The Greater Northeast Collegiate Baseball League, based in southern Maine, pressed on with its season this summer, and that means more games for tri-county area players.
Maine colleges
Junior hockey: Thunder tender a physical defenseman in Magier
Nathan Magier had 26 points in 24 games this past season for Allen Park (Mich.) High School. Thunder will reach out to a pair of former players after Bowdoin College delays the start of the winter sports season.
Rutgers football coach says two players test positive for coronavirus
The team started returning to campus last week for voluntary workouts.
Bowdoin cancels fall varsity athletics; all sports on hold until at least Jan. 1
The decision to halt its Division III programs comes as part of the school’s announcement to go mostly online with limited on-campus students.
At Clemson, 23 football players have tested positive for coronavirus, school says
The 23 football players are among 28 athletes or staff members who have tested positive for COVID-19 since returning to the school on June 8.
NCAA, SEC tell Mississippi to change state flag or lose all championship events
Mississippi, with a Confederate emblem on its flag, is targeted by its conference and impacted by the NCAA expanding its policy banning the Confederate flag.
Disparity in testing policies puts college football season in jeopardy, experts say
With players returning to campuses with an eye toward the fall, schools have a range of safety protocols. Too much of a range.
Florida senator introduces bill to protect NCAA if it allows athletes to earn money
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s bill, which would give the NCAA time to put rules in place to supersede states laws, is considered by some a step back for athletes.
Bailey, Freeney debut on college football Hall of Fame ballot
The College Hall of Fame class of 2021 will be announced early next year.
Virginia alter new logos to remove references to university’s slavery history
Athletic Director Carla Williams says after the new logos were released in April she was “made aware of the negative connotation between the serpentine walls and slavery.”