The College Football Playoff Selection Committee plans to be ready should a postseason be in the cards.The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 are in alignment with the Southeastern Conference with… MORE
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Southland postpones season, allows non-conference fall games
The Southland Conference postponed fall sports to the spring on Thursday but left it up to individual members to play non-conference games this fall.Football, volleyball, women’s soccer and cross cou… MORE
FIU postpones football until late September
Florida International University has postponed its fall sports calendar – including football – until late September, citing an “abundance of caution” surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.As it stands… MORE
Gavitt: March Madness will be played in 2021
NCAA senior vice president of men’s basketball Dan Gavitt insists there will be March Madness in 2021.The popular NCAA Tournament was canceled last season due to the coronavirus pandemic, and COVID-1… MORE
The reason we’re shooting laser beams between Earth and the moon
For the first time ever, scientists received a signal after sending laser beams from Earth to a reflector on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter around the moon. The successful signal was received after multiple attempts over the last decade, and the results of the study could complement future laser experiments used to study space. A laser…… MORE
Russian power lifter fractures both knees while attempting to squat nearly 900 pounds
A Russian power lifter broke both his knees while trying to lift nearly 900 pounds. Alexander Sedykh was seriously injured while competing in the 2020 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WPRF) Championships held in Dolgoprudny, which is in the Moscow region of Russia, the Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported. In a video posted by…… MORE
Biden says governors should mandate masks for next three months
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden called for governors to implement mask mandates for the next three months on Thursday, saying that doing so would save 40,000 Americans’ lives. “Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months as a minimum,” the former vice president told reporters after he…… MORE
Lawmakers announce plans for a ‘college athlete bill of rights’
A group of senators announced Thursday that they plan to introduce a “College Athletes Bill of Rights” aimed at compensating college athletes. The proposal, called the “College Athletes Bill of Rights,” comes amid an ongoing debate over whether to pay college athletes and as the coronavirus pandemic pressures college conferences to cancel or postpone games…… MORE
Fact check: Pence makes wildly dishonest claim comparing pandemic job growth to number of jobs added under Obama
Vice President Mike Pence made a Wednesday claim about job creation that was both wildly dishonest in its general premise and inaccurate in its specific numbers. Appearing Wednesday night on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, Pence said, “We’ve already created more jobs in the last three months than Joe Biden and Barack Obama created…… MORE
EPA to relax greenhouse gas emission requirements
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to reduce emissions standards for a potent greenhouse gas linked to the climate crisis. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Thursday he will announce a reduction in Obama-era standards on some industrial methane emissions, which are more potent than carbon dioxide. Wheeler said the change will…… MORE
