covid-19 sports
April 6, 2021
Delaware Women’s Lax Season Ends After Violating COVID Ordinance
Over the weekend, the University of Delaware women's lacrosse team announced it canceled the remainder of the 2021 season after the athletic department said the team hosted an off-campus gathering in mid-March. In the statement from the athletic d...
March 18, 2021
Philadelphia Public League Finds Success through Adversity
Navigating a pair of crises over the last calendar year has been taxing on everyone. In addition to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has been full-blown in the United States since the middle of March 2020, the country has faced a reckoning ...
March 5, 2021
Texas UIL Updates COVID-19 Risk Guidelines Following Mask Update
The Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) recently shared updates to its risk mitigation guidelines following Governor Greg Abbott announced an immediate rollback of its statewide mask mandate. Earlier this week, Gov. Abbott announced he's...
March 2, 2021
VA Girls’ Basketball Team Disqualified for Not Wearing Masks
A Virginia high school girls basketball team is they had a championship opportunity 'stolen' away from them after the team was disqualified from a tournament for not wearing personal protective masks. According to a report from WUSA-9, the Word of...
February 18, 2021
NCAA Survey: Mental Health, More Impacted by Pandemic
As a follow-up to the NCAA Student-Athlete COVID-19 Well-Being Survey conducted in spring 2020, a similar survey conducted in the fall showed student-athletes continue to face heightened mental health concerns and barriers to sport particip...
February 17, 2021
Chicago HS Student-Athletes Weigh-In on Pandemic Effects
Approaching nearly a year since the COVID-19 pandemic overtook the lives of Americans from coast-to-coast, many news outlets are beginning to craft year-long perspectives on the impact of the virus-related shutdowns in various industries. A recent...
February 13, 2021
NFHS Revises Guidance on COVID-19 Transmission During High School Sports
After evaluating experiences of schools participating in high school sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) has revised its May 2020 guidance do...
February 8, 2021
California HS Football Players Join New League Against COVID Restrictions
High school football has been pushed back, postponed, rescheduled, and once again placed on hold in California since the outbreak of COVID-19. Following a summer in which Golden State high school programs prepped in hopes of having some semblance ...
More than 6,000 coaches across all NCAA-sponsored sports completed the survey, which was conducted by NCAA research to better understand how coaches are supporting student-athletes as well as their own mental health.
NCAA Survey: Increased Focus on Mental Health for Coaches
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A recent NCAA survey found 80% of all coaches reported spending more t...