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Apr 1, 2021 It’s finally April. The 2021 NFL draft is nearly here, with Round 1 on April 29. Free agency has cleared up team needs a little bit, and pro day workouts are giving scouts one last on-field look at this talented class of prospects. Round 1 is already getting a shake-up, with the

12:02 PM ET A trio of college basketball players met with NCAA president Mark Emmert on Thursday and asked the association to adopt a temporary blanket waiver that would allow all athletes to make money from endorsement deals next school year while more permanent decisions take shape. Michigan‘s Isaiah Livers, Iowa‘s Jordan Bohannon and Rutgers‘

5:17 PM ET University of Nebraska officials state they acted promptly and properly in handling complaints of sexual misconduct against athletes and other male students, according to a motion filed Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit in which nine women allege sex discrimination and violations of the Title IX gender equity law. The lawsuit filed in

10:14 AM ET Associated Press Back in January, two Democratic senators introduced federal legislation called the College Athlete Bill of Rights. Among a long list of reforms, there was one item that jumped out as a potential game-changer to college sports: Schools would be required to share 50% of their profit with athletes from revenue-generating

8:00 AM ET Explosiveness is fun. It creates crowd pops (when there are crowds). It wins games. When an explosive player is on the college football field, keep your eye on him at all times. Of course, “explosive” means many things. Maybe it’s a terrifying return man, or a beautiful deep ball thrower (or catcher!),

1:59 PM ET The justices of the Supreme Court of the United States questioned whether amateurism is an essential part of the NCAA’s business model Wednesday during a landmark hearing for the future of college sports while also expressing concerns about starting a slippery slope of judicial rulings that could lead to the destruction of

12:40 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia has bulked up its nonconference football schedule even more, announcing a home-and-home series with Louisville in 2026-27. The schools announced jointly Wednesday that the Bulldogs will visit Louisville on Sept. 19, 2026, while the Cardinals will be in Athens on Sept. 18, 2027. Georgia and Louisville

5:00 AM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Since officially taking over as ACC commissioner last month, Jim Phillips has spent much of

Mar 23, 2021 When San Jose State came back to defeat Nevada at “home” (in Las Vegas, on a field with New Mexico’s home markings) and clinch the MWC West, it continued one of college football’s most stirring 2020 stories, one that would continue a week later when the Spartans knocked off Boise State to

8:05 AM ET The Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments on Wednesday about the financial limits placed on NCAA athletes in a case that could significantly shape the future of college sports. During the past dozen years, the NCAA has slowly loosened its restrictions on the types of benefits college athletes in

2:36 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt announced a $300 million project Monday to improve football and basketball facilities and a new Vandy United Fund to raise money for athletics programs. The Vandy United Fund already has $200 million committed with $100 million from the university along with $90 million from anonymous donors

12:37 PM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day thinks quarterback Justin Fields “checks all the boxes” as an NFL prospect and will become a franchise player for the team that drafts him next month. Fields, who started the past two seasons for Day at Ohio State, goes through his pro day workout Tuesday in Columbus,

11:52 AM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — The couple who own a massive Interstate 80 travel center in eastern Iowa have donated $10 million to fund the Iowa football program and other athletics projects, the school announced Monday. The Will and Renee Moon Excellence Fund will endow the head football coaching position in

2:49 PM ET Georgia has gotten off to a fast start in the 2022 recruiting class and added another ESPN Junior 300 prospect on Saturday when linebacker Jalon Walker announced his commitment to the Dawgs. Walker is a 6-foot-2, 220-pound linebacker out of Salisbury High School in Salisbury, North Carolina, and is the No. 39

8:39 PM ET Longtime Wisconsin athletic director and former football coach Barry Alvarez is set to retire, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Alvarez, 74, who has led Wisconsin’s athletics department since April 2004, likely will make a formal announcement in the next few weeks. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported Saturday that Alvarez is planning

9:35 AM ET Howard Schnellenberger, who led Miami to its first national championship and in the process turned a once-floundering football program into a dynasty, died Saturday his family announced. He was 87. What Schnellenberger did at Miami remains one of the greatest transformations in college football history. Before his arrival in 1979, Miami administrators

7:21 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A 74-year-old woman told state lawmakers Friday that she spoke directly to LSU football coach Ed Orgeron about sexual harassment she allegedly endured in 2017 from one of his star players, adding he did nothing to reprimand the running back. Gloria Scott, a security worker at

8:00 AM ET With college football spring practices upon us and a new season in the forefront, the 2021 recruits are now starting their journey. As with every recruiting class, there are some prospects who will make an immediate impact and become stars right away, while for others, it might take a little more time