Tag: ESPN

Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer's name continues to be mentioned as the one to watch for Michigan's recently opened head coaching position, and ESPN's Paul Finebaum thinks the coach should consider taking it if the Crimson Tide fall to the Oklahoma Sooners in the College Football Playoff.

The Michigan Wolverines' head football coaching position opened abruptly on Wednesday, as Sherrone Moore was fired and then later arrested.

During Thursday's ESPN broadcast of "The Pat McAfee Show," ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit reacted to the Yellowhammer News report that veteran SEC referee Ken Williamson had been "permanently suspended from officiating conference games."

ESPN's "First Take" was broadcast live from Birmingham on Friday ahead of this weekend's Magic City Classic, and Stephen A. Smith, one of the hosts, used the opportunity to argue that the Iron Bowl was not the best rivalry in college football.

ESPN cancelled appearances by Paul Finebaum on the network after he recently expressed interest in running as a Republican for U.S. Senate in Alabama in 2026.

After just one game into Kalen DeBoer's second season in Tuscaloosa, Paul Finebaum thinks Alabama needs to get Nick Saban out of retirement and off the "College GameDay" set immediately.

Sunday, during ESPN's "4 Downs" segment on "SportsCenter," long-time college football commentator and syndicated sports talker Paul Finebaum criticized Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer for what he called a "shattering loss" to ACC opponent Florida State on Saturday.

While most of college football's talking heads have yet to respond to Alabama's 31-17 loss to Florida State on Saturday, ESPN "College Gameday" panelist Kirk Herbstreit offered a sneak preview of reaction during his call of the LSU-Clemson game later that evening.

Super Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning will be on The Plains on Tuesday to set a Guinness World Record for rolling Toomer's Corner.

On Tuesday, as part of a "50 States in 50 Days" segment, ESPN debated the most important person in Alabama sports history.

The historic Auburn-Alabama basketball matchup over the weekend was not just big in the state.

Friday afternoon, ESPN’s College GameDay revealed that the guest picker this weekend would be Ms. Terry, wife of former Alabama head coach Nick Saban.

Nick Saban is on the opposite end of SEC Media Days this week.

Thursday evening, former Alabama head football coach Nick Saban received the Icon Award at the 2024 ESPYS.

Although it wasn't why he decided to seemingly retire out of nowhere, Nick Saban said how his players reacted to losing in the Rose Bowl to eventual national champions Michigan "certainly contributed" to his decision.

During a discussion on this week's "College GameDay Podcast," ESPN's Rece Davis, an Alabama native and University of Alabama grad, predicted retired Crimson Tide head football coach Nick Saban would "thrive" in his new role as analyst on "College GameDay."

According to an announcement from ESPN, retired University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban will be joining the weekly "College GameDay" broadcast every college football Saturday.

The celebrity picker for the LSU at Alabama "College Game Day" show was a new and rising comic, Nate Bargatze.

ESPN announced Saturday that its "College Gameday" is coming back to Tuscaloosa before the LSU- Alabama game on November 4.

Saturday's big showdown between No. 11 Texas and No. 3 Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium drew ESPN its best ratings for a regular-season matchup since 2015.

Governor Kay Ivey corrected a tweet from ESPN on Tuesday falsely claiming the recently signed Alabama law prohibiting biological men from participating in female collegiate sports would prohibit women from competing on female sports teams.

Paul Finebaum suggested there was a "changing of the guard" now that Georgia's Kirby Smart has led his Bulldogs to back-to-back titles with a blowout 65-7 win over TCU in the National Championship Game Monday night.