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Alabama football coach Nick Saban released a statement addressing the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. Alabama football coach Nick Saban released a statement on Sunday addressing the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.  Countless athletes and coaches across sports have spoken out  after Floyd was killed under police custody in Minneapolis, Minn. on Monday. In his statement, Saban said he is "shocked and angered" and called out the injustices faced by many in the country.  "We're at an important moment for our country, and now is the time for us to choose kindness, tolerance, understanding, empathy, and most importantly...it's time to love each other," Saban wrote . "Every life is precious, and we must understand we have so many more things that unite us than divide us."  Saban went on to reference Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks as figures he is "inspired and encour...

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After Shortening the List to Just Three Schools, DE Mattheus Carroll Has Reached a Decision Gilman School defensive end Mattheus Carroll has been a hot commodity going into 2019, and the recruitment process was, at times, difficult for Carroll, who stays positive and humble throughout his experience. After a slew of visits, calls, and meetings, Carroll came down to three universities to spend the next four years honing his skillset: Maryland, Duke, and Virginia Tech. The defensive end joins Sports Illustrated to announce his commitment and reason behind his decision. Read the full transcript below: Mattheus Carrol at the University of North Carolina. Courtesy: @mc4mvp John Garcia: It is commitment day here at Sports Illustrated, and we're excited to bring you the announcement of defensive end prospect Mattheus Carroll out of Gilman in Baltimore, Maryland. 6' 5", 225 lbs, a.k.a."stretch." So obviously length, there's some explosiveness there. It's ...

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Denver Broncos and Syracuse legend Floyd Little has been diagnosed with a "treatable but aggressive form" of cancer. Hall of Fame running back and Denver Broncos legend Floyd Little has been diagnosed with cancer, former Syracuse teammate Pat Killorin said .  According to Syracuse.com , Little is fighting a "treatable but aggressive form" of cancer. The Hall of Famer, 77, currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife, DeBorah.  “No doubt it will be the toughest fight of his life," Killorin wrote . "Although he has lived a full life admired and enjoyed by many, Floyd doesn’t believe he has yet written, with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the final play of his life.” Little first made his mark on the football world at Syracuse University from 1964-66, where he was one of the program's legendary "44's." One of the most celebrated sports figures in Syracuse history, Little was a three-time All-American and finished his college career wit...

As protests broke out in Atlanta following the death of George Floyd, damage inflicted upon the College Football Hall of Fame was captured on social media. Following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on Monday, demonstrations have broken out across the country. As many marched the streets in Atlanta, protesters broke in windows at the downtown College Football Hall of Fame, according to a report from Eric Stirgus of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Before law enforcement arrived on the scene, people were seen looting the building, per Stirgus' report. Several protesters reportedly threw trash cans and other objects through the building's exterior, and some ran inside to take items. Blayne Alexander, a reporter for NBC News, took video of the damaged building: The $68 million facility opened in 2014 after relocating from South Bend, Ind. Floyd's death has sparked many reactions from the sports world. Former NBA player Stephen J...

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What are the odds that the Texas Longhorns win the Big 12 and/or the National Championship in 2020? We break it all down and tell you the best bets. After a 10-4 record and a trip to the Sugar Bowl in 2018, the Longhorns regressed to 8-5 last fall under head coach Tom Herman. A return to the Big 12 Championship Game isn’t out of the question with star quarterback Sam Ehlinger returning for his senior year. Texas finished up the 2019 campaign with a victory over the Utah Utes in the Alamo Bowl by a score of 38-10. However, following a campaign that failed to live up to the expectations of the Longhorn faithful, Herman gutted the majority of his coaching staff looking for much better results in 2020. Given that the Longhorns are returning the bulk of their starters, including Ehlinger, they have potential to make some noise in the Big 12 as well as the national landscape. According to PointsBet Sportsbook, Texas’ season win total projection stands at 9 wins, moderately juiced at...

