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Confirmed: NCAA to give spring athletes extra year of eligibility

The NCAA will permit Division I spring-sport athletes – such as baseball, softball and lacrosse players – who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus pandemic to have an additional ye...

DATE: Mar 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA weighs more eligibility

Sports cut short by virus could get time back

DATE: Mar 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA will have to find a way to recoup after losing millions because of coronavirus

The NCAA made more than $1 billion last year, almost $867 million from the men’s Division I basketball tournament, and most of that from a massive television rights deal with CBS and Turner ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA considered alternate plans for March Madness

Tournament could not be held without putting fans at risk

DATE: Mar 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA college basketball tournament to play without fans

Essential staff and limited families allowed, as coronavirus fears set in

DATE: Mar 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA to allow potential Olympians to receive more benefits

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The NCAA will now permit elite athletes to be paid for training expenses by the U.S. Olympic Committee and other national governing bodies. The Division I Counci...

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA: ‘Highly probable’ Congress passes athlete pay rules

NEW YORK – NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday it is “highly probable” Congress will set national guidelines for how college athletes can be compensated for the use of their names, ima...

DATE: Dec 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

How much are college athletes’ names and images worth?

How much are a college athlete’s name, image and likeness worth? And who would want to pay for them? The questions are front and center now that the NCAA, pressured by individual ...

DATE: Oct 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA board approves athlete compensation for image, likeness

The NCAA took the first step Tuesday toward allowing amateur athletes to cash in on their fame, voting unanimously to permit them to “benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness.”...

DATE: Oct 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

To slow flow of grad transfers, NCAA could constrain schools

Football and basketball coaches may be less likely to add graduate transfers to their teams under a change being considered by the NCAA. The NCAA Division I Council is expected to...

DATE: Apr 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

National championship Preview: Texas Tech, Virginia go for first national championship

Defense is calling card for Red Raiders, Cavaliers

DATE: Apr 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Auburn, Virginia contrast styles

Defense against streaky shooting

DATE: Apr 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: College Sports