The Division I Council votes to push the start date back from the originally scheduled Nov. 10 as one of several precautions against the spread of coronavirus.
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College football notebook: Coach says most LSU players have had, recovered from COVID-19
Ed Orgeron and his staff are hopeful those players will remain eligible to play the bulk of the season before they have to be tested again.
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UMaine, CAA hoping for spring football season
While the NCAA considers moving the canceled FCS playoffs, UMaine Coach Nick Charlton is already planning for a season in early 2021.
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Everyday Athletes: Julia Panepinto likes to defy expectations in the weight room
Former Bates volleyball, softball player also spent time on powerlifting team in college, and continues her passion.
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College football embarking on uncertain season
With 53 of the 130 top-level teams not playing this season, games begin for schools with hopes of reaching the FBS playoffs and competing for a championship.
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Penn State doctor: Roughly one-third of Big Ten athletes with COVID-19 have myocarditis
Wayne Sebastianelli, Penn State’s director of athletic medicine, says of the coronavirus, “we really just don’t know what to do with it right now.”
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Jay’s Edwin Thompson named baseball head coach at Georgetown
The former Bates College and University of Maine at Farmington coach will be leading the Division I Hoyas.
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College football notebook: Big Ten presidents voted 11-3 to cancel fall season
Court documents did not identify how each school voted, but a person familiar with the outcome told The AP that Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio State voted against postponing the fall season.
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College football notebook: Nebraska players file lawsuit to restore Big Ten football
The players want a court order that would keep the Big Ten from going through with its plan to push the football season to the spring.
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Saban says this season is about the players, not money, ‘if we can do it in a safe way’
Alabama Coach Nick Saban stresses the importance of football as his school confirms more than 500 coronavirus cases since classes resumed on campus Aug. 19.