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In this Sept. 1, 2018, file photo, Maryland offensive lineman Ellis McKennie waves a flag in remembrance of offensive lineman Jordan McNair, who died after collapsing on a practice field during a spring practice, after an NCAA college football game against Texas, in Landover, Md. Making the best of a bad situation, Maryland is unbeaten after two games and garnering votes in the Top 25 poll while playing for fallen teammate Jordan McNair and without head coach DJ Durkin. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

Football behind him, Ellis McKennie looks ahead and marches for justice

- The Washington Times

Ellis McKennie has had much to endure this year. His father went into a coma for three weeks as he battled the coronavirus. His football career and days as an undergrad came to an abrupt halt. Yet he marched on, and that march took him to a “Black Lives Matter” demonstration in Washington on Saturday.

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FILE - In this March 21, 2019, file photo, LSU assistant coach Bill Armstrong, center, coaches from the bench during the first half of a first round men's college basketball game against Yale in the NCAA Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. LSU assistant coach Bill Armstrong and support staff member Kevin Nickelberry have been promoted after the LSU Board of Supervisors approved new contracts for the pair of Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

LSU approves promotions for Armstrong, Nickelberry

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LSU assistant coach Bill Armstrong and support staff member Kevin Nickelberry have been promoted after the LSU Board of Supervisors approved new contracts for the pair of Friday.

In this April 25, 2020 photograph, a small Mississippi state flag is held by a participant during a drive-by "re-open Mississippi" protest past the Governor's Mansion, in the background, in Jackson, Miss. This current flag has in the canton portion of the banner the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, that has been the center of a long-simmering debate about its removal or replacement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

NCAA expands ban, joins SEC in targeting Confederate flag

- Associated Press

The NCAA on Friday expanded its policy banning states with prominent Confederate symbols from hosting its sponsored events, one day after the Southeastern Conference made a similar declaration aimed at the Mississippi state flag.

IU to review names of buildings, structures at all campuses

Associated Press

Indiana University plans to review the names of all buildings and structures across its nine-campus system following the school’s decision to rename an intramural center that once honored a segregationist after its first black basketball player.

FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, Nebraska NCAA college football coach Scott Frost answers a question during a news conference in Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska football coach Scott Frost and men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will donate a portion of their salaries to the athletic department's general operating fund to help offset revenue shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic. The athletic department said in a statement Thursday, June 18, 2020, the amount of the donations would be determined when the 2021 budget is closer to being finalized. Frost's salary is $5 million this year. Hoiberg is set to earn $3 million. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Frost, Hoiberg donating some pay to Nebraska athletics

Associated Press

Nebraska football coach Scott Frost and men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will donate part of their salaries to the athletic department's general operating fund to help offset revenue shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic.

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, Baylor women's coach Kim Mulkey, center, talks with players during the NCAA college basketball team's practice in Waco, Texas. The NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, approved a plan to allow college basketball players to start working with their coaches for the first time since the pandemic wiped out March Madness. The summer access period for men's and women's players will begin July 20. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP, File)

NCAA approves plan for basketball players to access coaches

- Associated Press

The NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday approved a plan to allow college basketball players to start working with their coaches for the first time since the pandemic wiped out March Madness.

Tarkanian wins tight race for rural Nevada seat

- Associated Press

More than once, Danny Tarkanian has been a contender in one of the country's most expensive congressional races. Now, he’s fighting for his political life in a neck-and-neck battle for a county commission seat in rural northern Nevada.