College Sports
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Wildcats’ Fisk departs for Portland State
ELLENSBURG — Central Washington athletics announced that Head Coach Chris Fisk would be departing the Wildcats foo…
UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick dies of gunshot wound
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick has died after suffering a gunshot wound.
Liberty University and Falwell: A bond that's hard to break
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has been toppled, at least temporarily, from the presidency of evangelical Liberty University, but whether he will break permanently with the Christian institution that is syn…
Editorial Roundup: New England
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers:
Mountain East Conference pushes back fall sports to spring
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) — The Mountain East Conference is postponing fall college sports competition until the spring semester due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Latest: Notre Dame says 2 football players in isolation
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Postponing season puts NFL prospects in a holding pattern
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Big Ten and Pac-12 postponing their fall football seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic leaves some NFL prospects facing a dilemma: Leave now or leave later.
The Latest: Asian football cancels Oct., Nov. qualifiers
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Purdue coach proposes running 2 football seasons in 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Purdue coach Jeff Brohm believes football can be played safely this spring and again next fall if university presidents and medical teams agree.
Atalanta fairytale to serve club well going forward
MILAN (AP) — Atalanta's dream is dead. Long live the dream.
Big Sky scuttles rest of fall sports schedule over COVID-19
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — The Big Sky Conference has voted to postpone all fall sports competition until the spring because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
College football in the spring: When? How much? Who plays?
Back in April, not long after the NCAA basketball tournaments were canceled because of the pandemic, the idea of moving the college football season to the spring of 2021 already was being tossed around.
The Latest: Texas coronavirus hospitalizations at 6-week low
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas is reporting fewer than 7,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients for the first time in six weeks.
The Latest: China's community virus cases hit single digits
BEIJING — China’s newly confirmed community transmitted cases of coronavirus fell into the single digits on Wednesday, while Hong Kong saw another 33 cases of infection.
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
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Big Ten Conference announces it won't play football this fall, will explore playing in the spring
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Conference announces it won't play football this fall, will explore playing in the spring.