Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame For the second time in the past week, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators proposed a federal law that would regulate how college athletes are allowed to make money

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Illinois has hired former Wisconsin defensive coordinator and interim coach Jim Leonhard as a senior defensive analyst. Leonhard, a three-time All-America selection at Wisconsin who had spent his entire coaching career at his

Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 25, 2023, 01:26 PM ET Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh and the NCAA are in discussions about a so-called negotiated resolution for a four-game suspension in the 2023 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The looming suspension is tied to an NCAA recruiting investigation into Michigan in which Harbaugh faces a

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 24, 2023, 10:16 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern president Michael Schill said he is not considering firing athletic director Derrick Gragg and isn’t concerned about his own employment status amid the football hazing scandal and other challenges with the school’s

Jul 24, 2023, 10:02 PM ET Former Georgia Bulldogs linebacker Adam Anderson was sentenced Monday in Clarke County (Ga.) Superior Court to a year in jail, according to multiple reports, after pleading guilty to the sexual battery of two young women. In April of 2022, a grand jury indicted Anderson and charged with him raping

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJul 24, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. STANFORD, Calif. — It’s not hard for Troy Taylor to envision a parallel universe in which he would be home, outside of Sacramento, a high school teacher enjoying summer break. He would probably

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Nick Saban and Alabama added four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. to its 2025 recruiting class Saturday. Ffrench, No. 15 overall in the 2025 ESPN 300, is the second highly touted receiver to pledge to the Crimson Tide in the 2025 class, following Saraland (Ala.)

Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 01:43 PM ET CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A freshman football player at Austin Peay died Friday night in a single-car crash near the school’s campus in Clarksville, Tennessee, officials said. Jeremiah Collins, an 18-year-old defensive back, was driving too fast while exiting a highway and his pickup truck rolled several times

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 22, 2023, 12:48 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Florida A&M has suspended all football-related activities following the release of an unauthorized rap video filmed in the team locker room that contained explicit lyrics. Coach Willie Simmons announced the decision Friday night,

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2023, 09:27 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. LAS VEGAS — Colorado coach Deion Sanders underwent successful surgery Thursday to remove a blood clot in his right leg. “Everything’s good,” Colorado defensive coordinator Charles Kelly told ESPN at Pac-12 media day.