RALPH D. RUSSO

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...

NCAA weighs more eligibility

Sports cut short by virus could get time back

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 ...

NCAA considered alternate plans for March Madness

Tournament could not be held without putting fans at risk

NCAA college basketball tournament to play without fans

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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.”...

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...

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

Defense is calling card for Red Raiders, Cavaliers

Auburn, Virginia contrast styles

Defense against streaky shooting