4:54 PM ET It will be nine years this fall since Texas and Texas A&M have played each other. Yet the never-ending off-the-field rivalry continues. During a live chat with fans hosted by Texas247 Tuesday, Texas’ Chris Del Conte was asked if there were any updates to potential matchups with Texas A&M or Arkansas. Del
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10:36 AM ET Associated Press Roy Lester, who sandwiched a disappointing three-year stint as Maryland‘s football coach between a highly successful career at the high school level, has died. He was 96. Lester’s daughter, Amy Lester Greco, said in a Facebook post that her father died Sunday in Rockville, Maryland, due to complications from the
5:53 PM ET LSU added ESPN 300 quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to its 2021 recruiting class Monday when the 6-foot-2, 185-pound signal-caller announced his decision to pick the Tigers over offers from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and others. Nussmeier is the No. 62-ranked prospect overall out of Marcus High School in Flower Mound,
4:20 PM ET Associated Press Women’s flag football will become a varsity sport for NAIA schools by next year, the organization announced Monday. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has secured a two-year partnership with the NFL and its NFL FLAG arm, and Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX). The NAIA will develop league infrastructure and operations
12:01 PM ET The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that it has undertaken a league-wide initiative to promote mental health among its student-athletes, coaches and athletic administrators. “This world that we live in right now is so complicated and complex, especially for young people,” first-year Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren said. “I made a promise
8:58 PM ET Defensive end Najee Story, No. 250 in the ESPN’s Junior 300 rankings, committed to Northwestern, he announced on social media Sunday. Calling his recruiting process “a long journey full of twists and turns,” in a tweet, Story, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound lineman from Solon High School, in Ohio, chose the Wildcats over Ohio
2:07 PM ET Shaquill Griffin and Shaquem Griffin were used to hearing cheers from students while playing for the UCF Knights prior to their NFL careers. On Saturday, they returned the favor. The identical twins, who both play for the Seattle Seahawks, delivered an unscripted, eight-minute commencement speech for the university’s virtual graduation ceremony that
1:40 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas and Missouri are resuming their football rivalry after the former Big 12 foes agreed to a four-game series in which each school will play two home games, beginning in September 2025. The fourth-longest rivalry in college football dates to 1891, but it has been
7:37 AM ET Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond believes his team is on the verge of making a leap in 2020 like LSU did last season, when the Tigers went from 10-3 to a 15-0 national title campaign. “We really haven’t won the big-time games yet,” Mond told The Dallas Morning News for a story
8:50 PM ET Associated Press Widespread testing for coronavirus will be crucial to having college sports in the fall — especially contact sports such as football and basketball, the NCAA’s chief medical officer said Friday. Dr. Brian Hainline expressed cautious optimism that college sports could be played during the fall semester as long as leaders