7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors In a normal year, Thursday would be a day of celebration. College football returns in 100 days! It would be a time to debate Trevor Lawrence vs. Justin Fields, to ask whether Oregon offensive lineman Penei Sewell is actually the game’s best player and to wonder what Lane Kiffin will

3:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he thinks college football will return on schedule with some level of fans in the stands. Abbott has already issued new rules to allow youth sports leagues to resume in June and for some professional leagues to hold events without spectators. But the state

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11:54 AM ET Vanderbilt has hired Candice Lee as its athletic director, making her the first female athletic director and the first African American woman to lead an SEC athletic department. Lee had been serving as interim athletic director since February, when Malcolm Turner resigned after one year in the position. In addition to being

4:35 PM ET Clemson receiver Justyn Ross will have surgery in early June, a school spokesman confirmed Thursday. The surgery relates to stinger symptoms Ross felt during spring practice in March. At the time, coach Dabo Swinney said Ross got banged up in practice without going into detail about the exact injury, saying only it

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6:41 PM ET Renovation of Alabama‘s Bryant-Denny Stadium resumed Monday after an undisclosed number of workers at the construction site tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a statement provided by the university to ESPN, the construction company, Caddell Construction, immediately “adapted operations and processes, engaged in heightened cleaning, and took other protective measures for

4:31 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow voluntary on-campus athletic activities to resume in football and men’s and women’s basketball, starting June 1, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of sports across the country, the council banned all on-campus athletic activities. That moratorium was

8:19 PM ET Oregon continued showing its recruiting reach out West on Monday, gaining a commitment from Arizona ESPN 300 offensive lineman Jonah Miller. The 6-foot-6, 285-pound lineman chose the Ducks over Arizona State, Penn State, Texas, USC and Washington. Miller is the No. 24-ranked offensive tackle and No. 259 recruit overall, and joins fellow

8:18 PM ET The Big 12 conference doesn’t have a date yet for its sports to resume, but commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Tuesday the league needs to be “up and running” by mid-July if the college football season is going to start on time. “If we’re not, we’re looking at probably having to delay the