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Sports During The Pandemic: Big Ten, Pac-12 College Football Conferences Cancel Fall Season

Published August 13, 2020 at 11:52 AM CDT

A crumbling college football season took a massive hit this week when the Big Ten and Pac-12, two historic and powerful conferences, succumbed to the pandemic and canceled their fall football seasons.

Meantime, play continues in the MLB, NBA, WNBA and NHL, which saw its fourth-longest playoff game ever Tuesday night.

Host Robin Young speaks with Here & Now sports analyst Mike Pesca. He hosts the daily podcast The Gist.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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