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Rachaad White says his grueling time at Mount SAC was key to his success with the Bucs

Rachaad White never envisioned himself here. Outside in the sweltering summer heat on a Saturday afternoon in 2018. Standing on a street corner outside of a Toys R Us parking lot, Young Thug bumping through his earphones as he held up a sign that read “70% OFF: GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” in bold letters.

It wasn’t a job he enjoyed. But it paid him on the same day, which often meant he and his teammates could afford their next meal. White had to be out there.

“It was tough,” he said. “I didn’t like

'We wouldn't be here without him.' Alabama players back once-benched quarterback Jalen Milroe

Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe’s (4) teammates credit him with leading the team to this season’s College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Rose Bowl.

Jalen Milroe spent the holidays at home with his family. He didn’t go anywhere else, didn’t talk to anyone else, but he still couldn’t escape the question:

What was going through your mind on that play?

“Man,” Milroe said and laughed. “You had to be there.”

The play in question is from the Iron Bowl. A bad snap and an illegal forward pas

'We’ve got one more to go.' Rose Bowl MVPs J.J. McCarthy, Mason Graham crave a title

Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy passes in the first half of the Wolverines’ win over Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday.

With less than four minutes to go until halftime, the first 26 minutes of the Rose Bowl had been a defensive battle, as the Wolverines were deadlocked with the Alabama Crimson Tide 7-7. They looked to their quarterback, J.J. McCarthy, and he delivered.

McCarthy snapped the ball, pitched it to running back Donovan Edwards, who then threw back across the field and over McCa

ESPN Daily - Canelo Alvarez: Why Boxing’s Biggest Star is Finally Returning Home

Canelo Alvarez’s fight against John Ryder this weekend might be the biggest fight of his career, but it could be the most meaningful. For the first time in 12 years, the face of boxing gets to fight in his hometown of Guadalajara, Mexico in front of all of his family and friends. The fight is set to take place at Akron Stadium in Jalisco, and up to 50,000 people are expected to fill the seats to watch their hometown hero defend his undisputed super middleweight title. So today, Mike Coppinger jo

ESPN Daily - The Crossover: 50 Years of Hip Hop and Sports

It has now been 50 years since a new genre of music was birthed out of the Bronx: Hip Hop. And over the last half century, it has grown and spread across the globe to become one of America’s greatest exports. And throughout its life, the genre has developed this symbiotic-like relationship with sports. They became two pillars of Black culture… empowering a community to be heard and celebrated against the backdrop of cultural oppression and political persecution. So today, ahead of the premiere o

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