New CNN contributor Bob Costas on Thursday said that the NCAA pushing forward with plans to play football amid the coronavirus pandemic was “unconscionable,” noting the student-athletes are unpaid and don’t have a “union to protect them” under the circumstances. Costas, who joined t...
Most of the money flows through the NCAA to conferences and then back to member schools, more than 300 of which field Division I basketball teams eligible to play in the tournament. The schools mostly reinvest in athletics, from scholarships for athletes in all sports to coaching salaries, tra...
The NCAA had been planning to host the tournament at 13 different cities for early-round games but acknowledged the challenges to maintain safe environments were too great. “We have learned so much from monitoring other successful sporting events in the last several months, and it became clear...
He highlighted the fact that Florida has successfully held several major sports events during the pandemic including theNCAA College Football Championship, theNBA Final, the upcomingSuper Bowland he mentioned thatDisney Worldis open and operating safely. ...
Tim Kelly: @TimKellySports Kerry Miller: @kerrancejames Joel Reuter: @JoelReuterBR Zachary D. Rymer: @zachrymer Vince Samperio @Vincesince91 Brandon Scott: @brandonkscott The resulting list is meant to honor and celebrate the players from the last...
Traditionally, college football has had the best regular season in all of sports. Why? Because every single week matters. This season’s Week 1 game between LSU and Florida State and the Week 2 game between Alabama and Texas are super important for all of those teams’ play...
The NCAA has banned Oklahoma State football from using QR codes on player helmets, the school announced on Saturday.
SMU became the first – and to this day, only – football program to receive the “death penalty” after a widespread scheme was discovered where players were being paid to come to the school. The NCAA canceled SMU’s 1987 season, and the Mustangs didn’t play another football game...
Jeanty’s total after the Fiesta Bowl defeat left the junior 27 yards shy of Barry Sanders’ all-time, single-season NCAA record. After the team’s 13th win on the season, head coach James Franklin described how proud he was of the containment of the phenomenal Jeanty. ...
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