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A crow sits on fencing erected around the Epsom Downs racecourse, in Epsom, England, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. The Derby annual horse race will take place behind closed doors on Saturday amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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By The Associated Press Jul. 02, 2020 12:43 AM EDT

Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma speaks to reporters during his charity golf event on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford, Conn. UConn is expected to announce this week that they are leaving the American Athletic Conference and rejoining the Big East for basketball and other sports. Auriemma cautioned fans that the Big East is not the same conference it previously was. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
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Jun. 26, 2019 02:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Connecticut linebacker Darrian Beavers (43) leads his team onto the field before the start of an NCAA college football game against Temple in East Hartford, Conn. UConn football is on the road to independence and the American Athletic Conference is not feeling any pressure to replace the Huskies when they leave for the Big East. The University of Connecticut is set to announce later this week that it will be leaving the AAC and re-joining the Big East, which does not sponsor football, in 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn, File)
UConn rejoins Big East for hoops, other sports; not football

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jun. 26, 2019 12:24 PM EDT

AP sources: UConn in talks to move back into Big East

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jun. 22, 2019 12:46 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A University of Connecticut official says the school is working to leave the American Athletic Conference and return to the Big East for...

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco, center, talks with Connecticut athletic director David Benedict, right, before an NCAA college basketball game between UConn and South Carolina, in Storrs, Conn.Aresco says the league's new media rights deal with ESPN gives the AAC a platform similar to having its own branded network. The American and ESPN announced a 12-year agreement that runs through the 2031-32 school year. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
UConn expresses reservations about AAC media deal with ESPN

By Pat Eaton-Robb Mar. 28, 2019 11:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 5, 2016, file photo, Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemmac celebrates by cutting down the net following Connecticut's 82-51 championship victory over Syracuse at the women's Final Four in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Indianapolis. Auriemma's 11 titles are one more than UCLA's John Wooden for the most ever in Division I basketball. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
Alabama already among greatest college dynasties

By Josh Dubow Jan. 07, 2019 04:40 AM EST

Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney pose with the trophy at a news conference for the NCAA college football playoff championship game Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Alabama-Clemson IV: Can Saban's dynasty reach new heights?

By Ralph D. Russo Jan. 06, 2019 04:23 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2018, file photo, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney directs his team against Pittsburgh in the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game, in Charlotte, N.C. The Tigers are set to square off against the Crimson Tide for the fourth straight year in the College Football Playoff in Monday night's, Jan. 7, 2019, title game. While most of the players have changed since Alabama won the first meeting for the championship in January 2016, the coaches have remained the same. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
Clemson-Alabama IV has precedents in other sports

By Josh Dubow Jan. 04, 2019 03:21 PM EST

File-This March 31, 2018, file photo shows Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw responding to a question during a news conference for the women's NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament in Columbus, Ohio. College basketball season's starting earlier and earlier and that's something top coaches McGraw and Geno Auriemma aren't thrilled about it. A sport that used to begin practice around Oct. 15 and have its first games at Thanksgiving is now beginning nearly three weeks sooner. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, will be the first day of games with nearly 100 women's contests scheduled and nearly 150 men's ones as well. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Toss up the ball, college hoops ready for early start date

By Doug Feinberg Nov. 06, 2018 03:55 AM EST