Football practice was canceled at Boston College, Kentucky, South Florida, and other schools Thursday, joint decisions made by coaches and players and inspired by NBA players protesting racial injustice.
The NBA playoffs will resume Saturday after the league and the National Basketball Players Association detailed the commitments that made players comfortable continuing.
The South Carolina football team was back on the practice fields Friday morning dressed in helmets and shorts one day before their first scrimmage of fall camp. It marked the eighth official practice of fall camp.
The ACC will begin coronavirus testing three times a week during the season, including one test the day before kickoff, according to Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich.
Clemson Athletics received approval from the South Carolina Department of Commerce on Thursday to welcome spectators at fall sport home facilities, including Memorial Stadium, Historic Riggs Field and Jervey Gym.
Irmo’s Tyler Bass is now the starting kicker for the Buffalo Bills.
The Oakland Athletics have decided not to play their series finale at Texas to show support for calls for racial justice.
Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are “absurd and silly” when compared with the league’s relative silence about human rights violations in China, where U.S. pro basketball has a large audience.
The University of South Carolina Department of Athletics released today its guidelines for fans attending games this fall at Williams-Brice Stadium based on the guidance of the South Carolina Department of Commerce, Southeastern Conference, local and state health officials and University leadership.
The New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, Arizona Cardinals and Washington Football Team are among the NFL teams not practicing Thursday in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
