11:39 AM ET A former NC State football player was arrested this week and charged with misdemeanor stalking and communicating threats to Wolfpack head coach Dave Doeren, according to Wake County records. The arrest stems from a tweet reportedly sent by Joseph Boletepeli, 22, a member of the 2018 and 2019 NC State football teams,
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7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SHANE LEE WAS CONFUSED. The USC linebacker walked out of Monday morning meetings this week and saw the Trojan statue near the center of campus covered in shimmering silver tape pulled taut. Lee, who transferred to USC this offseason from Alabama had to turn to backup quarterback Miller Moss for
8:30 PM ET This story was reported by Andrea Adelson, David M. Hale and Adam Rittenberg The photos that have run with nearly every story about the shooting deaths of three Virginia football players this week came from the team’s annual yearbook pictures. Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry are each dressed in
1:38 PM ET Leaders throughout college athletics are considering appointing a chief operating officer of college football who would report to a proposed FBS football governing board, according to a lengthy letter from the LEAD1 Association obtained by ESPN. The letter was sent this week to every Division I athletic director and eventually members of
2:09 PM ET CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — When a gunman started shooting passengers on a charter bus returning to the University of Virginia from a class field trip on Sunday night, Cavaliers running back Mike Hollins at first thought it was balloons popping. Then Hollins saw the alleged gunman, former Virginia walk-on football player Christopher Darnell
7:00 AM ET WASHINGTON — Last week, on an unseasonably warm November afternoon, Gallaudet offensive line coach Todd Collins jogged onto the field, pushing the team’s big bass drum on wheels to midfield, where he banged on it repeatedly, signaling to the nation’s only deaf and hard of hearing team it was time to stretch.
9:00 AM ET ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When Michigan running back Blake Corum went outside as a kid, he never wore shoes. Barefoot Blake would grab charcoal briquettes from the family grill, mix them in a bowl of water and then paint on trees in and around Marshall, Virginia, his one stoplight hometown, about 50
7:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: You must think on a different level, like the CIA does.We’re through the looking glass here, people.White is black.And black is white. — Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison, “JFK” Under the supervision of the reverse vampires,they are forcing our parents to go to bed early,In a fiendish
10:10 PM ET There were no changes to the top five in the College Football Playoff selection committee’s third ranking on Tuesday night, with No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 TCU holding steady as the nation’s only remaining undefeated teams, followed by No. 5 Tennessee. After a 66-24
11:22 PM ET ESPN staff The College Football Playoff selection committee will never ask coaches to run up the score, and the protocol specifically states that comparing games against a common opponent is done “without incenting margin of victory.” That doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate a good old-fashioned drubbing. With no changes to the top
7:00 AM ET BERKELEY, Calif. — Joe Starkey thought he had blown the call. Hours after “the most amazing, sensational, dramatic, heartrending, exciting, thrilling finish in the history of college football,” Starkey attended a neighborhood party near his home in Walnut Creek, California, about 15 miles East of Cal’s Memorial Stadium. The date was Nov.
9:34 AM ET A former University of Virginia football player suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other students on campus late Sunday night is in custody after a manhunt in Charlottesville, Virginia, police confirmed Monday. During a news conference on Monday, University of Virginia president Jim Ryan said three Cavaliers football players
9:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia has agreed to separate with athletic director Shane Lyons, who has been at the school since 2015. A combination of budget issues and the school’s struggling football program led to a change in direction. The school has not decided on coach Neal Brown’s future, sources told ESPN. Lyons’
2:55 PM ET Illinois coach Bret Bielema said Monday that junior running back Chase Brown is “trending in the right direction” ahead of the game Saturday at No. 3 Michigan. “Very positive and excited, but don’t know where we’ll be by Friday for the trip and Saturday for the game,” Bielema said. Brown left in
11:30 PM ET Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has filed a lawsuit against the university, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and WSU athletic director Pat Chun seeking damages related to his dismissal last year for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Rolovich had previously filed a claim against the university, which was a prerequisite
7:51 PM ET Cal fired offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave and offensive line coach Angus McClure on Sunday, as the team has dropped six straight and fallen to 96th nationally in scoring. “I felt these changes to our coaching staff were needed and made them with the best interest of our football program in mind,” coach
1:56 PM ET Associated Press No. 1 Georgia led an unchanged top five in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, while the rest of the Top 25 was shuffled after eight ranked teams lost — including two big upsets in the Pac-12. For the second straight week, the Bulldogs received all but one of
11:45 PM ET ESPN staff Movement was minimal at the top of our College Football Playoff voting, though Oregon‘s last-minute loss to Washington dropped the Ducks. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check back