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NFL suspends all COVID protocols, cites ‘encouraging trends’
By Barry Wilner The NFL has suspended all aspects of its COVID-19 protocols, citing recent trends showing that the spread of the coronavirus is declining....
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NFL scouting combine loosens virus rules after blowback
By Arnie Stapelton Players attending the NFL’s scouting combine won’t have to stay in a “bubble” as originally ordered after organizers loosened regulations Monday night...
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NFL’s 2nd season of COVID just as trying as 1st, maybe more
By Schuyler Dixon The NFL worked around COVID-19 with pauses and postponements during a 2020 season that figured to be the worst in dealing with...
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NFL reduces testing for asymptomatic vaccinated players
By Rob Maaddi Only unvaccinated players and those experiencing possible symptoms of COVID-19 will be tested, starting Sunday, under the NFL’s revised protocols. Also, higher...
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Rams’ Beckham headlines COVID-19 list as NFL outbreak widens
Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was added to the COVID-19 reserve list Tuesday as the NFL reported 28 more positive tests among players...
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Column: One number looms large in Super Bowl of numbers
By Tim Dahlberg The Super Bowl is always defined by numbers, this one perhaps more than others because there’s one number — positive tests for...
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NFL’s revenue dip in pandemic significant, but not crippling
New York Giants co-owner John Mara could have been speaking for all in the tight-lipped world of NFL finances by saying his club’s pandemic-induced losses...
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Column: Let’s just get college football season over with
By Paul Newberry Let’s just get this over with. There’s nothing to celebrate as college football hobbles to the finish line of a grim season...
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Even with empty stadiums, NFL still a ratings monster
By Joe Reedy Regular-season ratings for NFL games declined this season following two straight years of increases. But in a year that saw the challenges...
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College football 2021: NCAA reforms and pandemic recovery
By Ralph Russo College football will attempt to return to normal in 2021 after a season roiled by the pandemic while also adapting to a...
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A season often in doubt to end on time, no cancellations
By Barry Wilner During the summer, with baseball just returning from its hiatus and the NHL and NBA scrambling to build “bubbles” to complete their...
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Sacrifice and stress: How players handled season of COVID-19
By Ralph Russo The Saturday night after winning an afternoon home game is one of the best times to be a college football player. Family...
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NFL further limits player access to facilities amid virus
By Barry Wilner The NFL is further limiting player access to team facilities as it attempts to enhance safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
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No better time to be visiting NFL team than in year of virus
By Dave Campbell MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For NFL teams in this year of the virus, the road game has become even more of a business...
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Tennessee Titans back to waiting after NFL postpones game vs. Steelers
By Teresa M. Walker NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans find themselves back in a waiting mode, hoping the NFL allows them back inside...
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Pandemic could lead to pandemonium on offensive lines
By Barry Wilner The coronavirus pandemic could lead to pandemonium on offensive lines throughout the NFL. With no on-field offseason programs, no preseason games, no...
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Virus toll on sports: 3,000-plus football games, sport cuts
The impact of the coronavirus on college athletics stretches from coast to coast, to schools big and small. Some of the details as compiled by...
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Big Ten, Pac-12 cancel fall football amid pandemic
By Ralph Russo A crumbling college football season took a massive hit Tuesday when the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed...
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Austrian Football League reduced to two teams
The Austrian Federation of American Football, AFBÖ, has announced that the four team season that had been planned has now been reduced to two teams,...
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Kansas City Chiefs OL Duvernay-Tardif first player to opt out of 2020 NFL season
By Dave Scretta KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif became the first player to opt out of the upcoming NFL season on...
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Serbia sets a season start date – but without imports, unless they live ‘next door’
There will be football in Serbia this year, with some restrictions. In keeping with the instructions laid out by the Serbian Ministry of Youth and...
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Montreal Alouettes GM preparing for 8 game season, August training camp
Montreal Alouettes general manager Danny Maciocia is preparing for an eight game schedule in 2020 and training camp starting in August amid the coronavirus pandemic....
