10:11 AM ET Western Michigan coach Tim Lester has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this week’s home game against San Jose State. Lester, 44, received a positive test Monday morning after experiencing mild symptoms Sunday. The fifth-year Broncos coach is vaccinated. “Thankfully, due to being fully vaccinated, I am feeling OK,” Lester said

1:33 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas running back Velton Gardner, who led the Jayhawks in rushing last season, has entered the transfer portal after seeing his playing time decrease over the first three games under new coach Lance Leipold. The junior running back started each game but, after carrying the ball 19

8:22 AM ET ESPN News Services CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami quarterback D’Eriq King has a shoulder injury that will need further evaluation Tuesday, and he’ll be listed as questionable for Saturday’s game against FCS team Central Connecticut State, according to coach Manny Diaz. It’s the latest blow to the reeling Hurricanes, who fell out

9:19 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The American Athletic Conference has extended the contract of commissioner Mike Aresco for three years through June 2025, the league announced Monday. Aresco, a former CBS Sports executive, was hired as Big East commissioner in 2012 during sweeping conference realignment that ultimately forced the league to rebuild

Sep 19, 2021 Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin running back Antwan Roberts has entered the transfer portal less than three weeks after getting suspended from the team. Roberts, a freshman, hadn’t played in either of the 18th-ranked Badgers’ first two games. Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst suspended Roberts and dismissed fellow freshman running back Loyal

9:06 PM ET ESPN staff Week 3’s biggest games lived up to the hype, and yet no team in the top 10 lost. The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide looked mortal in their trip to the Swamp as the Florida Gators pushed them all the way to the final seconds, but the defending champion —

Sep 18, 2021 The post-Clay Helton era at USC has gotten off to a bizarre start ahead of Saturday’s game at Washington State. After landing in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday, the Trojans’ team plane tipped backward on the tarmac, sending the plane’s nose into the air, after the grounds crew did not put the plane’s

11:20 PM ET There were multiple officiating mistakes made on Memphis’ 94-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Tigers‘ 31-29 win over Mississippi State, the SEC said in a statement Saturday night. With 5:58 left, Mississippi State punted the ball from its own 47-yard line. The ball went past the

11:47 PM ET Alabama is mortal. This makes sense intuitively, because Nick Saban is human and his players are human. But throughout the final three quarters of that 31-29 showdown in the Swamp, Alabama wasn’t just theoretically mortal. Instead, its flaws were visible. The ground game ran into its share of brick walls against Brenton

4:51 PM ET ESPN News Services MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jarret Doege threw two touchdown passes, Leddie Brown rushed for 106 yards and a score and West Virginia survived No. 15 Virginia Tech‘s furious rally from a 20-point deficit to outlast the Hokies 27-21 on Saturday. The Mountaineers (2-1) built a 27-7 lead midway through the