New Cal starting quarterback Davis Webb throws in practice as head coach looks on.(Photo: John Polzer, Cal Athletics) The Boeing 777 charter waiting for the Cal football team at San Francisco’s airport will undergo a transformation once the Bears board it Saturday night. The business class bar will be bereft of booze in favor of […]
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Snoop Dogg’s son, former four-star recruit and UCLA receiver, is apparently rejoining us as a UCLA receiver. A brief timeline: The story on Cordell Broadus as a sure-handed high school prospect was that he was no celebrity diva kid, with a family that understood football through and through. USC fan father on son’s 2015 commitment […]
Greatness and great seasons do not completely overlap. A pointy football and a short season assure us of that. Some of the beauty of college football comes from how the structure of the season assures us of so much sports tragedy, so many what-ifs. It’s probably a character flaw of mine that I think […]
The Pop Warner youth football organization has settled a lawsuit with the mother of a Wisconsin man who she says committed suicide because of brain injuries he suffered playing tackle football beginning at age 11, the organization said Wednesday. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. The woman, Debra Pyka of Hixton, Wisconsin, had sought $5 […]
When Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman fired Bill Cubit mere hours into Whitman’s tenure, he certainly caught the college football world by surprise and sent a message that he wants to overhaul a football program that’s been at the bottom of the Big Ten for quite a while. A few days later, when Whitman hired […]
PROVO — The BYU football team has developed a reputation for their up-tempo offense, but the new coaching staff isn’t afraid to slow down the pace of play during spring practices to focus on technique. Head coach Kalani Sitake feels that emphasis on technique is a priority. “We want to make sure to be assignment […]
Ted Leonsis is close to expanding his Washington sports empire by adding an Arena Football League team that would play at Verizon Center beginning in the spring of 2017, according to a top official at his ownership group. “We’re in serious negotiations and we’re excited about the opportunity,” said Randall Boe, executive vice president and […]
A federal lawsuit filed by six Tennessee students accuses five recent or current UT athletes, including multiple football players, of sexual assault. It describes the school leadership’s investigation process as one that appears especially indifferent to such accusations. Head coach Butch Jones’ name appears about a dozen times, several times alongside documentation that Jones knew of […]
The Oregon Ducks have added another graduate transfer to their football team, announcing Wednesday that offensive lineman Zac Morgan is headed to Eugene from the University of Dayton. Zac MorganDayton athletics Morgan, a 6-foot-7, 280-pound left tackle from Mokena, Illinois, earned first-team all-Pioneer Football League honors during the 2015 season for the Flyers of the Football […]
ATHENS — It’s common knowledge that Georgia had to buy out Mark Richt’s contract for $4 million when he was fired as its football coach this past November. But the bucks didn’t stop there. As the Bulldogs flip the page to 2016, they still have an additional six coaches with whom to make good before […]
