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The NFL has canceled the Hall of Fame game that traditionally opens the preseason and is delaying the 2020 induction ceremonies for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic

The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it

The defending NFC champion San Francisco 49ers did a good job filling their needs on draft weekend.

For a moment, at least, it looked like the NFL had made a late trade with the White House for Dr. Anthony Fauci to announce the 2020 draft picks

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are ready for a made-for-TV rematch at a time when fans are craving live action. And this time, they’ll have company. Turner Sports says quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will join them for a two-on-two match sometime in May. Missing from the announcement were such details as when and where the match would...

The National Football League has its patient zero.

Hours before New Jersey closed all gyms indefinitely last month because of the COVID-19 pandemic, 30 NFL draft hopefuls had a chance to showcase their talents in a virtual pro day at TEST Football Academy in Martinsville

The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to hold a voluntary, virtual off-season program amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Star quarterback Tom Brady says his time with the New England Patriots is over. The 43-year-old spent 20 years with the team and won six Super Bowl titles.

UConn will play a game with national football powerhouse Ohio State in 2025. The university announced the matchup on Tuesday. The Huskies will head to Columbus to take on the Buckeyes on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. It is the first-ever football matchup between the two schools. Ohio State did not agree to East Hartford for a home-and-home series with the…

Two Ohio State University football players were booked into jail early Wednesday on charges of rape and kidnapping, police said.

Fives facts you should know about the San Francisco 49ers going into Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020.

A college football coach in Michigan was suspended Monday after he told a student news site that he’d like to have dinner with Adolf Hitler.

“It’s an honor to have played here, and only here, for 16 years.” That was the central theme New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning wanted to get across during the press conference he held Friday to formally announce his retirement after 16 years with the Super Bowl-winning team. The event kicked off with a video highlighting Manning’s career and accomplishments — both...

The National Chicken Council released its annual report projecting the number of chicken wings Americans will consume during the Super Bowl LIV weekend.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will announce his retirement Friday after 16 seasons, the team said. The news comes after the end of his contract and, while rumors were swirling that he would retire following its expiration, Manning had not said whether he would play another season or would retire. Until the team announced the upcoming retirement Wednesday. “For…

A Long Island University football player was killed in a fight outside a restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, police said. Clayton Beathard, 22, was a quarterback who played seven games this year for the Sharks. He was the brother of 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard and musician Tucker Beathard. Officials say the brawl he was involved in broke out early Saturday after…

A day after taking home the Class LL football state championship in dramatic fashion, the Newtown High School Nighthawks grabbed the national spotlight on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.