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FILE - In this Friday, July 3, 2020, file photo, Chicago Cubs manager David Ross gestures during baseball practice at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Ross was already stepping into some big shoes when he agreed to replace Joe Maddon as manager of the Cubs. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now Ross is a first-year skipper trying to guide his team through a brand new experience full of testing and protocols and an unforgiving 60-game season. How well he navigates the unprecedented situation is an important slice of the Cubs' hopes for returning to the playoffs. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)
The Latest: Irish rugby players taking pay cut
By The Associated Press
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FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2014, file photo, Lafayette wide receiver Matt Mrazek, left, catches a touchdown pass as Lehigh cornerback Oliver Riguad defends during the second half of an NCAA college football Patriot League game at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Patriot League joined the Ivy League on Monday, July 13, 2020, punting on a fall football season because of the coronavirus pandemic while holding out hope that it could be made up in the second academic semester. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)
Patriot League punts on fall football as SEC leaders meet
By Ralph D. Russo
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Former USC starting QB Daniels eligible for 2020 at Georgia
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Southern California starter JT Daniels says he has been granted immediate eligibility at Georgia, where he can join the competition...
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2018, file photo, Texas players sing "The Eyes of Texas" after an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. The University of Texas announced a series of steps Monday, July 13, 2020 intended to make itself more welcoming to its Black students but stopped short of shelving “The Eyes of Texas” song that a number of athletes have said needs to go because it has racist undertones. (AP Photo/Brad Tollefson, File)
Texas keeps 'The Eyes of Texas' despite athlete demands
By Cliff Brunt
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San Francisco Giants' Buster Posey carries his bag during a baseball practice in San Francisco, Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
The Latest: Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott tests positive
By The Associated Press
Jul. 11, 2020 01:10 AM EDT
This image taken from video shows Tennessee sophomore basketball player Josiah-Jordan James, Friday, July 10, 2020. The Big Ten decision to wipe more than three dozen nonconference football games off the schedule this year has sent a ripple of fear through athletic departments across much of the country. (AP Photo/Teresa Walker via Zoom)
Pac-12, Big Ten shelve games and fears grow of ripple effect
By John Marshall
Jul. 11, 2020 01:08 AM EDT
UNC recruit Grimes to reclassify, join Tar Heels this summer
Jul. 10, 2020 09:15 PM EDT
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina recruit Tony Grimes says he plans to reclassify and graduate this summer so that he can join the Tar Heels for the...
The Pac-12 to play only conference games in fall sports
Jul. 10, 2020 07:11 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 to play only conference games in fall sports. ...
FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, file photo, Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley speaks with his team before the first half of the Peach Bowl NCAA semifinal college football playoff game against LSU, in Atlanta. Riley already has coached Heisman Trophy winners Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray along with Heisman runner-up Jalen Hurts. Now, he is hoping to build a new tradition at Oklahoma - pulling top quarterbacks to Oklahoma from the high school ranks. Caleb Williams, the No. 1 quarterback in the 247Sports Class of 2021 and ESPN’s No. 1 dual-threat quarterback for that class, has committed to OKlahoma.(AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Oklahoma coach Riley now pulling top QBs from prep ranks
By Cliff Brunt
Jul. 10, 2020 03:03 PM EDT
Syracuse University appoints diversity director for sports
By John Kekis
Jul. 10, 2020 02:03 AM EDT
Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack has added a position to his department, bucking a trend toward athletic cuts during the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Ricardo Zapata, left, a photographer for the Los Angeles Angels, has his temperature taken by Sarah Morris before entering Angels Stadium for baseball practice on Monday, July 6, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. New protocols like temperature checks, social distancing, and limiting amount of people allowed in sports venues have been put in place due to the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Latest: California CCAA moving all sports to the spring
By The Associated Press
Jul. 09, 2020 11:30 PM EDT
FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren addresses the media in Indianapolis after it was announced that the remainder of the Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament had been canceled. Warren, the first black commissioner of a Power Five conference, is creating a coalition to give the league's athletes a platform to voice their concerns about racism. Warren announced Monday, June 1, 2020, the formation of the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, with athletes, coaches, athletic director and university chancellors and presidents. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
Big Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemic
By John Zenor
Jul. 09, 2020 11:03 PM EDT
Big Ten Conference will play only conference games in football, several other sports if fall seasons proceed in pandemic
Jul. 09, 2020 04:05 PM EDT
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Conference will play only conference games in football, several other sports if fall seasons proceed in pandemic. ...
Florida, NC State schedule home-and-home series for '26, '32
Jul. 09, 2020 11:59 AM EDT
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida and North Carolina State have scheduled a home-and-home series in football for 2026 and 2032. The Gators...
FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2019, file photo, Harvard's Devin Darrington runs against Yale during the first half of an NCAA college football game in New Haven, Conn. The Ivy League has canceled all fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Arnold Gold/New Haven Register via AP, File)
Ivy League suspends fall sports due to coronavirus pandemic
By Doug Feinberg And Jimmy Golen
Jul. 08, 2020 10:55 PM EDT
The Arizona Diamondbacks play an intrasquad baseball game Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
The Latest: D-Backs' Guerra returns after negative test
By The Associated Press
Jul. 08, 2020 09:35 PM EDT
AP Source: Ivy League calls off fall sports, including football, for its eight schools.
Jul. 08, 2020 05:25 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — AP Source: Ivy League calls off fall sports, including football, for its eight schools. ...
Vanderbilt cuts at least 8 from athletics communications
Jul. 08, 2020 05:23 PM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt has laid off at least two people with six more forced to re-apply for their jobs as the Southeastern Conference's lone...
FILE - This Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh watches from the sideline in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Army, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Harbaugh, who has two years left on his deal, says he was close to a contract extension before coping with the pandemic became a priority. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)
Harbaugh was close to a new deal at Michigan before pandemic
By Larry Lage
Jul. 08, 2020 04:31 PM EDT
Northwestern moves Wisconsin game from Wrigley to Ryan Field
Jul. 08, 2020 02:41 PM EDT
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern's game against Wisconsin scheduled for Nov. 7 at Wrigley Field in Chicago is being moved to Ryan Field because of...