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The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first league at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season because of the pandemic.

While professional football, baseball, and basketball players have been opting out of their upcoming seasons by the dozens, less has been heard from the nation’s collegiate athletes.

Sports Illustrated columnist Pat Forde blasted President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus and labeled him the destroyer of college football’s 2020 season, if it is indeed canceled.

NCAA president Mark Emmert noted on Thursday that he is discouraged over the return of college sports.

The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday it will not play nonconference games in football and several other sports this fall, the most dramatic move yet by a power conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A University of Toledo football player was fatally shot late Tuesday night outside a pizzeria in west Toledo, Ohio.

Mike Gundy, the Oklahoma State football coach who faced strong backlash last month after being spotted wearing an OAN shirt, has agreed to accept a $1 million pay cut and a one-year reduction in contract length.

University of Alabama coach Nick Saban joined his players for a video pushing the Black Lives Matter message on Thursday.

Football coaches from Ole Miss and Mississippi State are joining an effort to demand that the State of Mississippi remove the Confederate symbol from the state’s flag.

Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill claims that he will not play football at the school unless the State of Mississippi removes the Confederate battle flag from its state banner.

One America News Network (OAN) reporter Chanel Rion was seen wearing an Oklahoma State University t-shirt as she reported from Tulsa on Saturday during the President’s campaign rally.

The Kansas State Wildcats had to abruptly suspend their offseason workout program after 14 players tested positive for the coronavirus.

Former University of Colorado player Alfred Williams has revived an accusation that Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy called him the n-word back in 1989, when Gundy was still a college student playing for Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy released a video on Tuesday, in which he apologized for any “pain and discomfort” he caused his players by wearing a One America News (OAN) shirt in a recent picture.

Football players at the University of Texas at Austin have released a lengthy list of demands, urging the university to change the name of buildings on campus — including the stadium — and eliminate “The Eyes of Texas” as the school’s song in the name of inclusivity, claiming the racism that “has historically plagued” the campus.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has confronted his critics in a 14-minute video, in which he addresses his handling of the use of the N-word in his program, and the recent claims that he belittled the Black Lives Matter movement by wearing a shirt that said, “Football Matters.”

At least five members of the University of Alabama football team have tested positive for the coronavirus as training resumes.

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney is catching flak for wearing a t-shirt featuring the slogan “Football Matters.”

Buffalo Bills rookie Jake Fromm is apologizing for an offensive message sent when he was a student at the University of Georgia last year.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — College Football Hall of Famer Johnny Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, died Wednesday. He was 85.

A mob ransacked the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on Friday night, as civil unrest in response to the death of George Floyd continued to sweep across the country.

University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel has nixed the return of football, unless on-campus classes have also restarted.

College football and NFL legend Herschel Walker ripped former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday, after the Democrat nominee said that black people confused about who to vote for, “ain’t black.”

For those anxiously anticipating the beginning of college football, you got good news today. The Southeastern Conference approved voluntary on-campus workouts for student-athletes beginning on June 8th.

The image is striking: Fans watching a college football game in the midst of a pandemic, wearing masks with a smidge of social distance between them on row after row of bleacher seats.

If you’ve been wondering why some of college football’s premier programs have been pushing so hard to play football this year despite a global pandemic, we have your answer.

Construction workers at the University of Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium have reportedly been hit with a “significant” coronavirus outbreak.

Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith expressed optimism on Tuesday, that there will be a way for the Buckeyes home stadium to be at least partially full this year.

With the warm-weather state of Florida already open for business, the University of Florida has offered its facilities for pro sports looking for a place to play.

Everyone wants college football to return in the fall. Though, some are willing to do more than others to make that happen.

Few games on the 2020 college football schedule sparked more interest than the highly anticipated matchup between the USC Trojans and the Alabama Crimson Tide.

The loss of television and ad revenue from the suspension of sports due to the coronavirus, will end up costing at least $12 billion, according to a recent analysis conducted for ESPN.

Baylor, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M universities have announced that they will re-open for classes in the fall and will also resume their sports programs at that time.

Should college football not start their season on time, the National Football League is considering doing something they normally don’t do until the postseason: Saturday NFL football.

New England Patriots kicker Justin Rohrwasser told the media Saturday that the “Thee Percent” tattoo on his left arm is not intended to symbolize allegiance to a right-wing militia group.

A high school football player from Florida who was signed to play Division I football in the ACC, has been shot and killed.