(Patrick Semansky/AP)ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt closed his “SportsCenter” broadcast early Saturday morning with a commentary more personal than most, touching on the controversy swirling around the Maryland football program. Van Pelt acknowledged in his commentary that the Maryland athletics department might require major changes, but stopped short of calling for anyone’s job. [As Maryland AD, Anderson used school funds to defend football players in sex assault case]“Perhaps you missed them. The 19-year old player died two weeks later, and the school’s leadership has said it takes “moral and legal responsibility” for McNair’s death. He’d said little publicly since Maryland’s program became enveloped in controversy two weeks ago, in the wake of McNair’s death and reports that coaches had fostered an abusive culture.

Source: Washington Post August 25, 2018 11:26 UTC