COVID-19 forces Texas A&M to keep fans out of Midnight Yell
(WorldNews Sport)

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M`s five Yell Leaders ran into an almost empty Kyle Field as Friday night crept into Saturday morning for their Midnight Yell. It`s a tradition almost 90 years old, normally held in front of more than 25,000 people before every football game. No fans were allowed this year because of the coronavirus, leaving the Yell Leaders to perform only to the school`s band, their voices echoing in the cavernous space. “It was a little eerie, but I think it went well,” head Yell Leader Keller Cox said through his mask moments after it ended. Texas A&M doesn`t have cheerleaders, but instead a group of five male Yell Leaders. The esteemed unit of three seniors...