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The Power 5 Conferences in the NCAA are the ACC, SEC, Pac-12, Big 12, and Big Ten. SI's Pat Forde doesn't think they have any real reason to break off from the NCAA, and that for them to do so might even be a bad decision on their part. Read the full video transcript below:   Earlier this week, my friend Dennis Dodd from CBS Sports had an interesting column theorizing on why the Power 5 conferences may break away from the NCAA and form their own power structure. It was an interesting read, but I don't see it happening.  There's too many things that are already going the way of the Power 5. They make by far the most money. They control a lot of the rules legislation. They have the run of everything basically: TV contracts, scheduling, all of that. Why then take on the added burden of being the police force, doing enforcement, having your own rules enforcement staff, which is a thankless job and very difficult. And one of the reasons the NCAA gets as much criticism as...

The NCAA has mulled adopting recommendations for student athletes to be paid for endorsement deals as early as 2021. Power 5 league commissioners sent a three-page letter to Congress Friday asking for a national name, image and likeness policy to be implemented, according to Stadium's Brett McMurphy . Stadium obtained a copy of the letter which supports legislation for a "single, national standard for NIL" that would preempt state laws and allow student athletes to be paid for endorsement deals from third parties. Last month, the NCAA Board of Governors announced their support for adopting recommendations from a NIL working group to allow student athletes to be paid for sponsorships and endorsement deals as early as the 2021–22 academic year. As part of the recommendations, athletes can sell autographs and memorabilia and be paid for personal appearances. Athletes must disclose financial terms of their contracts to their athletic departments, as well as their rel...

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The NCAA's football oversight committee is reportedly going to recommend to the Division I Council that teams have a six-week preseason camp for the 2020 season. With the NCAA's ban of on-campus training activities due to be lifted on June 1 , the college sports governing body appears to be inching closer to making preparations for the fall sports season. On Thursday, Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports reported the NCAA's football oversight committee is expected to recommend a six-week preseason camp for the 2020 season. The committee is expected to sort out the particular details within the next week before submitting an official proposal. A submission for final approval to the NCAA Division I Council is expected for mid-June. On Wednesday, the NCAA extended its recruiting dead period through the end of July . Football already had a dead period on its calendar from June 22 to July 24, though the decision impacts all Division I sports. “The extension maintains consistent rec...

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Once seemingly on the outside looking in for the 2020 season, the leaders of California programs have a message. David Shaw would like a word. In fact, the Stanford football coach would like several words, with multiple media personalities, from a few different television networks. He’d like to tell them that they failed their audience, that they delivered the wrong message, that they misled everyone. He’d like to razz those who wrote sensational headlines, the ones projecting California football’s demise, predicting those in the Golden State would be left behind while the rest of the country played a fall season. “There’s a lot of gamesmanship that happens in the college football world that is very pointed at us out here on the West Coast, that we don’t love football, that we don’t play real football, how if we don’t do what the SEC is doing in the way the SEC is doing it, then we’re wrong,” Shaw says in an interview with Sports Illustrated on Wednesday. “The fact that we didn’t ...

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What are the odds that the Oklahoma Sooners win the Big 12 and/or the National Championship in 2020? We break it all down and tell you the best bets. The Oklahoma Sooners are currently on a historic run of five consecutive Big 12 championships, making four appearances in the College Football Playoff in the process. After a three-year run of having two Heisman Trophy winners and a runner-up at quarterback, the Sooners will start the 2020 season with questions under center as the pre-season No. 4 team in many polls behind only Clemson, Alabama and Ohio State. Back on May 5 we highlighted that redshirt freshman quarterback Spencer Rattler has drawn the attention of sharp bettors in Vegas in Heisman Trophy wagering. Rattler was the No. 1 quarterback recruit in the country. AllSooners reporter John E. Hoover recently highlighted that if Rattler beats out third-year sophomore Tanner Mordecai it’s because: “Rattler’s electric arm and fleet feet seem to be the kind of weapons that Lin...

