspirations. Locksley, who had just
2:01 PM ET Penn State linebacker and potential top10 pick Micah Parsons has decided to opt out of the coming season and begin preparations for the 2021 NFL draft, he announced on Thursday. Parsons becomes the third high-profile prospect to opt out of the college football season in the last week, following in the footsteps