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Sense of normalcy: High school teams start summer workouts

By CHRIS SINGLETON and The Houma Courier - Associated Press

Delaware native tries to find NFL job during coronavirus

By MARTIN FRANK and The Delaware News Journal - Associated Press

First-year coaches deal with learning curve in sports return

By JON DYKSTRA and The Opelika-Auburn News - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 file photo, Brighton's head coach Graham Potter during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Brighton &amp; Hove Albion at Etihad stadium in Manchester, England. Brighton was a voice of the Premier League league during the three-month coronavirus pandemic shutdown. The south-coast club’s boardroom leaders, coaches and players navigated not just its own supporters but the league’s wider fan base through an unprecedented time in English footballing history. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

How Brighton was a voice of Premier League during shutdown

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2019, file photo, Eliah Drinkwitz is introduced as the new head football coach at the University of Missouri, in Columbia, Mo. Last week, members of the Missouri football team marched from The Columns on campus to downtown Columbia in protest of racial injustice. The idea came from sophomore safety Martez Manuel, but it quickly gained the support of new coach Eli Drinkwitz and his staff. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Missouri football program pushes again for racial justice

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Texas athletes: Rename buildings, drop ‘The Eyes of Texas’

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2005, file photo, Southern California tail back Reggie Bush walks off the field holding the game ball after the Trojans defeated Fresno State, 50-42, at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The former star running back had been prohibited from interacting in an official capacity with the school he played for from 2003-05 since NCAA sanctions handed down in 2010. Bush and USC were penalized for him and his family receiving impermissible benefits while he was still in school. USC President Carol Folt wrote in a letter to Bush on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, that he could now “be afforded the privileges and courtesies extended to all Trojan football alums.”(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

USC welcomes back Reggie Bush after 10 years in NCAA exile

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 31, 2019, file photo, Alabama defensive backs Jared Mayden (21) and Patrick Surtain II (2) break up a pass intended for Duke wide receiver Jalon Calhoun (5) during the first half an NCAA college football game, in Atlanta. Around the country schools are taking the first cautious and detailed steps toward playing football through a pandemic, attempting to build COVID-19-free bubbles around their teams as players begin voluntary workouts throughout June. Thousands of athletes will be tested for COVID-19 _ though not all. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) **FILE**

Building bubbles: Cautious 1st steps toward football season

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

Dye’s presence with Auburn football continued after career

By JOSH VITALE and The Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2019, file photo, Denver Broncos outside linebacker Bradley Chubb looks on during an NFL preseason football game between the Denver Broncos and the San Francisco 49ers in Denver. Many players polled by The Associated Press over the last couple of weeks say they are scared to return to work without a cure or a vaccine for the coronavirus. By and large, however, those same players say they trust the protocols the NFL will have in place by the time practices resume and games return. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

NFL players both eager & anxious to return during pandemic

By ARNIE STAPLETON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016, file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to take a stand against police brutality, racial injustice and social inequality, he was vilified by people who considered it an offense against the country, the flag and the military. Nearly four years later, it seems more people are starting to side with Kaepernick’s peaceful protest and now are calling out those who don’t understand the intent behind his action. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Colin Kaepernick: Timeline of a gesture and its echoes

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2018, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) smiles with head coach Sean Payton after being taken out in the second half of an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Bill Feig, File)

Drew Brees takes patriotic, righteous — lonely — stand for America

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2017, file photo, baseball fans cheer from the right field bleacher seats after a rain delay in a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers in New York. The crippling grip the coronavirus pandemic has had on the sports world has forced universities, leagues and franchises to evaluate how they might someday welcome back fans. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

The Latest: 75 Penn State football players to return Monday

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2018, file photo, Blue team coach Johnny Majors, a former Pittsburgh NCAA college football coach, is shown before the annual Blue Gold game in Pittsburgh. Majors, the coach of Pittsburgh’s 1976 national championship team and a former coach and star player at Tennessee, has died. He was 85. Majors died Wednesday morning, June 3, 2020, at home in Knoxville, Tenn., according to a statement from his wife, Mary Lynn Majors.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Johnny Majors, former Tennessee and Pitt coach, dies at 85

Associated Press

Seahawks’ Wilson: ‘I don’t even want to talk about football’

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry (10) is tackled by Notre Dame linebacker Drew White (40) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) ** FILE **

Navy-Notre Dame football game moved out of Ireland to Annapolis

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Analysis: NFL will play games after support/pressure applied

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

LSU schedules first football games vs Grambling, Southern

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2005, file photo, former NCAA college football coach Pat Dye responds to a question during an interview in New York. Former Auburn coach Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, has died. He was 80. Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said Dye passed away Monday, June 1, 2020, at the Compassus Bethany House in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, FIle)

Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80

By JOHN ZENOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2016, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs fans line up to enter Arrowhead Stadium before their NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers in Kansas City, Mo. The crippling coronavirus pandemic has brought the entire world — including the sports world — to a standstill, and it shows no sign of going away anytime soon. That has left fans, stadium workers, team owners, sponsors and yes, even players, wondering what life will be like when games finally resume. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann, File)

Future of stadiums, arenas promises high tech, low capacity

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press