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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020 file photo, spectators watch from the stands of Griffin Park stadium, inaugurated in 1904, during the English FA Cup fourth round soccer match between Brentford FC and Leicester City at Griffin Park stadium in London. With another win at home on Wednesday July 21, 2020, west London club Brentford could end up saying goodbye to its 116-year-old stadium and hello to the Premier League for the first time. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

London club Brentford closes in on Premier League promotion

By TOM MITCHELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, file photo, Georgia running back D'Andre Swift (7) scores on a pass play which he broke for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Arkansas State, in Athens, Ga. A team can go on the road and play a Power Five conference team and earn $1 million-$2 million, often enough to keep other sports programs afloat or fund the training table or academic center. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Uncertainty abounds as college teams scramble to find games

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

FILE - A student athlete runs a drill during a strength and conditioning camp at Arlington Martin High School Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Arlington, 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 fights a surge in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and fatalities. The University Interscholastic League on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 released its guidelines for Texas public high school fall sports, pushing back the start of the football and volleyball seasons for the largest schools by one month into late September and extending the football championships for those schools into January. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file)

Texas delays some high school football; Florida pushes ahead

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

Nathan Chen with coach Raf Arutunian learn Chen's score after his the men's senior free skate program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Lynn Hey)

The Latest: SWAC postpones fall sports, eyes spring football

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Nov. 22, 2014, file photo, Lafayette wide receiver Matt Mrazek, left, catches a touchdown pass as Lehigh cornerback Oliver Riguad defends during the second half of an NCAA college football Patriot League game at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Patriot League joined the Ivy League on Monday, July 13, 2020, punting on a fall football season because of the coronavirus pandemic while holding out hope that it could be made up in the second academic semester. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) ** FILE **

‘Big window’ - Is testing plan rigorous enough for football?

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

San Francisco Giants players work out at baseball practice at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The Latest: Meadows tests positive, Moncada back from virus

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Dec. 7, 2019, file photo, Memphis quarterback Brady White, center, celebrates after his team defeated Cincinnati in an NCAA college football game for the American Athletic Conference championship, in Memphis, Tenn. The American Athletic Conference will require all its schools to test football players for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before competition.The announcement Thursday, July 16, 2020, by the American comes ahead of the expected release of recommendations for testing before games from the NCAA. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) **FILE**

NCAA lays out plan for playing but warns of surging pandemic

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

This image taken from video shows Tennessee sophomore basketball player Josiah-Jordan James, Friday, July 10, 2020. The Big Ten decision to wipe more than three dozen nonconference football games off the schedule this year has sent a ripple of fear through athletic departments across much of the country. (AP Photo/Teresa Walker via Zoom)

The Latest: Tigers’ Boyd back after negative COVID test

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This grab taken from video taken on Aug. 21, 2015, shows Jermaine Wright, a NHS pharmacist and referee of the Hackney Marshes grassroots football league, in London. Wright, affectionately known as Mr. Hackney Marshes, served as both an on-field referee and a behind-the-scenes catalyst in the Hackney &amp; Leyton Sunday Football League — as vice chairman, schedule secretary, results secretary, press officer, and head official before he died on April 27, 2020 from COVID-19. (Thomas Wootton via AP)

Lives Lost: London’s Hackney Marshes will miss head referee

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

ASU, NCAA sued over death of linebacker found to have CTE

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

Manchester City's head coach Pep Guardiola gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Newcastle at the Ethiad Stadium in Manchester, England, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (Oli Scarff/Pool via AP)

Guardiola attacks rivals for ‘whispering’ campaign v City

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Workout equipment is sanitized after use during high school football workouts, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at the Sanford Fieldhouse in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP)

The Latest: Irish rugby players taking pay cut

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Swamp Monsters? Red Tails? Gridlock? What might NFL call DC?

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

In this Nov. 22, 2014, file photo, Lafayette wide receiver Matt Mrazek, left, catches a touchdown pass as Lehigh cornerback Oliver Riguad defends during the second half of an NCAA college football Patriot League game at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Patriot League joined the Ivy League on Monday, July 13, 2020, punting on a fall football season because of the coronavirus pandemic while holding out hope that it could be made up in the second academic semester. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) ** FILE **

Patriot League punts on fall football as SEC leaders meet

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 11, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump gestures as he steps off Air Force One at Dallas Love Field in Dallas with Senate candidate Tommy Tuberville. Trump has endorsed Tuberville in the race, turning decisively against his former attorney general with direct appeals for Alabama voters to reject Sessions's candidacy. “Do not trust Jeff Sessions,” Trump tweeted this spring. “He let our Country down.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Sessions vies for Senate comeback in race shadowed by Trump

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

This image taken from video shows Tennessee sophomore basketball player Josiah-Jordan James, Friday, July 10, 2020. The Big Ten decision to wipe more than three dozen nonconference football games off the schedule this year has sent a ripple of fear through athletic departments across much of the country. (AP Photo/Teresa Walker via Zoom)

Pac-12, Big Ten shelve games and fears grow of ripple effect

By JOHN MARSHALL - Associated Press

Ricardo Zapata, left, a photographer for the Los Angeles Angels, has his temperature taken by Sarah Morris before entering Angels Stadium for baseball practice on Monday, July 6, 2020, in Anaheim, Calif. New protocols like temperature checks, social distancing, and limiting amount of people allowed in sports venues have been put in place due to the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

The Latest: California CCAA moving all sports to the spring

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to reporters during a campaign stop at Sweet Creek restaurant and farmers market, south of Montgomery, Ala., Monday, July 6, 2020. Sessions faces former Auburn University football Coach Tommy Tuberville in the July 14 Republican runoff. Sessions held the seat for 20 years before resigning to become President Donald Trumps first attorney general. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Jeff Sessions the stronger candidate in Alabama Senate race

By Michael McKenna

Yale quarterback Griffin O'Connor, left, tries to elude Harvard linebacker Cameron Kline (52) while scrambling for a gain during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Fenway Park in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

Ivy League calls off fall sports due to outbreak

By Doug Feinberg and Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, Harvard players, students and fans celebrate their 45-27 win over Yale after an NCAA college football game at Fenway Park in Boston. Harvard defeated Yale. The Ivy League has canceled all fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Ivy League suspends fall sports due to coronavirus pandemic

By DOUG FEINBERG and JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press