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Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 23, 2024, 08:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nothing is easy in college sports. And with the Power 5 conferences and NCAA board of governors voting Thursday to accept the settlement of three antitrust cases that create a new structure for the sport, the moment is layered in both historic change and

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 23, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Former Big 12 Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby, who stepped down from his position in 2022, was paid more than $17.2 million in total compensation for his final year, according to

Craig Haubert Close Craig Haubert ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Billy Tucker Close Billy Tucker Scouts, Football Recruiting • Recruiting coordinator for ESPN RecruitingNation.• Nearly a decade of college coaching experience. • Has been evaluating

Pete Thamel Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame May 22, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA’s Board of Governors voted Wednesday evening to agree to settlement terms in the House v. NCAA and related antitrust

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 22, 2024, 04:35 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions ESPN and TNT Sports have reached a five-year agreement for TNT Sports to sublicense select College Football Playoff games from ESPN starting this season, the networks announced Wednesday. TNT Sports

Associated Press May 22, 2024, 04:59 PM ET SARASOTA, Fla. — A Sarasota man has been charged with murder in a shooting that killed the brother of Auburn running back Brian Battie and injured Battie and three other men. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested Darryl Bernard Brookins on Wednesday as a suspect in the

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterMay 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Moments after Colorado‘s once-promising season sputtered to a close with a 23-17 loss at Utah in November, coach Deion Sanders took about a minute to reflect on some of the

Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 21, 2024, 03:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big 12 conference became the first named party in the House v NCAA case to vote to settle that case and related anti-trust cases, sources told ESPN, forging a path to a new era in college athletics. Big 12 presidents and chancellors voted

Open Extended Reactions Jaden Rashada, a former ESPN 300 quarterback recruit, sued the University of Florida and coach Billy Napier on Tuesday. Rashada is claiming that he was defrauded of millions of dollars in name, image and likeness money. The lawsuit, among other things, alleges that Napier promised the player’s father a $1 million “partial

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 21, 2024, 07:01 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions And so we begin. My annual college football series typically starts in February, but the effects of the spring portal window — namely, that I didn’t want to write a preview that would

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Former Toledo assistant Craig Kuligowski is suing the school and one of its administrators, alleging he was fired because of his age and race, and that the school violated due process when dismissing

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions There are fewer than 100 days until the start of the 2024 college football season — and just over 200 days until selection day

Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Pete Thamel May 20, 2024, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The trajectory of major college sports is set to bend this week to give athletes a significantly larger portion of the

Paula Lavigne Close Paula Lavigne ESPN Investigative Reporter Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Shwetha Surendran Close Shwetha Surendran ESPN Shwetha Surendran is writer in

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 18, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions SOUTH BEND, Ind. — On the night of Oct. 7, Wesleyan wide receiver Colby Geddis traveled back from a game in Maine with his phone on life support, attempting to

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions One in three high-profile athletes receive abusive messages from individuals with a “betting interest,” and more than 540 men’s and women’s college basketball players received similar abuse, including death threats, during

Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 17, 2024, 08:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As the NCAA continues to make steps toward the expected settlement of the landmark House v. NCAA lawsuit and other related anti-trust cases, there is pushback on how the NCAA plans to pay the expected $2.7 billion in back damages over the next decade,

Associated Press May 17, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida State has asked the NCAA to reduce and rescind penalties imposed on its football program for NIL-related recruiting violations after the sanctioning body halted investigations into booster-backed collectives. FSU’s legal counsel sent a three-page letter to Kay Norton, chairperson of the Division I