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Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren speaks about the cancellation of the men's basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 12. (CHRIS SWEDA/ Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren speaks about the cancellation of the men's basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on March 12. (CHRIS SWEDA/ Chicago Tribune/TNS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall amid pandemic

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
A crumbling college football season took a massive hit Tuesday as the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and canceled their fall football seasons. Five months almost to the day after the first spikes in coronavirus cases in the U.S.
Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette (27) runs for a first down during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers at TIAA Bank Field, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 in Jacksonville. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette (27) runs for a first down during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers at TIAA Bank Field, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019 in Jacksonville. (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

NFL: Once Jags' centerpiece, Fournette now at career crossroads

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020
JACKSONVILLE — Leonard Fournette used to be considered a building block in Jacksonville. Then he ended up on the trading block. Now, the bruising running back is entering the final year of his rookie contract and facing an uncertain future with the franchise.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey addresses the media following the announcement of the cancellation of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, in Nashville, Tenn. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (ANDY LYONS/Getty Images/TNS)

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey addresses the media following the announcement of the cancellation of the SEC Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 12, in Nashville, Tenn. After the Power Five conference commissioners met Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to discuss mounting concern about whether a college football season can be played in a pandemic, players took to social media to urge leaders to let them play. (ANDY LYONS/Getty Images/TNS)

CORONAVIRUS: Trump, coaches push for college football as cracks emerge

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Monday, August 10, 2020
President Donald Trump on Monday joined a U.S. senator and a number of coaches calling to save the college football season from a pandemic-forced shutdown as supporters pushed the premise that the players are safer because of their sport.
Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, here throwing a pass while being pressured by Clemson safety K'Von Wallace in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl in December, is among the players hoping to play college football in a safe manner this fall. (KYLE ROBERTSON/TNS)

Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields, here throwing a pass while being pressured by Clemson safety K'Von Wallace in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl in December, is among the players hoping to play college football in a safe manner this fall. (KYLE ROBERTSON/TNS)

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Players unite in push to save season, create union

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Monday, August 10, 2020
Michigan defensive back Hunter Reynolds saw the tweets from Trevor Lawrence and other college football players pushing for the opportunity to play this season despite the pandemic.
Collin Morikawa holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park on Sunday, in San Francisco. (JEFF CHIU/Associated Press)

Collin Morikawa holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park on Sunday, in San Francisco. (JEFF CHIU/Associated Press)

PRO GOLF: Morikawa delivers great shot in quiet moment to win PGA

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Sunday, August 9, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO — The shot will be remembered as one of the best under pressure that hardly anyone witnessed. It made Collin Morikawa a major champion Sunday in a thrill-a-minute PGA Championship that not many will forget.
Members of the Miami of Ohio team pose on the field after winning the Mid-American Conference championship against Central Michigan on Dec. 7, 2019, in Detroit. The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first league competing at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season because of covid-19 concerns. (AP FILE PHOTO)

Members of the Miami of Ohio team pose on the field after winning the Mid-American Conference championship against Central Michigan on Dec. 7, 2019, in Detroit. The Mid-American Conference on Saturday became the first league competing at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season because of covid-19 concerns. (AP FILE PHOTO)

CORONAVIRUS: After MAC surrenders to pandemic, will other leagues follow?

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Saturday, August 8, 2020
In many ways, the Mid-American Conference has little in common with Power Five leagues that first come to mind when fans think of major college football. There are no 75,000-seat stadiums in the MAC. Million-dollar per year coaches are rare.