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Colorado Buffaloes sign sponsorship deal with sports betting operator

BOULDER – The University of Colorado has signed a partnership deal with a Denver-based sports betting operator. The five-year corporate sponsorship with PointsBet was negotiated b...

DATE: Sep 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

‘Game-changer’: Rapid, daily virus testing coming to Pac-12

The Pac-12 could be playing football and basketball sooner than expected after the conference announced Thursday that each of the 12 schools will soon have the capacity to perform daily, rap...

DATE: Sep 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bolstered roster has Fort Lewis College cross-country ready to run in 2020

FLC runners happy to have a shortened season, RMAC Championships

DATE: Sep 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Pac-12 reaches agreement for rapid COVID-19 testing

SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 has reached an agreement with a diagnostic testing company to implement up to daily COVID-19 testing for all close-contact sports across the conference. ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Lute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85

TUCSON, Ariz. – Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85. Olson’s family said he died Thursday evening. The ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nebraska players’ lawsuit seeks to restore Big Ten fall football

A group of Nebraska football players filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a jury to force the Big Ten Conference to reinstate a fall football season. The lawsuit in Lancaster County Di...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

College football players discover power together

Dylan Boles planned to hang out with some friends the night the college football season reached a pivotal moment. Stanford has an Olympic Village-style setup for athletes, one that’ll ideall...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Big Ten parents at protest want details on no-play decision

Parents of Big Ten football players, upset over the process that led to the postponement of the fall season, held a protest near the conference’s Chicago-area headquarters Friday while an at...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NCAA eligibility ruling solves some problems, creates others

For the college athletes who are heading into a season of uncertainty brought on by COVID-19, the NCAA’s decision to not charge them a year of eligibility – no matter how much they play – br...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA recommends free year of eligibility for fall

College athletes who play fall sports, including football, will be given a free year of eligibility no matter how much they compete over the next 10 months if an NCAA recommendation is appro...

DATE: Aug 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Durango Fall Blaze goes virtual to support Fort Lewis College cycling

Big prizes available for fundraiser event

DATE: Aug 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Extra year of NCAA eligibility for fall athletes?

Whether college football players play a lot in the fall, a little in the spring or not all over the next 10 moths, some athletic administrators want to give them a mulligan on the 2020-21 se...

DATE: Aug 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports