Football

6/1/2026 |  Texas Tech's Sorsby Wagered $90K Over Four Years, SEC Intensifies Gambling Initiatives (Athletic Business) Brendan Sorsby placed at least 40 bets involving Indiana University football as a quarterback for the Hoosiers, used sportsbook accounts registered to a family member and friends to wager approximately $90,000 over four years, and continued to gamble after transferring from Cincinnati to Texas Tech in December, according to court documents.

6/1/2026 |  Tom Brady under attack: NFL players lash out at retired QB for his debatable take on practice squad players (CBS Sports) It's not often that you hear Tom Brady get called out on social media by current and former NFL players, but that's exactly what happened over the weekend after the retired quarterback gave his opinion on practice squad players. 

6/1/2026 |  Brendan Sorsby gambling investigation: Judge to rule on Texas Tech QB's injunction to regain NCAA eligibility (CBS Sports) Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby's eligibility for the 2026 season will be decided in a Lubbock courtroom Monday. The senior was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA after allegedly gambling on games involving his team. 
Sorsby has filed a request for an injunction that would allow him to play college football while his lawsuit against the NCAA flows through the justice department. His earlier request for reinstatement was denied. 

6/1/2026 |  Late Leach on college football HOF ballot after eligibility tweak (ESPN) Mike Leach is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, following an adjustment to eligibility criteria for coaches.
Leach, whose use of the Air Raid offense, widespread coaching tree and distinct personality left a significant impression on the sport, had been kept off of previous ballots because his career winning percentage at Texas Tech, Washington State and Mississippi State -- .596 (158-107) -- fell below the previous threshold of .600. In 2025, the National Football Foundation, which oversees the Hall of Fame, announced that the winning percentage required for coaching eligibility would be adjusted to .595.

6/1/2026 |  Todd Monken has no interest in adding QB Brendan Sorsby: “That’s a slippery slope” (NBC Sports) The Browns are picking up some additional draft picks by trading Myles Garrett.
Could they use one of their future picks to select a quarterback in the supplemental draft?
If head coach Todd Monken has his way, Cleveland will stay far away from quarterback Brendan Sorsby if he declares.