College Player Accidentally Tackles ESPN Reporter on the Sidelines — Then Asks Her Out

Photo: Jimmy Rash/CSM/REX/Shutterstock; Steven Limentani/ISI/REX/Shutterstock After a literal run-in during a recent football game, University of Georgia playerPrather Hudsonwasn’t going to waste an opportunity to ask out the sideline reporter he had just accidentally tackled on camera. “Really sorry I knocked you down,” he tweeted on Monday atLaura Rutledge, an anchor and reporter for ESPN. “But…” Hudson added. “I can pick you up at 7.” He added an emoji of a smiley face wearing sunglasses, in case his point wasn’t already clear.

College Professor Wanted to Rape 7-Year-Old Girl, Promised Chocolate Bar and Ariel Doll: Police

Rod Githens.Photo: Rodgithens.com A university professor has been arrested in California after authorities say he tried to meet up with a man he met on a dating app and the man’s fictitious 7-year-old niece. Githens, who used the name “Tod” online, allegedly suggested they move their conversation to the Telegram instant messaging app, according to the criminal complaint filed in the Eastern District of California. (Telegram is known to be more secure for its users.

College Professor, 69, Goes Viral for Zany Physics Demonstrations — Including Walking on Glass!

While many college professors stick to textbooks and PowerPoints to help students learn, one physics teacher in Virginia is going viral for bucking traditional methods and instead getting his students as involved as possible. It’s not out of the ordinary to see 69-year-old Tidewater Community College professor David Wright, Ph.D lying on a bed of nails, walking on glass, or setting things on fire — all in the name of physics, his student Erica Church tells PEOPLE.

College Rower Dies at 23 of Unusual Bacterial Infection After Thinking it Was Tonsillitis

Photo: GoFundMe A 23-year-old college rower died suddenly ofa rare bacterial infection, after brushing off her symptoms as tonsillitis. Samantha Scott was an accomplished coxswain for the women’s rowing team at Kansas State University, when she started feeling pain and swelling in her throat two weeks ago. The college student, who was pursuing a degree in architectural engineering, died on Saturday. Scott’s longtime friend from her hometown of Fort Morgan, Colorado, said that the athlete would always brighten her day.

College Senior 'Drew Her Last Breath' Holding Brother's Hand After Brain Hemorrhage on Spring Break, Says Mom

College senior Liza Burkegot a headache and laid down while on spring break in Mexico. The 21-year-oldhad a brain hemorrhage, and was laterdiagnosed with an aggressive, malignant brain tumor. She died six weeks later, on Friday. “That tumor may have taken her life, but it didn’t slow her down,” her mother, Laura McKeithen, 55, tells PEOPLE. “She lived life.” Her mother remembers Liza as a brave, fearless, adventurous, and joyful woman.