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• Powerhouse ACC plays on as many NCAA women's soccer teams sit on sidelines

  The conference with more women's soccer championships than any other opted for an abbreviated fall schedule now and a restart in the spring, when the NCAA plans to hold the College Cup.

• NCAA panel eyes spring for canceled D-I sports

  The NCAA Division I Council outlined plans for potential spring seasons for non-football sports whose fall championships were canceled amid to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Brown, attorneys settle over cut women's sports

  Brown University and attorneys for student-athletes who challenged the Ivy League school's decision to reduce several women's varsity sports teams to club status announced a proposed settlement Thursday.

• NCAA gives D-I athletes day off for Nov. elections

  Division I athletes are now prohibited from practicing and competing on the first Tuesday after Nov. 1 every year to allow them to vote in elections or participate in other civic activities following the NCAA Division I Council's approval on Wednesday.

• Suit: Teen was lured to UCLA, molested by coach

  Conrad Mainwaring was the subject of a yearlong ESPN investigation that has now located 52 accusers who say the track coach molested them over the past four decades.

• Penn State reports 50 athletes have COVID-19

  The Penn State athletic department announced Wednesday that 50 student-athletes tested positive for COVID-19 in its latest round of testing, which included 859 total tests. Penn State did not provide a breakdown of athletes impacted by their sport.

• Gators see virus spike in all athletics; 6 in football

  Florida reported 61 new COVID-19 cases in its athletics department, including 31 in lacrosse and 15 in baseball and those programs have ceased activity. There were also six positive tests for football and three in women's soccer.

• Capping coaches' salaries discussed at hearing

  Rebecca Blank, chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said she would be open to discussing capping college coaches' salaries.