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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, University of Akron infielder Sydney Jascoe runs during an NCAA college softball game in Madeira Beach, Fla. Akron is dropping men’s golf and cross country and women’s tennis in cost-cutting moves due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The school said the reduction will take effect at the end of the 2019-20 academic year.(AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio, File)
LSU plan, Akron cuts, highlight divergent pandemic effects

By Tom Withers And Brett Martel May. 14, 2020 05:22 PM EDT