10:05 PM ET Oregon‘s recruiting success in California continued Friday when ESPN 300 wide receiver Troy Franklin announced his commitment to the Ducks. Franklin is the No. 69 prospect overall and chose Oregon over Alabama, Arizona State and Washington. He’s a 6-foot-1, 175-pound receiver out of Menlo High School in Atherton, California, and is the

3:05 PM ET The NCAA is encouraging its member schools to designate Nov. 3, the date of the U.S. presidential election and other major national and local races, as a day off for major college athletics. “We encourage all member schools to assist students in registering to vote in the upcoming national election and designate

2:18 PM ET In the wake of several controversies, including a recent acknowledgment of an assistant coach using a racist epithet during practice, Clemson football players have rallied to defend coach Dabo Swinney on social media, and on Thursday four Tigers who are organizing a protest for racial justice on campus offered more insight into

11:38 PM ET Bryson and Blaine Green, twin brothers who are both in the 2021 ESPN 300 recruiting rankings, committed to Oklahoma State on Wednesday, they announced on social media. The 6-foot-1, 200-pound receivers from Allen High School in Allen, Texas, had matching offers from Auburn, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Mississippi State and Nebraska, among

10:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Two Texas football players have tested positive for coronavirus this week and a third tested positive for the COVID-19 antibody, the university said Wednesday night. Texas brought in 58 players this week to the campus that is otherwise closed to students. One of them presented symptoms during pre-screening and

2:48 PM ET Four Clemson football players, including star quarterback Trevor Lawrence, are set to lead a protest march on campus Saturday, following in the footsteps of other demonstrations around the country in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Lawrence helped set the stage for an outpouring of support for social justice reform

8:35 PM ET Iowa sophomore linebacker Dillon Doyle, son of longtime Hawkeyes strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle, announced Tuesday that he’s entering the transfer portal. Dillon Doyle’s decision comes three days after Iowa placed Chris Doyle on administrative leave pending an external investigation into a series of claims by former players of mistreatment. Chris

9:18 PM ET After 10 years, former USC Trojans running back Reggie Bush’s disassociation from the university is expected to soon come to an end, sources told ESPN. The timing comes as a result of an NCAA Committee on Infractions rule, adopted in 2017, that limits any mandated disassociations between an individual and a school

1:41 PM ET Duke athletic director Kevin White said he is concerned about potential abuse of name, image and likeness legislation and unfair recruiting advantages that might result. White’s comments via Twitter on Tuesday came in support of North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham who said last week that NIL legislation would compel collegiate athletics

10:46 PM ET Former Clemson players DeAndre Hopkins and Deshaun Watson are petitioning the university to remove the name of John C. Calhoun from the school’s honors college, with Hopkins noting that the slave owner’s influence is the reason he does not mention the university’s name when he’s introduced before NFL games. Calhoun, who served