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In this May 3, 2014, file photo, Stanford men's volleyball head coach John Kosty, second from left, looks down as players react after a 3-1 loss to Loyola in the NCAA men's college volleyball championship at Gentile Arena in Chicago. Stanford announced Wednesday, July 8, 2020, that it is dropping 11 sports amid financial difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The school will discontinue men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. Stanford also is eliminating 20 support staff positions. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) **FILE**

Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs during pandemic

By John Marshall - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2019, file photo, Bowling Green's Neil Lambert bats during the team's NCAA college baseball game against Kent Sate in Bowling Green, Ohio. Bowling Green recently announced that it is dropping baseball. Colleges mulling whether to cut sports amid the coronavirus pandemic must ensure they remain compliant with the federal civil-rights law known as Title IX, which requires the equitable treatment of remaining men's and women's programs. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

Title IX major factor for colleges looking at sports cuts

By AARON BEARD - Associated Press

Regents OK 2-year contract extension for Minnesota AD Coyle

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FILE - In this May 30, 2017, file photo, NBA G League President Malcolm Turner speaks during a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Turner, the former NBA G League president who started as Vanderbilt's athletic director on Feb. 1, 2019, resigned Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. He has been replaced by Candice Storey Lee, as interim athletic director effectively immediately. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Malcolm Turner resigns as Vanderbilt AD after 1 year on job

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Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford listens to a question at a press conference during the ACC NCAA college basketball media day in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

The Latest: Pay for play big topic at ACC media day

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Column: Clock now ticking as California takes on the NCAA

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

Empty seats before the the women's 100 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Empty seats cast new shadow on Doha hosting of world champs

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Texas says internal review found no more admissions fraud

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 10, 2018 file photo, Russia's Mariya Lasitskene looks on in the women's high jump final at the European Athletics Championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, Germany. The only Russian track athlete currently holding a world title says the country’s top officials and coaches in the sport should be replaced because of the slow pace of anti-doping reforms. High jumper Mariya Lasitskene’s message comes after Russia’s ban from international track and field was prolonged on Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)

Russian athlete Lasitskene slams slow pace of doping reform

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Brett Anderson delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Monday, May 20, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Anderson leaves with cervical strain, A’s beat Indians 6-4

By STEVE HERRICK - Associated Press

Boston Red Sox's Andrew Benintendi dives for home plate as he beats the throw to score on a sacrifice fly by Xander Bogaerts during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park, Monday, April 29, 2019, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Bogaerts’ double highlights 6-run rally; Red Sox beat A’s

By KEN POWTAK - Associated Press

Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Justin Smoak, right, is mobbed by teammates after driving in the winning run against the Oakland Athletics during 11th-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Sunday, April 28, 2019. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Drury’s 3-run HR in 11th sparks Jays to season sweep of A’s

By IAN HARRISON - Associated Press

Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve (27) watches his second home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Altuve powers Astros to first-ever sweep of Yankees

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, Nebraska athletic director Bill Moos stands on the sidelines before an NCAA college football game against Northwestern in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska's 68-year-old athletic director has pulled off two of the splashiest hires in college athletics in the 18 months since he arrived. He brought Scott Frost back to his alma mater after he coached Central Florida to an unbeaten season in 2017. This week he hired former Iowa State star player and coach Fred Hoiberg. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Bill Moos riding high at Nebraska in wake of big-time hires

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., questions Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Washington. Whitaker insisted on Friday that he has not &quot;interfered in any way&quot; in the special counsel's Russia investigation as he faced a contentious and partisan congressional hearing in his waning days on the job. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republicans slam Equality Act for its broad language, potential sports issues

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

William &quot;Rick&quot; Singer founder of the Edge College &amp; Career Network, departs federal court in Boston on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, after he pleaded guilty to charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Column: A twist in the usual college sports scandal

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018, file photo, New Mexico State Rep. Patty Lundstrom, D-Gallup, speaks to the University of New Mexico regents about sports cuts in Albuquerque, N.M. Lundstrom and other key Democratic lawmakers are getting behind an effort to force the University of New Mexico to reinstate the men's soccer team. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Lawmakers want to save university’s soccer, skiing programs

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File-This Sept. 23, 2018, file photo shows Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts hitting a double in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, in Cleveland. Betts won this year’s AL batting title at .346 and with (32) homers and 30 (stolen bases) became the first player to lead either league in batting as part of a 30-30 season. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar, File)

Red Sox keeping things routine awaiting ALDS opponent

By BY KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press

Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon watches his home run during the third inning off Washington Nationals starting pitcher Joe Ross during a baseball game Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Denver. (AP Photo/John Leyba)

NL West-leading Rockies beat Nats to lock up playoff berth

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Houston Astros' George Springer celebrates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Astros top Angels 11-3, clinch a postseason berth

By The Associated Press - Associated Press