Penn State's Brown Retires Due To Heart Condition

The redshirt junior had been considered among the nation’s top running backs and a potential high-round National Football League draft pick.

Brown said he’d been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease that causes the heart muscle to become abnormally thick. It can cause sudden death in young people and athletes, and those with it are advised to limit their physical activity.

Brown’s condition was discovered during a September Covid-19 test, but isn’t related to the virus.

More College Football Games Canceled

More college football games were announced canceled Wednesday because of positive coronavirus tests, including the game between Number 12 Georgia and Missouri becoming the fourth one postponed in the SEC this week.

Also canceled was Number 3 Ohio’s game against Maryland. Eight games across major college football have been called off so far this week.

NCAA Football

Wednesday, November 18 Scoreboard

Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 31

Western Michigan 41, Toledo 38

Central Michigan 40, Northern Illinois 10