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Mike Golic’s new gig will keep him with ESPN. After his last day co-hosting “Golic and Wingo” on July 31, Golic will serve as a college football analyst for the network, according to colleague Adam Schefter. Golic’s contract with ESPN was set to expire this year, but the move will allow the former NFL lineman …

Athletes at Kansas State are threatening to boycott playing and other athletic department events if the school does not take action after a student’s George Floyd-related tweet. Jaden McNeil, the leader of the school’s American First Student organization on Thursday congratulated Floyd in a tweet “on being drug free for an entire month!” Floyd, a …

OKLAHOMA CITY  — Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and coach Mike Gundy appear to have ironed out their differences for now. Hubbard suggested Monday he may boycott the program after Gundy was photographed wearing a T-shirt promoting the One America News Network, a far-right news channel that has been praised by President Donald Trump. …

The nation’s top running back could lead a boycott against his own coach. Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State’s Heisman contender, is threatening to sit out of all team activities after seeing a picture posted of head coach Mike Gundy wearing a t-shirt promoting One America News Network, a right-wing station. “I will not stand for this,” …

An undated photo appearing to show Dabo Swinney wearing a “Football Matters” t-shirt surfaced Saturday on Twitter, leading to more backlash against the Clemson football coach who had already been criticized for his response to the death of George Floyd. The phrase “Football Matters” is used as a slogan by the National Football Foundation, which …

Mike Norvell has some explaining to do to his players. The Florida State football coach claimed to have spoken to each of his players individually about the death of George Floyd and the events that surrounded it, telling The Athletic it was “important to me because this is a heartbreaking time in our country.” But …

Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick has launched a legal defense initiative for “freedom fighters” in Minneapolis as protesters and rioters continue to demonstrate against the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody last week. “In fighting for liberation there‘s always retaliation. We must protect our Freedom Fighters,” Kaepernick wrote in …

The College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta was vandalized and looted Friday as part of riots in response to the death of George Floyd. The windows of the hall of fame were smashed and the gift shop was looted, according to local police. It is not known whether the museum portion of the …

One mistake haunts Booger McFarland more than the others from his highly scrutinized two-year stint as a “Monday Night Football” analyst. No, it’s not riding in the Booger Mobile. Like a rookie coming from college to the NFL, McFarland struggled with the “speed of the game” when he made the big leap from local radio …

Booger McFarland never asked to be on “Monday Night Football.” It happened fast. Having never called an NFL game, McFarland went from a relative sportscasting unknown on the SEC Network to the most scrutinized booth in the business, with the added bonus of being tapped as “football’s Charles Barkley” by his producer and stationed on …