Author – The Durango Herald

After talk of collaboration, college conferences go own way

Plans for the 2020 college football season — if it is played — should start coming into focus this week. They will trickle down from the top of major college football, with Power ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

ACC, Notre Dame eye 2020 football membership

Irish have long gone without a conference

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA football oversight asks board for time on fall sports

The NCAA football oversight committee is asking the association’s Board of Governors to avoid making a decision later this week on whether to conduct fall championships as college sports tri...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA: Test all athletes for COVID-19 within 72 hours of game

The NCAA handed down its latest guidelines for playing through a pandemic while also sounding an alarm: The prospect of having a fall semester with football and other sports is looking grim....

DATE: Jul 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

USC welcomes back Reggie Bush after 10 years in NCAA exile

Reggie Bush was the centerpiece of Southern California’s last football dynasty. He inspired players to become Trojans and continued to be adored by USC fans while spending a decade in NCAA-m...

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Building bubbles: Cautious 1st steps toward college football

College football is scheduled to kick off in less than three months and there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that games will be played Labor Day weekend. Universities across ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Power Five leagues ask Congress for athlete compensation law

The Power Five conference commissioners are asking Congress to move forward with federal legislation regarding compensation for college athletes. The commissioners of the Atlantic...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Bye buy games? Millions could be lost in college football payouts

Smaller schools could lose out if money games go away

DATE: May 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Pac-12 football coaches pitch same-date start to season

As Pac-12 football coaches pitched an NCAA-mandated uniform start to the season, some of the latest plans to fight the coronavirus in California further muddled how college teams will return...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Intriguing players available on Day 2 of NFL draft

Six wide receivers were taken in the first round of the NFL draft and another half dozen could go on Day 2, when rounds two and three are completed. The best safeties are still av...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Expect college football to take slow road back from coronavirus

While professional sports leagues can ponder plans to isolate their athletes from the new coronavirus and have them play in unusual, even secluded places, college sports have no such option....

DATE: Apr 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Conference commissioners tell Pence no football before campuses open

College officials spoke to Vice President in conference call Wednesday

DATE: Apr 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports