There are 130 major college football teams, spread across 41 states and competing in 10 conferences, save for a handful of independents. The goal is to have all those teams start the upcoming season at the same time - whether that's around Labor Day as scheduled or later - and play the same number of games. Despite the best intentions of conference leaders, the possibility exists of college football being played in SEC country before it begins in Pac-12 territory - or something else entirely.

Reconnecting with mentors, friends, coaches and professors, these football greats reflected on the experiences that they carried with them well beyond their college years. While they all share different stories, their journeys to the NFL were each met with adversity, and whether on or off the field, these obstacles served as tests for each individual athlete to overcome. These challenges made them stronger, earning them valuable lessons and helping them create special connections with the university they will always call ‘home.’

Nine of the 14 football-playing members of the Atlantic Coast Conference are making plans for reopening campuses this fall while three others have publicly said they are exploring scenarios for a return following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Reopening campuses for in-person instruction is a crucial step toward restarting college sports, which were shut down in March. Commissioners of the nation's major football conferences told Vice President Mike Pence last month that college sports couldn't return until campuses have reopened, while the NCAA's chief medical officer said last week that widespread testing for COVID-19 would be critical to restarting sports.

Geoff Schwartz joins the latest Talkin' Ducks Podcast with host Jordan Kent

"One scenario we are not working on is not playing football."

The south is going to play, so should the west coast.

Gabriel Jesus breaks down football in Brazil.

Another piece to the TakeFlight21 puzzle

What middle ground does college football need to continue as normal this season? Here are the five biggest questions looming over the sport’s return.

In a video posted along with the schedule, the Seahawks gave season tickets to 12 workers who had been nominated for consideration. The 12 were told of receiving season tickets in video calls with Seahawks players Shaquill and Shaquem Griffin, DK Metcalf, Tyler Lockett, Will Dissly and coach Pete Carroll. The Royal St. John’s Regatta in Canada has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the Canadian Football League confirmed its request for financial assistance from Ottawa on Wednesday, the Canadian Premier League and Canadian Elite Basketball League have followed suit.

We find out about a life-changing scheme in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

We find out why 2011 UEFA Best Grassroots Leader, John de Looze, is so valued at the KNVB.

The latest UEFA KISS workshop on the further development of women's football looked at ways of improving clubs' infrastructures as well as bolstering the foundations of the game.

Football players and coaches of all levels from across Latvia have been invited by the Latvian Football Federation to take part in football-based activities for UEFA Grassroots Day.

The National Labor Relations Board unanimously declined jurisdiction Monday in the case involving Northwestern University football players attempting to unionize.

The parents of a 16-year-old who died last fall from football-related brain trauma are suing the New York school districts he played for and the medical responders who tended to him the night he sustained his fatal injury.

Two football players from John Jay High School in San Antonio, Texas, could be facing criminal charges after appearing to intentionally tackle a referee during a game on Friday night.

FOOTBALLERS are performers, we all know that. But can they tackle a film script? Can they find the head space to turn out a tricky line on a crowded set? And what of football managers? Can they take to acting? We’ve long believed them to have the ego of an oligarch and to make the demands of a dictator. Does any of this suggest those born to kick balls around a park can turn their hand to thespianism?

Recent concussion research has examined the role of impact location (ie, the area on the head to which impact occurred); however, no studies exist regarding impact location’s association with concussion outcomes (eg, symptomatology, symptom resolution time, return to play).

This study is the first to examine the association of impact location and concussion outcomes in young athletes. Our findings suggest that impact location, as assessed by sideline observers/player report, is likely of little use in predicting clinical outcomes. (Read the full article)

A drill focused on improving movement, teamwork and making the most of scoring chances.

UEFA.com delves into the numbers and finds clean sheets were at a premium in the first legs.

The start of the knockout rounds provided a reminder there is still plenty of value to be found at the defensive end of the field.

Key differentials were once again to the fore in the round of 16 first legs, although Serge Gnabry took the headlines again.

Erling Braut Haaland and Robert Lewandowski continued to hit the net, although injury means the latter is likely to miss the second leg.

As shootings break out at high school athletic events, districts must grapple with major questions about their role in keeping venues safe.

The shooting death of a 10-year-old spectator at a high school football game exposes a critical vulnerability and crucial responsibility for schools: keeping people safe at events outside school buildings.

UEFA's 'Women's football across the national associations 2017' report shows how the female game has evolved over the past five years, and offers a snapshot of the sport in each of UEFA's 55 member associations.

A district added unarmed guards to all schools as national uproar over an alleged rape case involving two football players continues to mount.

• Football stars show how to practise skills without breaking safety rules – or windows!
• Federation raises funds for coronavirus and earthquake aid

• English FA launches ‘Football’s staying home’ campaign
• Captains lead Premier League teams into #PlayersTogether partnership with National Health Service Charities Together
• English Football League uses relief fund to help clubs facing cashflow problems
• Numerous club initiatives to help local communities

• Bundesliga UEFA Champions League participants show solidarity

• Free pizza for health workers
• Men’s and women’s national teams appear in StaySafeHome video
• Teaming up with mental health charities to help people cope with self-isolation

• Azzurri set #TheRulesOfTheGame for defeating COVID-19
• AS Roma’s foundation Roma Cares delivers care packs (containing essential food items and medical supplies such as face masks, protective gloves and hand sanitiser) to elderly season ticket holders

• National team and staff raise money for health service

• Football association, leading football players and a club president donate funds

• Football association announces financial package for struggling clubs
• Pro Junior System will reward clubs investing in home-grown talent
• Robert Lewandowski and Jakub Błaszczykowski make personal donations to Polish hospitals

• National players share experiences of life in isolation to help raise funds for hospital equipment
• Footballers as frontline health workers

• Footballers use popularity to advise expats to stay away to safeguard health
• Bucharest’s two biggest clubs fund life-saving equipment for capital’s hospitals
• National stadium converted to 24/7 emergency helpline centre

• La Liga clubs rally to help their local communities
• Atlético Madrid women's player and medical graduate Silvia Meseguer volunteers for local hospital
• Santiago Bernabéu stadium converted into medical supplies centre

• Allsvenskan clubs place staff at disposal of local efforts to deal with impact of COVID-19

• National association and clubs help purchase life-saving medical equipment
• Association supports self-isolating veteran footballers

• Football stadiums made available to National Health Service (NHS) for emergency facilities
• Ryan Giggs, Gareth Bale and Sophie Ingle spread NHS stay at home message
• Domestic league clubs raise funds for health care services

Underprivileged kids learn about Jesus through a weekly football programme.

OM Chile's newly-created sports ministry experiences God's faithfulness in its first football game.

Agency: DSU Closing Date: 5/19/2020

Angers star Farid El Melali has issued a remorseful apology after he was arrested by police for allegedly masturbating while staring into the window of a neighbor's apartment - hours after signing a new contract with his club.
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Manchester City’s Kyle Walker has asked the media to end their “harassment” of him and his family for the sake of his mental health after AGAIN being caught flouting UK lockdown rules to collect home-cooked meals.
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Football across Europe is edging ever closer to a return from its coronavirus-enforced hiatus, but which teams could benefit most from the break? We look at what the Covid-19 chaos could mean for the European big boys.
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