Pablo Fields was driving Tuesday afternoon on Cobb Parkway in Kennesaw, Ga., When he heard the news: His son Justin’s young football season in Ohio State was – at best – postponed by the Big Ten Conference. “I pulled,” Pablo Fields said. “It was a really, really bad day, one …
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At the end of a span of seven days of unusual tumult in the athletic history of the colleges, I walked back with a leading figure from the sector who offered this hefty quote to me last Saturday: ‘I remember’ the end of the week the autumn sport is postponed …
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A Justice Department investigation has found that Yale University is illegally discriminatory against Asian American and White candidates, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday. Yale denied the allegations, calling it “meritorious” and “urgent.” The findings, detailed in a letter to high school attorneys Thursday, highlight the …
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Nebraska ended speculation about its attempts to play football in the fall of 2020 with a statement confirming the school’s commitment to the Big Ten. “The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a fully committed member of the Big Ten Conference. It is an unparalleled athletic and academic alliance,” Chancellor Ronnie Green …
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Amid the rising seas of pandemic broadcasts, Football Island is now the only thing left. That eroding strip of land is where the definitive battle for college athletics will be fought in an endless summer of fear. Part passion, part politics and part pay controls, this squabble comes down to …
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