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Sept. 12, 2020Updated 12:25 p.m. ETKevin Warren, the commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, was at his home near Minneapolis one morning this month when President Trump made a hastily arranged call to him.Warren’s league had decided in August to postpone fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Trump had a message as rife…

Sept. 9, 2020Updated 5:37 a.m. ETSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. — When Penn State traditionally kicks off its football season — almost always at home on Labor Day weekend — this small town and the surrounding hamlets buzz with life.Fans clog the sidewalks along College Avenue, an armada of recreational vehicles invade otherwise empty fields, and the…

Aug. 5, 2020Exactly one month before most of the college football world once expected to start a new season, Wednesday showed just how difficult it will be to stage autumn sports during the coronavirus pandemic.The University of Connecticut canceled its football season. More college athletes around the country opted out from playing. Even the publication…

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. There was speculation two of the five most powerful conferences — the Big Ten and the…

(CNN)The College Football Playoff, which crowns a champion at college football’s highest level, is still on as scheduled. But with the Covid-19 pandemic, more of the fall football season is getting w…