College Sports
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Rutgers had at least 30 players were positive for COVID-19
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - Rutgers has had at least 30 football players test positive for COVID-19 since the team returned to campus in mid June. Coach Greg Schiano released the information on Fri...
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Stafford, Smart donate $500,000 to UGa diversity program
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford and Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart have contributed a total of $500,000 to an athletic department program focu...
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Column: Still time for college football to avoid a real mess
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Well, it was fun while it lasted. After a few seasons of relative sanity, where we could all look forward to a legitimate playoff system for determining t...
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UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick dies of gunshot wound
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - UAB freshman linebacker Allen Merrick has died after suffering a gunshot wound. Gadsden Police Capt. Bobby Jackson said Merrick died Friday morni...
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Washington's Jimmy Lake says Pac-12 postponement right move
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Washington coach Jimmy Lake said Friday that the Pac-12 made the correct decision in postponing the football season, even as the Huskies athletic program ...
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AP Top 25 will roll on in unusual college football season
Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press intends to rank teams if major college football games are played this season. A most unusual season is less than a month away and t...
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Without juggernaut conferences, NCAA was wise to cancel fall championships*Aug 14, 2020 1:00 am - The asterisk. * It should be made the official sports symbol of the years 2020 and 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has canceled, or in the very least, has severely compromis...
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NCAA cancels fall championships as major football marches on
Aug 13, 2020 7:00 am - The NCAA called off fall championship events - a move Thursday that does not affect major college football - because not enough schools will be competing in sports such ...
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Purdue coach proposes running 2 football seasons in 2021
Aug 13, 2020 7:00 am - 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. On T...
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Postponing season puts NFL prospects in a holding pattern
Aug 13, 2020 7:00 am - 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...