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The Pac-12 took a significant step forward Tuesday in holding a fall football season. The Pac-12 took a significant step forward Tuesday in holding a fall football season. League executives voted to allow on-campus voluntary workouts starting June 15 for all athletes, sources told Sports Illustrated . The Pac-12 joins the rest of the country in returning to some kind of normality. School start dates are expected to vary greatly given the different stages of reopening among West Coast states. In fact, California, Oregon and Washington are opening at a slower pace than the rest of the country. They are only opening on a county-by-county basis, with much of those states still under stay-at-home orders. Meanwhile, Arizona is deep into a reopening phase where nail salons, restaurants and even gyms are open throughout the state. Last week, the NCAA  lifted its moratorium on on-campus athletic activity , clearing a path for schools to reopen facilities for athletes as early as J...

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Hilinski's Hope launched a call-to-action for colleges to participate in the inaugural College Football Mental Health Awareness Week in October. The Hilinski's Hope Foundation launched Tuesday a call-to-action for colleges to participate in the inaugural College Football Mental Health Awareness Week in October. The week will kick off on Saturday Oct. 3–known as "3Day." Seven SEC universities have agreed to participate in helping increase schools' mental health resources, eliminate stigma and honor victims of mental illness, such as late Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski.  Hilinski, who wore No. 3, died by suicide in January 2018, and doctors diagnosed him with Stage 1 CTE after his death. His parents, Mark and Kim Hilinski, founded Hilinski's Hope to honor his legacy.  Sports Illustrated 's Greg Bishop previously chronicled the Hilinski family’s search for answers in the aftermath of the tragedy and how they find hope in their foundation...

The announcements were expected to be made around June 1. NEW YORK (AP) — College football conferences and television networks have agreed to hold off on announcing start times for early-season games. CBS Sports, ESPN, Fox Sports and their affiliated networks typically announce early game times for the Football Bowl Subdivision conferences on June 1. The two sides decided to wait a few weeks for the 2020 season as sports like the NHL and NBA work toward returning after shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The college football season is scheduled to begin with a handful of games on Aug. 29 and a full slate of games the following week. A handful of conferences have plans in place to allow athletes in all sports to return to campus for voluntary workouts starting next month.

A series of mistakes around its football program over the last decade could cost the Huskies several other sports. According to media reports, the University of Connecticut is laying the groundwork to eliminate multiple sports next month. Like every university, it is facing a daunting balance sheet due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the athletic department specifically has been hemorrhaging money for years, running a deficit in excess of $40 million last year. Athletic director David Benedict sent up a warning flare last week about cutting sports: “I think that’s going to be a decision that we have to make,” he told the Hartford Courant . How bad could it get at UConn? Courant columnist Michael Anthony urged the Huskies to drop eight sports, going from 24 to the NCAA Division I FBS minimum of 16. A 24-team department is larger than most, but whacking one-third of it would rival the biggest bloodlettings in collegiate sports history. Whatever the number of cut sports turns out to b...

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What are the odds that the Auburn Tigers win their division, the SEC and/or the National Championship in 2020? We break it all down and tell you the best bets. Auburn once again couldn’t meet lofty expectations after posting an overall 9-4 SU record in 2019. There is once again immense pressure on head coach Guz Malzahn thanks to the Tigers’ inability to compete with in-state rival Alabama over the past decade. In that time span, War Eagle has only been able to add two SEC West trophies to their school trophy case, while the Crimson Tide has taken home the honor eight times. In the grand scheme of things, Nick Saban and Alabama have garnered six national championships since 2010, while Auburn has only been able to record one. According to PointsBet, Auburn’s season win total projection stands at 8.5 wins, heavily juiced at odds of -195 to the over. 2020 Auburn Tigers Win Total Odds Odds courtesy of PointsBet 2020 Auburn Tigers Schedule Week 1 - Sept. 5 vs Alcorn State...