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CDC publishes paper on NFL’s efforts to play 2020 season
By Rob Maaddi The NFL partnered with the Centers for Disease Control to share its extensive work to reach the Super Bowl on time during...
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Bowl games look to future after weathering challenging year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even after canceling the Tournament of Roses parade during the summer and scaling back the pregame festivities normally associated with the...
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COVID-19 shadows title game as college football season ends
By Steven Wine The end of the college football season began with a scene that would have looked bizarre 12 months ago — and will...
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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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Browns don’t practice again as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on team
By Tom Withers CLEVELAND (AP) — Baker Mayfield hasn’t thrown a football in four days. The Browns haven’t practiced this week. Cleveland’s return to the...
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No place like home? Host advantage vanished in year of virus
By Dave Campbell For the eight NFL teams guaranteed to host at least one game in the playoffs this month, the comfort of familiar surroundings...
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Cruel twist: Browns lose coach for playoffs due to COVID-19
By Tom Withers CLEVELAND (AP) — Amid a masked, muted celebration in the locker room after the Browns ended the NFL’s longest playoff drought, coach...
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COVID-19 changed NFL in 2020 and some shifts are permanent
By Arnie Stapleton Through plenty of potholes, seas of empty seats and enough piped-in crowd noise to make broadcasts sound like sitcom laugh tracks, the NFL...
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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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Music City Bowl between Iowa and Missouri canceled
The Music City Bowl between Missouri and Iowa was canceled Sunday because COVID-19 issues left the Tigers unable to play. The game scheduled for Wednesday...
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‘It’s just weird’: Pandemic uncertainty on recruiting trail
By Steve Magargee The personal touch that helps coaches sell their programs to blue-chip prospects is missing this year. Restrictions brought about by the pandemic prevent...
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NFL not allowing mandated local bubbles during postseason
By Teresa M. Walker NFL teams won’t be allowed to create local bubbles during the postseason by mandating that players stay in a hotel, except...
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on football in the United States
Detroit Lions defensive end Everson Griffen was placed on the COVID-19 list a day before he was expected to play a key role against Green...
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NFL union sees no current need for bubble to slow COVID-19
By Josh Dubow The NFL players believe the season can be completed on time without the league moving into a version of a postseason bubble...
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Michigan cancels Ohio State showdown, citing COVID-19 cases
By Larry Lage and Mitch Stacy ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases in its program, Michigan canceled its annual...
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The Virus’s Toll: How 32 NFL Teams Have Been Hit By COVID-19
The NFL has seen major COVID-19 outbreaks for the Titans and Ravens. Big stars and coaches have been stricken by the disease. There have been...
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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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‘Change at any moment’ – Virus upends season for Big 12
By Stephen Hawkins Big 12-leading Iowa State has wins over Oklahoma and Texas in the same season for the first time, and is on the...
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Goodell: NFL committed to finishing regular season on time
By Barry Wilner NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday the league remains committed to finishing the regular season as scheduled. Goodell also said on a...
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AP source: NFL fines Saints $500,000, Patriots $350,000
By Barry Wilner The NFL has fined the New Orleans Saints $500,000 and stripped them of a 2021 seventh-round draft pick for violating league COVID-19...
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Steelers optimistic but wary as COVID-19 rearranges schedule
By Will Graves PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t add any players to the team’s expanding reserve/COVID-19 list on Sunday, but coach Mike Tomlin...
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49ers may need temporary home because of new COVID-19 rules
By Josh Dubow The San Francisco 49ers and other teams may need to find a temporary new home after Santa Clara County on Saturday banned...
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AP sources: NFL DQs Denver Broncos QBs for not wearing masks
By Arnie Stapleton ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos won’t have any of their four quarterbacks available Sunday when they face the New Orleans...
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Ravaged by COVID-19, Baltimore Ravens face issues beyond new schedule
By David Ginsburg With reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson under quarantine as part of an outbreak of COVID-19 that has ravaged the Baltimore Ravens, the...
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Crimson Tide’s Saban tests positive for virus, will miss Iron Bowl
By John Zenor The Iron Bowl will be without its biggest star. Nick Saban, the coach at No. 1 Alabama, tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday...
