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ABC/ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale sits at midcourt prior to an NCAA college basketball game between Baylor and Villanova, Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Ray Carlin)

Dick Vitale taking extended break from ESPN college hoops

By The Associated Press Dec. 29, 2021 06:18 PM EST

Miami head football coach Mario Cristobal is shown following a news conference where Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich was introduced, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Miami officials say football team is now in virus protocols

By The Associated Press Dec. 21, 2021 11:43 AM EST

FILE - Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signs autographs for fans before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers in Seattle on Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Sports returned in 2021, but not the way we remembered them

By Eddie Pells Dec. 18, 2021 10:18 AM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Nov. 11, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 12 1892 — William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first pro football player by getting $500 to play for the Allegheny Athletic...

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, a cellphone is used in New Orleans. A former college basketball player has founded a company called RealResponse, which provides customers, mainly universities and large sports organizations, technology to give athletes and employees a chance to initiate real-time, anonymous complaints by sending a simple text. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

New technology offers anonymous way to report abuse, doping

By Eddie Pells Oct. 18, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

FILE - The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis is shown in this Thursday, March 12, 2020, file photo. The Associated Press has learned that the NCAA has not tested players for performance-enhancing drugs while they’ve been at March Madness and other recent college championships. Three people familiar with testing protocols tell AP full-scale testing has not resumed since the coronavirus pandemic shut down college sports a year ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

AP Sources: NCAA has not tested for drugs at championships

By Eddie Pells Apr. 02, 2021 03:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, Fans sit in seats assigned for social distancing at an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn. For all the stops and starts endured by men's and women's college basketball teams because of the pandemic, more than 80% of scheduled conference games were played this season, according to research by The Associated Press. The season was nonetheless a grind for most teams and none had it harder than the George Washington men and UC Davis women. By Eric Olson. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

8 of 10 conference games played in pandemic; it wasn't easy

By Eric Olson Mar. 30, 2021 05:29 PM EDT

VCU head coach Mike Rhoades shouts to his team against St. Bonaventure during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the Atlantic Ten Conference championship Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Positive virus tests bounce VCU from NCAAs; Oregon advances

By Aaron Beard And Eddie Pells Mar. 20, 2021 07:07 PM EDT

Purdue's Trevion Williams (50) reacts with Jaden Ivey (23) after a dunk during the second half of a first-round game against North Texas in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Indianapolis. Williams was fouled on the play. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Syracuse Orange at West Virginia Mountaineers 3/21/2021

Mar. 19, 2021 10:26 PM EDT

Oklahoma State's Cade Cunningham (2) passes over Baylor's MaCio Teague during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NCAA teams hit by COVID pauses take hope from antibodies

By Dave Skretta Mar. 17, 2021 02:50 PM EDT

Oklahoma guard De'Vion Harmon (11) is called for traveling while covered by Kansas guard Marcus Garrett (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 men's tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

'A bad break': Kansas out of Big 12 tourney due to COVID-19

By Dave Skretta Mar. 12, 2021 09:15 PM EST

Georgia Tech-Virginia ACC Tournament semifinal canceled because of Cavaliers positive test; Yellow Jackets advance

Mar. 12, 2021 02:59 PM EST
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Georgia Tech-Virginia ACC Tournament semifinal canceled because of Cavaliers positive test; Yellow Jackets advance. ...