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UConn becomes 1st FBS program to cancel football over virus

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STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn canceled its 2020-2021 football season Wednesday, becoming the first FBS program to suspend football because of the coronavirus...

Colorado St investigates athlete claims on COVID reporting

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado State president Joyce McConnell says she will launch an investigation into how the athletic department handled COVID-19...

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2018, file photo, Oregon safety Jevon Holland (8) breaks up a pass for Utah wide receiver Jaylen Dixon (25) during the first half of the Pac-12 Conference championship NCAA college football game in Santa Clara, Calif. A group of Pac-12 football players on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020, threatened to opt out of the coming season unless its concerns about competing during the COVID-19 pandemic and other racial and economic issues in college sports are addressed. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 03, 2020 11:55 PM EDT

FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, shows the Pac-12 logo during the second half of an NCAA college football game between Arizona State and Kent State, in Tempe, Ariz. The Pac-12 has set Sept. 26 as the start of its 10-game conference-only football schedule. The Pac-12 announced three weeks ago it would eliminate nonconference games for its 12 member schools. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)
Next in summer of player empowerment: Pac-12 players unite

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 03, 2020 01:46 AM EDT

FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, file photo, shows the Pac-12 logo during the second half of an NCAA college football game between Arizona State and Kent State, in Tempe, Ariz. The Pac-12 has set Sept. 26 as the start of its 10-game conference-only football schedule. The Pac-12 announced three weeks ago it would eliminate nonconference games for its 12 member schools. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso, File)
Pac-12 football players urge opt-out amid COVID-19 concerns

By Ralph D. Russo Aug. 02, 2020 11:01 AM EDT

La-Lafayette coach, ex-Miss. St. player Looney dead at 31

Aug. 01, 2020 03:26 PM EDT
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Louisiana-Lafayette assistant football coach and former Mississippi State player D.J. Looney died from a heart attack following a team...

FILE- In this Feb. 13, 2019 file photo, JoAnne Atkins-Ingram drapes her son, Braeden Bradforth's old Neptune High School football jersey over her shoulder in her attorney's office in Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J. A Kansas community college has reached a settlement with Bradforth's family on Friday, July 31, 2020, for the 19-year-old's death from heatstroke after football conditioning drills n August 2018. (Doug Hood/The Asbury Park Press via AP)
Settlement reached in death of football player in Kansas

Aug. 01, 2020 01:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2011, file photo, fans fill Ohio Stadium as Ohio State takes on Akron in the second half of an NCAA college football game in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State will limit home crowds to about 20,000 and prohibit tailgating if the football season is played this fall. Fans inside Ohio Stadium will be required to wear masks and observe social distancing to help stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
The Latest: Colorado State pauses football after 8 positives

By The Associated Press Jul. 28, 2020 12:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, the championship logo is seen on the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium before the NCAA college football playoff championship game between Georgia and Alabama in Atlanta. There are more bowl games scheduled for the coming season than ever before in major college football: 42, not including the College Football Playoff championship. College football leaders are in the process of piecing together plans to attempt to play a regular season during the COVID-19 pandemic. If it is even possible, everyone anticipates there will be disruptions, added expenses and loads of stress just to get through it.(AP Photo/David Goldman)
If college football is played, will bowls be salvaged, too?

By Ralph D. Russo Jul. 23, 2020 06:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020, file photo, LSU wide receiver Justin Jefferson (2) is tackled by Clemson during the first half of an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game in New Orleans. The NCAA's latest guidance for playing college sports during the COVID-19 pandemic recommends testing players once a week within 72 hours of competition. For typical Saturday football games, that means Wednesday would be the soonest athletes would be tested. Is that enough for a team of about 100 athletes playing a contact sport to get through a season without major disruptions? Especially, considering simply being exposed to someone who tests positive can land an athlete in quarantine for two weeks? (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
'Big window' - Is testing plan rigorous enough for football?

By Ralph D. Russo Jul. 17, 2020 05:32 PM EDT

A ball carrier wears a face mask prior to the friendly soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Le Havre, in Le Havre, western France, Sunday, July 12, 2020. For the first time since the coronavirus shut down sports and chased away spectators, Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and other soccer stars are going to play again in front of fans. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
The Latest: Dodgers CF Pollock considered skipping season

By The Associated Press Jul. 17, 2020 03:18 PM EDT

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 Jul. 13, 2020 06:45 PM EDT

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 Jul. 13, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

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 Jul. 13, 2020 12:05 PM 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. 10, 2020 06:46 PM EDT

Syracuse University appoints diversity director for sports

By John Kekis Jul. 10, 2020 02:01 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 06:48 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 04:17 PM EDT

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 06:04 PM EDT

Vanderbilt cuts at least 8 from athletics communications

Jul. 08, 2020 05:20 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...