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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, New York Giants head coach Joe Judge speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis. As the Giants and new coach Joe Judge get ready for their first training camp practice on Monday, Aug. 17, the one certainty is recent free agent signee James Bradberry will be one of the cornerbacks. The former Carolina Panther is one of the best in the league and gives New York a lock-down guy.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

New York Giants have a new look under 38-year-old Joe Judge

By TOM CANAVAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey announces that fans will not be allowed in the arena to watch NCAA college basketball games in the SEC tournament 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. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

The Latest: Bears unsure if fans will be allowed at home

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone watches players perform drills during an NFL football workout, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

More bad breaks for Jags with Lynch, Gunter, Oliver issues

By MARK LONG - Associated Press

Gates leading into Memorial Stadium are padlocked, in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic. The move was announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) **FILE**

NCAA doctor sees narrow path to play as Ohio State QB Justin Fields starts petition

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Thrall High School football players, wearing face masks at all times and using social distancing when possible, go through a practice, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Thrall, Texas. Texas will play high school football this fall, but some of it will be delayed, fans will be limited and masks will be required as the state continues to fight a surge in new coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

States wrestle with playing high school football amid COVID

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Lyon players celebrate after winning the Champions League quarterfinal match against Manchester City at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)

France vs Germany semis mark Champions League power shift

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2019, file photo, Alabama's Najee Harris reaches for the end zone during the first half the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Clemson, in Santa Clara, Calif. 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.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) **FILE**

Powerful Southern leagues aim to forge on with fall football

By GARY B. GRAVES and JOHN ZENOR - Associated Press

Lyon's Moussa Dembele, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal during the Champions League quarterfinal match between Manchester City and Lyon at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (Franck Fife/Pool Photo via AP)

Lyon stuns Man City 3-1 to reach Champions League semifinals

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Denver Broncos tight end Nick Vannett, left, greets offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur at the team's NFL football training camp Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, in Englewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Training camps have a different feel in this age of COVID-19

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

An exhibit at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in Springfield, Mass., shown Tuesday, June 23, 2020, features images of Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant. Bryant was among nine people, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, killed in a helicopter crash in January of 2020, in California. The museum is scheduled to reopen in the beginning of July 2020 after a renovation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

The Latest: Syracuse to test 3 times weekly during season

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Michigan moves high school football to spring due to virus

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Washington linebacker Reuben Foster stretches during a practice at the team's NFL football practice facility, in a Reuben Foster Monday, May 20, 2019 file photo, in Ashburn, Va.The Washington Football Team activated linebacker Reuben Foster off the physically unable to perform list Sunday, Aug.9, 2020. The team made the move days ahead of the start of on-field training camp workouts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Reuben Foster wonders if he’ll ever be same after knee injury

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2017, file photo, a Big 12 pylon marks the end zone at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium before an NCAA college football game between Texas and Kansas State in Austin, Texas. Big 12 schools have agreed to play one nonconference football game this year to go along with their nine league contests as plans for the pandemic-altered season continued to fall into place. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Column: Still time for college football to avoid a real mess

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

On Football: Evaluating college players is NFL’s challenge

By ROB MAADDI - Associated Press

Georgetown's Jack Beer (11) kisses the trophy after defeating Virginia in the NCAA college soccer championship in Cary, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown) **FILE**

NCAA cancels fall championships as major football marches on

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 19, 2019, file photo, Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm responds to a question during the Big Ten Conference NCAA college football media days, in Chicago. Brohm believes college football can be played in the spring and next fall. And he even has a formal proposal. Just two days after the Big Ten announced it would postpone all fall sports, Brohm released a seven-page plan that calls for an eight-game conference only spring season followed by 10-game falls season. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Purdue coach proposes running 2 football seasons in 2021

By MICHAEL MAROT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2019, file photo, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields rolls out to throw against Michigan during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Ann Arbor, Mich. Ohio State opens preseason training camp on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, with strict coronavirus protocols in place and under a cloud of uncertainty about whether a revised 10-game season will even be played at all. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Postponing season puts NFL prospects in a holding pattern

By MITCH STACY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2019, file photo, Maryland head coach Michael Locksley, center, looks on as he is about to lead his team out of the tunnel for the first half of an NCAA college football against Temple, in Philadelphia. For good reason, Maryland first-year coach Mike Locksley has no desire to look into the past before leading the Terrapins into Friday night’s matchup with No. 12 Penn State. Locksley insists recent results in the terribly lopsided Penn State-Maryland series will have no bearing on what happens before a rare sellout crowd in College Park for the Big Ten opener. Funny thing is, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin agrees with the assessment.(AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)

Mike Locksley, Terrapins plan for unusual fall semester after football postponed

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2017, file photo, a Big 12 pylon marks the end zone at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium before an NCAA college football game between Texas and Kansas State in Austin, Texas. Big 12 schools have agreed to play one nonconference football game this year to go along with their nine league contests as plans for the pandemic-altered season continued to fall into place. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Big 12 moves ahead with fall sports beginning in September

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Rice-Eccles Stadium is shown before the start of an NCAA college football game between Colorado and Utah Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Losing college football stings across America. While every aspect of society has been jarred by a worldwide pandemic that has claimed more than 160,000 American lives, the potential loss of college football feels like another collective punch to the national psyche. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

NCAA football cancellations threaten to cripple college towns’ economies

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times