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The NCAA earned praise last year when it agreed to pay referees at its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments equally.

Senators Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Joe Manchin of West Virginia have requested feedback from college sports leaders to be used to craft a bill to regulate how college athletes can be compensated for their names, images and likenesses.

Tommy Tuberville and Joe Manchin have reached out to college sports leaders, including the Southeastern Conference commissioner, for feedback and ideas on how to regulate the way athletes are compensated for their names, images and likenesses. Tuberville (R-Ala.), a former college football coach who led Auburn to an undefeated season in 2004, and Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Wednesday that their staffs have already begun drafting a NIL bill that they said would will be in compliance. “The lack of meaningful leadership and a lack of clarity in this area resulting from Alston (Supreme Court decision) means that the U.S. Congress must act to set clear ground rules for student-athletes and institutions alike,” the senators wrote in a letter to Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey.

New Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark has been learning the NCAA's issues in real time during a period of sweeping change and uncertainty.

The commissioner of the American Athletic Conference says athlete compensation, the transfer portal and conference realignment have created a perfect storm for an unsettled situation.

Lia Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania swimmer who became the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship, has lost a bid to become the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year.

Her college soccer career may be over, but Audra Curtin is still in competition for a prestigious honor.

The NCAA has charged Tennessee with 18 recruiting violations involving allegations of impermissible cash, gifts and benefits given under former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

The University of Texas at San Antonio football team continues to earn national recognition as a senior safety has been named as part of a national “good works” team.

The NCAA has adequately addressed nine of 23 recommendations for creating comparable NCAA Tournament experiences for men’s and women’s basketball players.

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is calling out ESPN and its ESPY awards show for not inviting national player of the year Aliyah Boston to the ceremonies this week.

Flour Bluff grad Riley Grunberg has been nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year after a stellar softball career at UTSA.

It’s been a year since college athletes have been able to capitalize on their status with name, image and licensing deals, and some are making thousands of dollars.

Conference realignment in college sports has been going on since 1984, when the Supreme Court invalidated the NCAA’s national television contract for football.

Texas Senate Bill 1385 was the first of its kind, allowing college athletes to finally be compensated for their name, image and likeness (NIL) after decades of being blocked by the NCAA.Despite the la[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Texas Senate Bill 1385 was the first of its kind, allowing college athletes to finally be compensated for their name, image and likeness (NIL) after decades of being blocked by the NCAA.Despite the la[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Roy Williams and Jim Calhoun will join John Beilein and Lon Kruger in a star-studded cast of coaches that will be inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame in November.

Our NFL insider Mike Jones explains step by step how the NFL and NFLPA will handle Deshaun Watson's suspension and appeal process.

The Atlantic Coast Conference is going forward with a plan to change its football scheduling model, with the biggest change being the elimination of divisions.

Peanuts was a place where female athletes saw their presence on the playing field explicitly supported.

National runner-up North Carolina will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30.

Mabel Cross is celebrating her 101st birthday by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle Mariners baseball game.

A newly released report shows men's college athletic programs received more than double that of women's programs in allocated resources in 2020.

The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap for men’s and women’s sports programs.

Brady Slavens’ home run to the deepest part of the park gave Arkansas the lead and the Razorbacks held on for a 3-2 win in the College World Series after Mississippi loaded the bases with none out in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Dylan DeLucia allowed one run and struck out 10 in 7 2/3 innings and Mississippi continued its postseason roll with a 5-1 win over Auburn in its College World Series opener.

John Michael Bertrand and two relievers held Texas’ potent offense in check and Notre Dame scored in all kinds of ways in a 7-3 victory Friday night in its first College World Series game in 20 years.

EA Sports is on track to release its next college football game next summer, according to public records.

National home run leader Ivan Melendez of Texas won the Dick Howser Trophy on Friday as the outstanding player in college baseball.

The College World Series again will have a strong Southeastern Conference flavor after Auburn became the fourth SEC team to make the NCAA baseball tournament's final eight. The Tigers knocked off No. 3 national seed Oregon State 4-3 on the road Monday night to win their best-of-three super regional and lock up the last spot in the CWS. No. 2 Stanford also won the deciding game in its home super regional, beating UConn 10-5 to earn a second straight trip to the CWS.

No. 1 national seed Tennessee is out of the NCAA baseball tournament.

Travis Hunter was mic'd up for practice, then he took De La Haye on a tour of JSU's new football facility.

Courtney Day hit a three-run homer for the second straight game as Texas rallied from a five-run deficit to stun Oklahoma State 6-5 and advance to the Women’s College World Series finals.

