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High School Football Seasons Kick Off Amid Pandemic
Six states across the country have kicked off the high school fall football season amid the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two weeks. Utah, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, North Dakota, and South Dakota have all held live, full-tackle high school fo...

Where Each State Stands with Fall Sports
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has kept an updated tracker of where all 50 states stand in their efforts to resume fall sports safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Depending on how hard their region has been hit, so...

What! No Distance Running?
This summer is different because of the coronavirus, so I’m offering some advice to football strength coaches as they resume activities. Most athletes have had a long layoff from structured, organized training. As schools are allowed to return...
PIAA Concerned about Referees amid COVID-19
The expectations of referees — at any level — are demanding. Coaches, players, and spectators alike expect perfection and an outcome that puts their preferred team on top. Constant scrutiny, ridicule, and low pay are just some of the reasons w...
Big Ten, Pac-12 Officially Cancel Football Season
The hits keep on coming to the college sports season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, both the Big Ten and Pac-12 Conferences — two pillars of the "Power 5" conferences — announced that the historic leagues will be forgoing their football ...

College Sports Fall Season in Jeopardy
With each passing day, it's becoming more and more unlikely a fall sports season will happen for many college programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently three small NCAA Division I conferences announced the indefinite postponement of scheduled ...

CSU Launches Investigation into Athletics Program Mishandling of COVID-19 Policies
Colorado State University president Joyce McConnell announced this week that her office will be conducting an immediate investigation of the Rams football team and the athletic department in totality in response to reports of undermining COVID-19 pol...

CHSAA Rolls Out 4-Season Plan
The Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) announced an alteration to its approach of the varsity sports season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CHSAA commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green rolled out a four-season calendar for the 2020-21 sch...








