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No. 19 Southern California has closed its training complex for the day after an unidentified player tested positive for COVID-19.
The unbeaten Trojans didn’t practice Tuesday and held their meetings virtually w […]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Apple Cup between Washington and Washington State scheduled for Friday was canceled Sunday due to the Cougars not having enough scholarship players available because of positive COVID-19 tests a […]

Fresno State has had its second straight football game canceled because of COVID-19.
The Mountain West says Friday’s scheduled game between the Bulldogs and San Diego State will be declared a no-contest because F […]

By Ralph Russo
The college football Saturday started with another game being postponed, the 18th of the week, and a dispute between Clemson and Florida State.
Clemson wanted to play, even though it brought a […]

By David Ginsburg
The Big Ten game Saturday between Maryland and Michigan State has been canceled after a COVID-19 outbreak on the Terrapins resulted in a positive test for coach Michael Locksley.
It’s the s […]

By Rob Maaddi
The NFL is placing all teams in intensive protocol starting Saturday to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 as the number of cases rises around the country.
Use of masks will be mandatory at all times at […]

By Ralph Russo
No. 22 Texas at Kansas was among six games postponed Wednesday by COVID-19 problems as the virus took another chunk out of this weekend’s major college football schedule.
Overall, 14 out of 62 g […]

By Barry Wilner
When the Rooney Rule was adopted by the NFL in 2003, Troy Vincent was in his 12th of 15 seasons as an outstanding defensive back. He was soon to become the president of the NFL Players […]

By Barry Wilner
There was a time when NFL coaches only trusted their placekickers if all other options were exhausted.
From there, things progressed to relying on the soccer-style booters from, say, 50 yards […]

By Schuyler Dixon
Philip Rivers could hardly believe the sound of silence when his Indianapolis Colts played in Detroit the first time the Lions let 250 family members and friends attend.
It’s probably no s […]

By Ralph Russo
The pandemic wrecked more plans across college football on Wednesday, with No. 12 Georgia at Missouri becoming the fourth game postponed in the Southeastern Conference alone and No. 3 Ohio […]

By Will Graves
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ pursuit of a perfect season has a new opponent in COVID-19.
A day after NFL’s last unbeaten team placed tight end Vance McDonald on the COVID-19 list […]

By Cliff Blunt
The Southeastern Conference is taking a hit from COVID-19.
The conference on Monday postponed Saturday’s game between No. 20 Auburn and Mississippi State because of positive COVID-19 cases and q […]

Both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins came back to win on the road.
The Steelers improved to 8-0 for the first time in the franchise’s storied history when they came back from a 13-point deficit to b […]

The sight of players slipping and sliding on the natural grass field in Cleveland last Sunday was comical to some, disturbing to others. After all, it was only the first day of November, yet a wintry blast had hit […]

By Josh Dubow
The Las Vegas Raiders and coach Jon Gruden have been fined a total $650,000 and docked a sixth-round draft pick for repeated violations of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols.
A person familiar with the p […]

All NFL games are on for this weekend while teams deal with COVID-19 issues.
Depending on their situations, teams were either steering clear of or returning to their facilities Friday, one day after the Packers […]

The Pac-12 football season is getting off to a shaky start.
The opener between Utah and Arizona on Saturday in Salt Lake City was canceled due to a rise in positive COVID-19 cases within the Utes program.
Utah […]

By Rob Maaddi
The NFL is expanding the sideline area to give teams more space to distance and mask usage is now mandatory before and after games and at halftime.
The updates to the COVID-19 protocols were sent […]

By Josh Dubow
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The NFL and the union are investigating the San Francisco 49ers and receiver Kendrick Bourne for possible violations of the league’s coronavirus protocols.
A person fam […]