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April 2, 2020

FBS athletic directors surveyed on status of college football season

Spring sports have already been put on hold indefinitely across the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, but now many Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) athletic directors are wondering if the college football season will be in jeopardy too. In a n...

April 1, 2020

Cape Cod schools stay connected during self quarantine

While schools are out of session amid the coronavirus outbreak, schools on Cape Cod, MA, are staying connected by participating in virtual challenges via social media. Spring sports may be put on hold until May 4 at the earliest in Massachusetts, ...

March 31, 2020

Coronavirus claims 30-year-old New Jersey baseball coach

The sports community in New Jersey is mourning the loss of one of its own this week. Ben Luderer, 30, a varsity baseball coach and teacher for the Cliffside Park School District in Bergen County, NJ, passed away suddenly from complications related...

March 31, 2020

Massachusetts lays plans for spring sports season amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is efforting to keep some semblance of a spring sports season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, schools in the Bay State are closed until May 4 on orders from Governor Charlie Bake...

March 30, 2020

US Justice Department weighs in on transgender athletes civil suit

A federal civil rights lawsuit aimed at blocking transgender athletes in the state of Connecticut from competing as the gender they identify as during varsity athletics has gotten the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice. Attorney General W...

March 25, 2020

Coaches, athletes getting creative to connect, stay in shape at home

[caption id="attachment_28887" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: Carissa Swan / Twenty20[/caption] With a long list of cancellations and suspensions across winter and spring sports due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak, and the imple...

March 20, 2020

High school officials feeling impact of coronavirus sports stoppages

With many areas of the country on a virtual lockdown due to the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, high school sports athletic associations have been forced to cancel or indefinitely suspend winter and spring sports. [caption id="a...

March 18, 2020

MHSAA dealing with potential high school officials shortage

[caption id="attachment_28864" align="alignright" width="300"] Image: David Sanborn / Creative Commons[/caption] In roughly a decade, the number of high school officials in the Michigan High School Athletic Association has dropped by 2,500 officia...