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Roster limits in college small sports put athletes on chopping block while coaches look for answers
Helping athletes find college scholarships has never been easy, but in some ways at least it was predictable. There have always been players vying for a reasonably well-defined number of roster spots, some that include scholarships, others that don't. This year, all that math has...
Money in NCAA sports has changed life for a few. For many athletes, college degree remains the prize
PHOENIX (AP) — Sponsorship deals were far from Jonny Bottorff's mind when he transferred to Northern Arizona University on a football scholarship. As money-making opportunities for college athletes have boomed since then, the offensive lineman has earned a few hundred dollars through name, image...
Delaware State to become first HBCU to add Division I women's wrestling
Delaware State announced Thursday that it will become the first historically Black institution to offer Division I women's wrestling. Jahi Jones, the executive director of the HBCU Wrestling Initiative, said his organization has contributed $1.25 million to help launch the program. ...
College athletes push for voter turnout while largely avoiding controversy as election nears
Lily Meskers faced an unexpected choice in the lead-up to the first major election she can vote in. The 19-year-old University of Montana sprinter was among college athletes in the state who received an inquiry from Montana Together asking if she was interested in a name, image and...
The dispute around a women's volleyball team touches on a broader question: How to define 'fair'
NEW YORK (AP) — They play on the same team, but they couldn’t be further apart. One member of the women’s volleyball team at San Jose State University has signed on to being part of a federal lawsuit against the NCAA challenging the presence of transgender athletes in...
NCAA pilot study finds widespread social media harassment of athletes, coaches and officials
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events found nearly one in five posts that were flagged by an AI-based algorithm and determined to be abusive involved sexual harassment and 12% were related to sports betting,...
Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports
ATLANTA (AP) — The regents who govern Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges voted on Tuesday to ask the NCAA and another college athletic federation to ban transgender women from participating in women's sports. The unanimous vote came after Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a...
NCAA's $2.78 billion settlement with colleges to allow athlete payments gets preliminary approval
A judge granted preliminary approval Monday to the $2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players. U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken released an order setting a timeline for a deal that would put millions of dollars into the...
College sports 'fraternity' jumping in to help athletes from schools impacted by Hurricane Helene
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — UNC Asheville soccer player Xander Naguib and his teammates are preparing to spend the next several weeks — or perhaps months — at the state's sister school in Charlotte, where they will be housed, fed and be able to continue playing sports. Given what...
Louisiana governor supports bringing back tradition of having a live tiger at LSU football games
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Jeff Landry confirmed his support on Tuesday of restarting the tradition of bringing Louisiana State University's live tiger mascot onto the football field ahead of home games. It has been nearly a decade since a Bengal Tiger has been rolled out in a...
