The N.C.A.A. But if there are going to be sports this fall, the pandemic has to be more under control. “Today, sadly, the data point in the wrong direction,” Mark Emmert, the president of the N.C.A.A., said in a statement. The coronavirus outbreak has surged in states that relaxed stay-at-home advisories in recent weeks, especially in the South and the West. More than 3.5 million people in the United States have been infected; at least 138,000 Americans have died.

Source: New York Times July 16, 2020 23:00 UTC