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Raygun is the top ranked breaker in the world? The sport's governing body explains
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, or “b-girl Raygun,” holds the top spot in her sport's latest world rankings despite Olympic performances that led to online ridicule. On Tuesday, the sport's governing body issued a statement to “provide clarity” on why Raygun tops the...
Joy in Mud Bowl: Football tournament celebrates 50 years of messy fun
CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — College football players aspire to play in bowls games. Professional players dream of playing in the Super Bowl. A bunch of amateurs in New Hampshire just want to get muddy. On Sunday, a three-day sloppy, muddy mess wrapped up for the Mud Bowl,...
Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly
Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before. Suddenly, Baker collapsed, as her exertion...
Georgia Senate Republicans push to further restrict trans women in sports
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia Senate committee kicked off a new push by Republicans in the state to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports, hearing testimony on Tuesday from five former college swimmers who are suing the NCAA and Georgia Tech over a transgender woman's...
Boosters and collectives would be targeted by mandatory disclosure of NIL deals. Is that legal?
College sports leaders believe they have found a way through a massive antitrust settlement to finally separate “true NIL" for athletes from booster-funded payments they say are actually pay-for-play or recruiting inducements masquerading as endorsement deals. If the settlement is...
Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern...
Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences, a deal that also paves the way for schools to directly compensate athletes while...
Wisconsin gives AD Chris McIntosh a 5-year contract extension that includes pay raise
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh has signed a five-year contract extension that includes a pay raise. McIntosh’s contract will now run through June 30, 2029. He has served as Wisconsin’s athletic director since Barry Alvarez’s retirement in the...
Judge denies Houston Christian's objection to NCAA's $2.77 billion antitrust settlement agreement
A federal judged has denied the first objection to a $2.77 billion settlement of antitrust lawsuits facing the NCAA and five power conferences, ruling against Houston Christian University's motion to intervene on Wednesday. The small private school that has been a member of NCAA's...
US appeals court says some NCAA athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday in a setback to the NCAA. The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held...
