college football

Cal U Football Player Dies of COVID-19 Complications
Jamain Stephens, an NCAA Division II football player at California University of Pennsylvania, passed away this week with the university's athletic department confirming his death. It appears Stephens, a senior defensive lineman, died from complicati...

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...

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...

UConn Football Cancels 2020-21 Season
There will be no touchdowns scored in Storrs, Connecticut this fall. On Wednesday, August 5, the University of Connecticut, an NCAA Division 1 program, announced the Huskies will not play a football season this fall, according to a press release i...

Utes Football Coach Suspended Following Former Player’s Revelation
A former University of Utah football player is making national headlines for his recent revelation that one Utes coach allegedly used racial rhetoric. Ryan Lacy, once a full-scholarship player for the Utes, said on Twitter that during a 2008 pract...

Minnesota AD ‘Optimistic’ for Fall Return of Sports
University of Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle is preparing for the Gophers' fall athletic season as if it will resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minnesota football players are already back on campus and Coyle told the Star Tribune that...

Dabo Swinney named 2018 Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant Coach of the Year
Coach Dabo Swinney took home the title of the college football Coach of the Year at the American Heart Association's 33rd annual Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards on Wednesday. Swinney is the first coach in the Bryant Awards history to win the award three t...