Athletes Unlimited has a new pro softball league with new teams being drafted every week and no official coaches.
Author: Aria Gerson, USA TODAY
Fans weren’t following COVID-19 protocols, so Utah high school AD paused football game
American Fork High School (Utah) AD Jeremy Lewis temporarily paused his football team’s game due to fans’ failure to follow COVID-19 protocols.
Overtimes galore: NHL has seen 12 games go long since play resumed on Aug. 1
The five-overtime thriller between the Lightning and Blue Jackets was the best, but 11 other games have gone to extra time.
Everything you need to know about the 2020 college football Amway Coaches Poll
USA TODAY college football experts take a look at the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, team outlooks, snubs and how COVID-19 could affect the rankings.
Gabby Douglas lifted gymnastics and Black athletes to new heights in 2012
Standing on the medal podium on Aug. 2, 2012, Gabrielle Douglas made history in more ways than one at the London Olympics.
NCAA allows all athletes to wear patches supporting social justice, memorializing people
The NCAA announces players in all sports will be allowed to wear uniform patches to support social justice causes or memorialize a person or event.
President Trump awards Medal of Freedom to former Olympic track star Jim Ryun, who talks about dishonoring flag
Jim Ryun was ranked greatest HS athlete of all time by ESPN. He was on cover of Sports Illustrated seven times before 25 and has Olympic silver medal.
What might have been: Olympic stars were set to take center stage in Tokyo before COVID-19 postponement
We were supposed to be gathered around our TVs Friday night, watching as athletes marched into the stadium and the Olympic flame was lit in Tokyo.
More groups call for complete ban on Native American mascots as momentum shifts
“This is the closest I think Native peoples have come in nearly 30 years,” Crystal Echo Hawk says of Washington’s name change.
Buccaneers’ Donovan Smith: NFL players’ return to action amid coronavirus pandemic ‘does not seem like a risk worth taking’
NFL training camps open in less than three weeks, but Buccaneers left tackle Donovan Smith said playing “does not seem like a risk worth taking.”