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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers & columnists to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: sports media. How uninspired is ESPN’s new Monday night football booth? Who SHOULD get the job? Is …

Big Ten Conference presidents and chancellors voted on Tuesday to cancel the league’s fall sports seasons, including football, men’s and women’s cross-country, field hockey, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer. The Conference relied on the input of its own Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases, as well as the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee, …

This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …

The 2020 college football season is going up in flames. The Pac-12 announced it is canceling its fall football season, becoming the second Power 5 conference to take the measure as a safety precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Big Ten announced earlier Tuesday it was canceling its 2020 football season. “The health, safety and …

The Big Ten will skip the fall season. The collegiate outfit announced on Tuesday its decision to cancel its football season, but it will attempt to play in the spring. It’s the first Power 5 conference to decide its fate, with the Pac-12 expected to follow suit. The Big Ten cited medical advice in announcing …

Derrius Guice allegedly attacked his girlfriend three times earlier this year, including once when he “strangled her until she was unconscious,” according to court documents obtained by The Washington Post and USA TODAY. Guice, a 23-year-old running back, was released last week by the Washington Football Team after he was charged with strangulation, three counts …

The Big Ten blinked first. The conference became the first in the Power 5 to cancel its 2020 football season on Monday, the Detroit Free Press reported. Facing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the league’s presidents voted 12-2 to not play fall sports, according to the report — with only Nebraska and Iowa voting to …

For “Monday Night Football,” ESPN wanted a franchise quarterback. It had a 10-year, $140 million offer waiting for Tony Romo. He re-signed with CBS for $180 million. It made its yearly run at Peyton Manning. He said no once again. And it went after Drew Brees for his post-playing rights. He went with NBC. Now, …

Washington football fans may have to wait up to 18 months for an official rebrand. After ditching its controversial team nickname and logo after a “thorough review” of its brand earlier this month, the organization enacted an interim name for the 2020 season: the Washington Football Team. But first-year Washington coach Ron Rivera revealed on …

Greg and Gaebri Kelley were like a “Friday Night Lights” storyline come to life. The pair started dating after they graduated middle school outside of Austin, Texas, where he was a budding football superstar and she was captain of the dance team. “Back then I was attracted to how passionate he was about sports,” 24-year-old …