Matchups are set for the NCAA baseball super regionals after No. 2 national seed Stanford, No. 3 Oregon State, No. 8 East Carolina and eight other teams won regionals.

Holly Azevedo threw a two-hit shutout and No. 5 UCLA beat No. 14 Florida 8-0 in six innings to reach the Women’s College World Series semifinals and eliminate the Gators.

ESPN showed a Marlboro cigarette package in the Campbell baseball dugout during its NCAA Tournament game against Tennessee on Saturday, June 4, 2022.

Private boosters are dangling potentially lucrative "name, image or likeness" deals to recruit budding stars. Coaches are worried.

Private boosters are dangling potentially lucrative "name, image or likeness" deals to recruit budding stars. Coaches are worried.

The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year.

Steven Trout didn’t feel slighted that Texas State wasn’t chosen to host a regional in the NCAA tournament.Of course, the head coach would’ve welcomed the opportunity.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Tiare Jennings and Jana Johns hit grand slams to help No. 1 seed Oklahoma roll past No. 9 seed Northwestern 13-2 in five innings on the opening day of the Women’s College World Series.

Mike Krzyzewski is savoring the first taste of life after a Hall of Fame basketball coaching career at Duke.

Nick Saban tried to put an end to his feud with Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher at the Southeastern Conference meetings.

US Women's Open champion Yuka Saso discusses the challenge of defending the title, how the course at Pine Needles is playing, and working on her game.

Texas State is headed to Palo Alto, Calif.In 2019, the maroon and gold sat in the Strahan Arena film room awaiting their fate as the NCAA baseball selection show took place, picking the nation’s top 6[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Texas State’s run in the Sun Belt baseball tournament came to an end Saturday after falling to No. 4 seed Louisiana in the semifinals, 3-2.The No.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The Southeastern Conference spring meetings will be held in person for the first time since 2019 in a little less than two weeks.

Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is firing back at Alabama coach Nick Saban.

Alabama coach Nick Saban called out Texas A&M, saying the school was “buying” players with name, image and likeness deals.

The Pac-12 is scrapping its divisional format for the upcoming college football season.

Ohio State plans to hike Ryan Day’s annual salary to $9.5 million as part of a two-year contract extension that will put him among the nation’s highest-paid college football coaches.

Listen insteadUTRGV REPORTSUTRGV senior right-handed pitcher Kevin Stevens is the TicketSmarter Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Pitcher of the Week for leading the Vaqueros to a 4-1 victory over Sam Houston on May 13, the WAC announced Monday. Stevens (8-2) pitched a season-high tying eight scoreless innings of three-hit ball, with only one of the hits leaving the infield. This is the fourth time Stevens hasn’t allowed a run during a start this season. Stevens has 213 strikeouts in his career, which ranks eighth in program history. This is the second TicketSmarter WAC Pitcher of the Week honor for Stevens and the fourth for UTRGV pitching this season.

The New Orleans Pelicans are the lone playoff team among the clubs who can get a boost from lotto luck when the NBA draft lottery is conducted Tuesday night in Chicago.

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The NCAA seems to have inadvertently opened the door for boosters when it comes to college athletes cashing in on their fame.

SINCERE apologies to those still basking in Virginia’s 2019 NCAA men’s basketball title, or Virginia Tech’s still-fresh 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament crown.

Deion Sanders said the NCAA has a problem with the way players are starting to act now that they have money thanks to the new NIL rules.

College football and men’s basketball players on scholarship in one of the major conferences can expect to soon earn a minimum of $50,000 each year he plays because of the influx of cash from booster collectives brokering name, image and likeness deals.

College sports leaders are trying to send a warning to schools and boosters when it comes to paying athletes for endorsement and sponsorship deals: There are still rules and they will be enforced.

The NCAA enacted an interim name, image and likeness policy almost a year ago, allowing athletes to strike deals with local car dealerships to major brands.

Sincere McCormick is the most prolific running back in UTSA football history, and now he’s a member of the Las Vegas Raiders.

College sports leaders visited Capitol Hill, asking lawmakers to consider rules to govern name, image and likeness money for college athletes.

It’s Addison’s off-field actions over the past couple of weeks, though, that could have the most profound and lasting effect.

The commissioners of the Southeastern Conference and the Pac-12 are scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Washington They will lobby for federal legislation to regulate name, image and likeness compensation to athletes.

College football coaches are pushing for changes to NCAA rules to help stabilize rosters depleted by transfers.

Peter McIndoe, the creator of the conspiracy parody, told 60 Minutes this week how the movement came to be.

The NCAA is looking for a new president.

