Elden Campbell, a center who played 15 seasons in the NBA — including nine with the Los Angeles Lakers — and later won a championship with the Detroit Pistons, has died.

The Senate education committee heard nearly two hours of discussion on Tuesday in Tallahassee on high school athletics in Florida, including the growing issue of rampant transfers and the need for better pay for coaches in the state.

Former Heisman Trophy winner and first-round NBA draft pick Charlie Ward is set to become Florida A&M’s men’s basketball coach, according to ESPN.

Ron DeSantis said he will push to get the annual football game between Florida State and the University of Florida rescheduled, saying Thursday that keeping the famed rivalry going will be good for the state. We do have a situation coming up where were going to have a college football season without Florida playing Florida State, DeSantis said. This year, both conferences said schools can only play a conference schedule because of the coronavirus pandemic. Its an epic rivalry, and if youre able to play, youre able to play, and so lets give the fans what they want," DeSantis said. Now Florida-Florida State, thats not necessarily unifying in our state, but you know what I mean, DeSantis said.

Ron DeSantis and Richard Corcoran, Floridas education commissioner, who both held a panel Thursday afternoon at the University of North Florida talking about the return of fall sports. However, high school sports still do not have a firm start date or an idea of how players and coaches will protect themselves from COVID-19. Hiding in the corner and pretending like if we just hide long enough it will go away -- thats not viable, DeSantis said. At high school media day, coaches and players had mixed reactions to getting back to competition. The Florida High Schools Sports Association will meet to discuss a firmer plan on Aug. 14.