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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers say that any plans to have fans for home games this season are on indefinite hold due to high COVID-19 rates in the area.
Packers officials said that fans won’t be adm […]

By Teresa M. Walker and Barry Wilner
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is warning the league’s 32 teams of penalties including potential forfeits of games for violations of COVID-19 protocols that force changes in t […]

By Josh Dubow
The Las Vegas Raiders have been fined $50,000 for allowing an unauthorized team employee into the locker room following a game this season.
A person familiar with the punishment told The Associated […]

By Teresa Walker
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The positive test results keep coming for the Tennessee Titans in the NFL’s first outbreak of COVID-19, and they’re not alone anymore with the league postponing the New E […]

Football is back in Tychy, Poland this Saturday as the Tychy Falcons host the undefeated Bialystok Lowlanders in an exciting LFA matchup. Both teams have gained a lot of confidence over their last few games and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL and its players’ union have agreed to continue daily COVID-19 testing except on game days until further notice.
The league also told teams daily testing will be required for players and […]

By Dave Campbell
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For NFL teams in this year of the virus, the road game has become even more of a business trip than before with the precautions and restrictions accompanying travel to and s […]

By Teresa M. Walker
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans find themselves back in a waiting mode, hoping the NFL allows them back inside their headquarters by Tuesday.
Their game against the Pittsburgh S […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — The University of North Carolina system reported its first coronavirus-related student death on Tuesday since several campuses reopened with at least partial in-person learning last month.
Chad […]

By Teresa Walker
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans won’t be back inside their building until Saturday at the earliest because of eight positive tests for the coronavirus, the first outbreak to hit the […]

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

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Notre Dame said it had 39 football players in isolation or quarantine on Monday as it deals with the COVID-19 outbreak that […]

By Ralph Russo

The Mid-American Conference, the first major college football league to postpone its season because of the pandemic, became the final one to jump back in, making it 10 out of 10 conferences that […]

A person with knowledge of the punishment tells The Associated Press that at least three NFL head coaches have been fined $100,000 for violating the league’s rules that they wear face coverings on the s […]

By  Andrew Seligman and Jim Litke
CHICAGO (AP) — Gale Sayers, the dazzling and elusive running back who entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame despite the briefest of careers and whose fame extended far beyond th […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ten fans who attended the Kansas City Chiefs game last week have been told to quarantine after one fan tested positive for COVID-19, Kansas City health officials announced Thursday.
A p […]

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all.
Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course […]

By David Bauder
NEW YORK (AP) — Pro football has probably never been more important to television executives than this year, and its return has them ready to do a happy dance in the end zone.
A schedule of o […]

By Eric Olson
The first big weekend of college football was mostly stripped of the pageantry that is at the heart of the game.
The stands were empty, or attendance was limited, because of a pandemic that has […]

By Jimmy Golen
Jason Myers kicked off to start the Seahawks’ season-opener against the Falcons, and the ball sailed through the end zone for a touchback. No one moved a step.
Instead, the players all dropped t […]

By Carla K. Johnson, Astrid Galvan and Dave Skretta
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Are you ready for some football?
The kickoff of the NFL season Thursday with 17,000 fans in the stadium illustrates the nation’s det […]