As college football leaders work to rescue a football season worth billions in revenue from the threat of COVID-19, the players have become emboldened.
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry and former Auburn defensive lineman Derrick Brown headlined the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s annual athletes of the year awards.
A group of Pac-12 football players says it won’t practice or play until its concerns about playing during the COVID-19 pandemic and other racial and economic issues in college sports are addressed.
A text message circulating among Pac-12 football players is encouraging them to opt-out of practices and games until they can negotiate protections and benefits related to health and safety, economic rights and the fight against racial injustice.
A Kansas community college has reached a settlement with the New Jersey family of a football player who died of heatstroke after team conditioning drills in 2018.
Duke says that 25 athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past three weeks as they began returning to campus for voluntary practice, with nine in mandatory isolation.
North Carolina State’s DJ Funderburk plans to return to the Wolfpack for his senior season after considering whether to leave school for a professional career.
