7:15 PM ET Brianna Williams Retired quarterback Drew Brees awarded Purdue softball player Emilee Cox with the surprise of a lifetime on Wednesday. Cox, who happened to be sitting in the student-athlete academic center in West Lafayette, Indiana, named after the New Orleans Saints icon, became the recipient of a name, image and likeness deal
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3:15 PM ET Auburn first-year coach Bryan Harsin, who tested positive for COVID-19 last week and remains in isolation, told reporters on Wednesday that he’s not against people getting vaccinated. “Let me be clear,” he said, “I am not anti-vaccine and any narrative along those lines is misinformed.” Harsin, however, has declined to say whether
6:26 PM 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. The commissioners of the Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC made it official Tuesday, announcing an
5:40 PM ET The Big Ten, ACC and Pac-12 on Tuesday announced an alliance that ultimately aims to “stabilize a volatile environment” throughout college athletics by collaborating on weighty issues facing the industry and agreeing to create a future scheduling partnership. The scheduling component for football and women’s and men’s basketball “will begin as soon
8:44 AM ET The alliance between the ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 will be announced at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday, sources told ESPN. The three leagues are expected to emphasize “common values” and unanimous support impacting key topics affecting college athletes and schools in all sports. Sources say the Pac-12 has been the most aggressive
6:00 AM ET The college football coaching hot seat for 2021 was supposed to be crowded. When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, sources widely expected schools to be hesitant to make coaching changes, mindful of the cost for already-crunched athletic department budgets. Just wait for 2021, they said. It will be wild. Then, South
12:44 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Fiesta Bowl Organization announced a multiyear partnership with Caesars Entertainment on Monday, pairing one of the biggest postseason college football games with legal sports gambling in Arizona. It’s the first partnership between a college bowl game and a company that specializes in sports betting. Caesars will host
12:24 PM ET Associated Press Notre Dame and Iowa State each had three players selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America football team, led Fighting Irish defensive back Kyle Hamilton and Cyclones running back Breece Hall. The preseason All-America team presented by Regions Bank was released Monday, five days before the first games of the
2:30 PM ET Oklahoma received a commitment from Brandon Inniss on Sunday, as the ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver chose the Sooners over Alabama, Florida, Miami and Ohio State. Inniss, a 6-foot-0, 190-pound prospect from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, is the No. 18-ranked recruit overall and No. 3 wide receiver in the
7:00 AM ET Coach Hugh Freeze and Liberty are facing a fourth-and-3 from Virginia Tech’s 38-yard line early in the second quarter, and two things are abundantly clear. The Flames are going for it, and the ball is going to be in star quarterback Malik Willis‘ hands. Liberty, on this day last November, is ranked