This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAround dinnertime this past Sunday, Andrew Cordisco grilled chicken wings on his back deck. He aimlessly scrolled through Twitter while waiting to flip the wings. Cordisco doesn’t follow Joe Buck, but a friend had retweeted the sportscaster’s asking for household videos.With the absence of sports spawned by the novel pandemic, fans have sought to fill that gaping void with game simulations, replays and sports movies. Buck’s contribution to the effort began March 22, when he committed to offer play-by-play for videos as...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAround dinnertime this past Sunday, Andrew Cordisco grilled chicken wings on his back deck. He aimlessly scrolled through Twitter while waiting to flip the wings. Cordisco doesn’t follow Joe Buck, but a friend had retweeted the sportscaster’s asking for household videos.With the absence of sports spawned by the novel pandemic, fans have sought to fill that gaping void with game simulations, replays and sports movies. Buck’s contribution to the effort began March 22, when he committed to offer play-by-play for videos as...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Big Ten Conference has postponed the 2020 football season because of safety concerns stemming from the novel pandemic, the league announced Tuesday. The Big Ten is the first of college football’s elite Power Five conferences to decide against playing football this fall.After sports halted in March, college athletic departments and their conferences have gradually moved toward returning to competition this fall. But the number of coronavirus cases in the United States began and multiple schools dealt with outbreaks...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Big Ten Conference has postponed the 2020 football season because of safety concerns stemming from the novel pandemic, the league announced Tuesday. The Big Ten is the first of college football’s elite Power Five conferences to decide against playing football this fall.After sports halted in March, college athletic departments and their conferences have gradually moved toward returning to competition this fall. But the number of coronavirus cases in the United States began and multiple schools dealt with outbreaks...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCollege football’s most powerful conference, the SEC, that it plans to forge ahead with a season this fall. But a day earlier, in a private meeting with conference leaders and medical advisers, several football players raised concerns about their safety, only to be told that positive cases on their teams were a “given,” according to an audio recording obtained by The Washington Post.The meeting, which took place Wednesday, included more than a dozen SEC football players, members of the conference’s medical advisory board...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareCollege football’s most powerful conference, the SEC, that it plans to forge ahead with a season this fall. But a day earlier, in a private meeting with conference leaders and medical advisers, several football players raised concerns about their safety, only to be told that positive cases on their teams were a “given,” according to an audio recording obtained by The Washington Post.The meeting, which took place Wednesday, included more than a dozen SEC football players, members of the conference’s medical advisory board...WW…

Gift ShareINDIANAPOLIS — Baylor, which spent the early part of the century as a men’s basketball hellscape crawling with skulduggery and worse, spent Monday night as a brilliant, kinetic credit to its sport. It became the 37th different college to win a national championship, and it carved out a starring presence in future discussions about who has made the highest climbs from the lowest depths.Baylor’s — which followed a fast start with leads of 9-0, 23-8 and 35-16 — cemented an NCAA men’s tournament in which it never really had to hyperventilate. Baylor (28-2) gave the record books some...…Gift ShareINDIANAPOLIS — Baylor, which spent the early part of the century as a men’s basketball hellscape crawling with skulduggery and worse, spent Monday night as a brilliant, kinetic credit to its sport. It became the 37th different college to win a national championship, and it carved out a starring presence in future discussions about who has made the highest climbs from the lowest depths.Baylor’s — which followed a fast start with leads of 9-0, 23-8 and 35-16 — cemented an NCAA men’s tournament in which it never really had to hyperventilate. Baylor (28-2) gave the record books some...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen the presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities began discussing the prospect of students returning to their campuses in the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic and with football season looming, they weighed many considerations, from public health to financial impact.But emails obtained by The Washington Post through public records requests reveal another priority: keeping their discussions from entering public view.“I would be delighted to share information,” Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank responded...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen the presidents and chancellors of the 14 Big Ten universities began discussing the prospect of students returning to their campuses in the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic and with football season looming, they weighed many considerations, from public health to financial impact.But emails obtained by The Washington Post through public records requests reveal another priority: keeping their discussions from entering public view.“I would be delighted to share information,” Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank responded...WW…