Emmert will remain in his role until a successor is hired or until June 30, 2023, whichever comes first.

Emmert will remain in his role until a successor is hired or until June 30, 2023, whichever comes first.

NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down after 12 years on the job.

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Iowa linebackers coach Seth Wallace has been added as a defendant in lawsuit filed against the university and athletic department personnel by former football players alleging they were discriminated against and harassed because they are Black.

Boston College hockey coach Jerry York says he's retiring.

Alabama coach Nick Saban is concerned about the current state of college football.

Nick Saban's willingness to adapt and often be a catalyst for change in college football, both on the field and off, has propelled Alabama to six national championships in 13 seasons. The 70-year-old coach is confident his program will continue to thrive during this new era of college athletics, with players having more opportunities to earn money than ever before and more power to determine where they play. “I don’t think what we’re doing right now is a sustainable model,” Saban told The Associated Press in a recent interview.

A group of University of Arizona swimmers wrote a letter of concern last month to the NCAA after transgender athlete Lia Thomas's sweep at the recent women's championship.

Ryan Barrow and Mike Benning scored less than three minutes apart to give Denver the lead and the Pioneers awakened with five goals in the third period to rally past Minnesota State 5-1 and claim their record-tying ninth college hockey title.

Denver is going for a record-tying ninth NCAA hockey championship.

Reggie Lutz scored to break a second-period tie and Minnesota State scored three times in the third in the Frozen Four semifinal on Thursday night to beat big-city rival Minnesota 5-1 and advance to the national championship game.

Carter Savoie scored with 14:53 gone in overtime to lead Denver past Michigan 3-2 in the Frozen Four semifinal and into the NCAA championship game.

The University of Kansas just won the NCAA men's basketball championship, but the results of an investigation into recruiting violations may spoil the party.

Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky has won the John R.

Barkley "guaranteed" a win for the Kansas Jayhawks, and they mounted an incredible comeback against the North Carolina Tar Heels.

The Jayhawks break a 59-year-old record in staging the greatest comeback in NCAA title game history.

New Orleans is an ideal city to host a big event, but a Final Four remains a terrible fit for any dome where football teams also play. [Opinion]

The Gamecocks finished up the tournament with a 64-49 victory over the UConn Huskies.

When he's on the mound, Clemson left-hander Ryan Ammons will feel a little tingle on his right arm. Instead, it's a reminder telling him to look at the digital display on his wristband to find out the type of pitch to throw next and where to locate it. For a growing number of college baseball teams, the tradition of pitch signs sent by the catcher flashing his fingers and wiggling his hand is disappearing.

The Jayhawks and the Tar Heels advance to the final of the men's NCAA basketball tournament. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski had announced he would retire at the end of the season.

The Jayhawks beat the Wildcats 81-65, setting up a final matchup between Kansas and the winner of the first NCAA tournament showdown between rivals Duke and UNC.

Dawn Staley's Gamecocks have protested during the national anthem since at least January 2021 "to bring awareness to racial injustice in our country."

The Women's Final Four Tournament is taking place in Minneapolis Friday night. South Carolina and Louisville play at 7:30 p.m. ET. UConn and Stanford play second at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Jess Errico won a 48-hour reprieve by arguing the Final Four game "was of great importance to the long-term standing of the infamous North Carolina men's basketball rivalry."

Don't feel bad if your NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket has already been vaporized. The odds of predicting a perfect March Madness bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion.

NCAA President Mark Emmert said investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men's college basketball programs — including 2022 Final Four participant Kansas — have taken “way too long.” “It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,” Emmert said, referring to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP). The IARP was created out of proposals from the commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform the sport.

Most student-athletes won’t turn pro, so learning resilience and other off-the-court skills is more valuable.

Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champion Gable Steveson of Minnesota has been named repeat winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the top college wrestler. WIN magazine on Monday announced Steveson had received 49 of 59 first-place votes from a panel of retired coaches, a representative from each of the national wrestling organizations, media members, past winners and fans. Three-time NCAA champion Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell was runner-up and two-time national champ Nick Lee of Penn State was third.

The Final Four is set for the NCAA men's basketball tournament: Rivals North Carolina and Duke will face off in one semifinal; in the other, Kansas will face Villanova.

The loss sets up the first ever meeting between UNC and Duke in the NCAA tournament.

The Saint Peters Peacocks could make history tonight if they become the first No. 15 seed to advance to the NCAA men's college basketball tournament's Elite Eight. But how did they get here?

Arkansas, Duke, Houston and Villanova are the first four teams advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA basketball tournament.