Tag: NCAA

NCAA Tournament Roundup: No. 8 Arkansas Ousts No. 1 Kansas

Ricky Council IV and Davonte Davis combined for 46 points and No. 8 seed Arkansas advanced to its third consecutive Sweet 16 with a 72–71 upset of No. 1 seed Kansas on Saturday. Davis had 21 second-half points and a game high 25, while Council made 10 of 11 free throws and scored 21 with…


NCAA Asks US Appeals Court to Block Pay for Student-Athletes

PHILADELPHIA—The NCAA asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday, Feb. 15, to reject a legal effort to make colleges treat Division I athletes like employees and start paying them an hourly wage. Lawyers for the student-athletes said that weekly, they often spend 30 hours or more on their sport and often need money for expenses,…


NCAA Board Approves Recommendations for Division I Reform

SAN ANTONIO—At the NCAA convention Thursday, outgoing President Mark Emmert said goodbye, incoming President Charlie Baker introduced himself and the state of college sports was declared perilous. “As a collective enterprise, we are both thriving and threatened,” said Baylor President Linda Livingstone, who is the chairwoman of the NCAA’s Board of Governors. Livingstone handled most…


Baker to Transition From Massachusetts Governor to NCAA President

Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has already found a landing spot for his post-political career. The second-term Republican governor has been named as the next president of the National Collegiate Athletics Association, the organization said. Baker, who played basketball at Harvard University, will take the reins in March from Dr. Mark Emmert. Emmert will serve…


Trial Starts in Concussion Case of Dead USC Football Player

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles jury heard opening statements Friday in the case of a widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma. Matthew Gee died at age 49 in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the…


[Premiering 8/22 at 1PM ET] ‘The Integrity of Women’s Sports Is Completely Lost at This Point’: Riley Gaines, UK Swimmer Who Tied Lia Thomas | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by AMAC: ept.ms/3bzYr8f Riley Gaines has been a competitive swimmer since the age of 8, regularly spending between two and five hours a day training. Her dedication and commitment to competitive swimming earned her a scholarship at the University of Kentucky. This year, she found herself competing against Lia…


‘The Integrity of Women’s Sports Is Completely Lost at This Point’: Riley Gaines, UK Swimmer Who Tied Lia Thomas | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by AMAC: ept.ms/3bzYr8f Riley Gaines has been a competitive swimmer since the age of 8, regularly spending between two and five hours a day training. Her dedication and commitment to competitive swimming earned her a scholarship at the University of Kentucky. This year, she found herself competing against Lia…


Big Ten Conference Strikes Multi-Year TV Deals ‘Around $7.5 Billion’

College sports league The Big Ten Conference said on Wednesday it has struck multi-year television rights deals for its football, basketball and other intercollegiate games. The agreements with CBS, FOX, NBC and NBCUniversal’s Peacock give The Big Ten, which includes football powerhouses Ohio State and University of Michigan, a solid lead in the race to…


LIVE NOW: Lia Thomas Loses NCAA Woman of the Year Run; Whistleblowers: FBI Hiding Crime Evidence on Hunter B. | NTD Evening News

College Swimmer Lia Thomas, a man who identifies as a woman, was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award in mid-July. That bid came to an end on Monday. According to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, FBI whistleblowers told him that the agency is sweeping criminal evidence on Hunter Biden, the president’s son, under…


Lia Thomas Loses NCAA Woman of the Year Run; Whistleblowers: FBI Hiding Crime Evidence on Hunter B. | NTD Evening News

College Swimmer Lia Thomas, a man who identifies as a woman, was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year award in mid-July. That bid came to an end on Monday. According to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, FBI whistleblowers told him that the agency is sweeping criminal evidence on Hunter Biden, the president’s son, under…