CORONAVIRUS: NCAA cancels fall championships as major football marches on

Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), speaks during a brief press availability on Capitol Hill Dec. 17, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (DREW ANGERER/Getty Images/TNS)
Mark Emmert, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), speaks during a brief press availability on Capitol Hill Dec. 17, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (DREW ANGERER/Getty Images/TNS)

The NCAA called off fall championship events — a move Thursday that does not affect major college football — because not enough schools will be competing in sports such as men’s and women’s soccer and…