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President Joe Biden looks to Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun as he speaks during an event to present the Commander-in-Chief's trophy to the Air Force Academy in the East Room of the White House, Friday, April 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden awards football trophy to Air Force Academy

Apr. 28, 2023 03:06 PM EDT

FILE - Taylor Swift attends an in conversation with Taylor Swift event at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2022. AP VoteCast shows a majority of voters favor the state legalizing happy hour. AP VoteCast is an extensive survey of more than 94,000 voters. It reveals U.S. voters' views on some of the most significant issues affecting the nation. And some of the least significant, too. Swift has some bad blood with Republican lawmakers in Tennessee. She called one of that state's senators, Marsha Blackburn, in a 2020 Netflix documentary "Trump in a wig."(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
AP VoteCast: How voters felt about happy hours, Taylor Swift

By Josh Boak And Hannah Fingerhut Nov. 10, 2022 05:18 AM EST

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is introduced at a rally for former President Donald Trump at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Tuberville says that Democrats support reparations for the descendants of enslaved people because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.” (AP Photo/Jose Luis Villegas)
Black leaders rebuke Tuberville stance on reparations, crime

By Corey Williams Oct. 14, 2022 07:05 PM EDT

Temple safety Amir Tyler (3) takes down Navy fullback Carlinos Acie (25) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Philadelphia, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Bowl-bound Army looks to beat Navy for 5th time in 6 games

By Tom Canavan Dec. 10, 2021 01:27 PM EST

Boston College quarterback Dennis Grosel (6) scrambles for a first down during the first half of the team's NCAA college football game against Syracuse in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
Boston College at Syracuse 10/30/2021

Oct. 30, 2021 04:41 PM EDT

FILE - Northwestern football players gather during practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in Kenosha, Wisc., in this Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, file photo. College football players and some other athletes in revenue-generating sports are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that would allow the players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions. The nine-page NLRB memo revisited a case involving Northwestern University football players who were thwarted from forming a union when the board said that taking their side “would not promote stability in labor relations.”(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
EXPLAINER: NLRB memo says college athletes are employees

By Jimmy Golen Sep. 30, 2021 02:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2020, file photo, NCAA President Mark Emmert testifies during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on intercollegiate athlete compensation on Capitol Hill in Washington. College football players and some other athletes in revenue-generating sports are employees of their schools, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in a memo Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, that would allow the players to unionize and otherwise negotiate over their working conditions.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
NLRB memo: College football players are employees

By Jimmy Golen Sep. 29, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

A Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan holds a sign during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)
Crowded stadiums, pandemic create combustible mix this fall

By Tom Murphy Sep. 11, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers inside linebacker Devin White (45) sacks Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) during the second half of an NFL football game in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, file photo. Rodgers had his worst game of the season in Green Bay’s 38-10 loss at Tampa Bay Back on Oct. 18, as he threw two game-changing interceptions and completed less than half his pass attempts. Rodgers gets a chance to make amends for that performance Sunday when the top-seeded Packers host the Bucs in the NFC championship game. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken, File)
Comfort TV viewing gives ratings boost to football, dramas

By Lynn Elber Jan. 20, 2021 08:12 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2020, file photo,Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller walks along the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee in Nashville, Tenn. Fuller, the first woman to score in a Power Five conference football game, says she has been invited to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
History-making woman kicker invited to Biden inauguration

Jan. 17, 2021 04:32 PM EST

Tennessee quarterback Harrison Bailey (15) throws to a receiver during warmups of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Tennessee at Vanderbilt 12/12/2020

Dec. 12, 2020 04:15 PM EST

President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump honors football coach Holtz as 'one of the greatest'

By Kevin Freking Dec. 03, 2020 09:46 AM EST

ESPN College Gameday host David Pollack, right, looks out toward the field as they prepare for their live broadcast from Notre Dame Stadium before the NCAA college football game between the Notre Dame and the Clemson in South Bend, Ind. (Matt Cashore/Pool Photo via AP)
NBC to cut away from Clemson-Notre Dame for Biden speech

By The Associated Press Nov. 07, 2020 04:59 PM EST

The Husker Hounds sports apparel store in Omaha, Neb., shows on television screens Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, a Big Ten virtual news conference to discuss the reopening of the football season. President Donald Trump was quick to spike the ball in celebration when the Big Ten announced the return of fall football at colleges clustered in some of the Midwest battleground states critical to his reelection effort. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
With Big Ten reversal, Trump aims to score in battlegrounds

By Aamer Madhani Sep. 17, 2020 12:18 AM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Washington. Seat at left is Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, left, and former coach Lou Holtz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Longtime football coach Lou Holtz to get Medal of Freedom

By Darlene Superville Sep. 04, 2020 06:37 PM EDT

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (13) warms up before an NCAA football game against LSU, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, in Tuscaloosa , Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt))
LSU-Alabama game a big winner for CBS over the weekend

By David Bauder Nov. 12, 2019 05:58 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015, file photo, Bill Fralic watches a news conference in Pittsburgh. Former star Atlanta Falcons lineman Bill Fralic died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. He was 56. Fralic was a three-time All-American offensive lineman at Pittsburgh. The university said he had cancer and died at his home in suburban Atlanta. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Bill Fralic, star lineman for Pitt and Falcons, dies at 56

Dec. 14, 2018 01:56 PM EST