AP source: Michigan's Harbaugh refuses to agree on charge
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh told NCAA investigators in multiple meetings this week that he will not agree to an unethical conduct charge, according to a person familiar with the situation. Michigan announced two weeks ago that it received a notice of allegations from the NCAA that the governing body is looking into potential rules infractions within the football program. The investigation involves impermissible texts and calls โ including some by Harbaugh โ to high school prospects during part of a pandemic-related dead period for contact with potential recruits.
news.yahoo.comNix leads No. 15 Oregon to Holiday Bowl win vs. Tar Heels
Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota on fourth down with 19 seconds left and Camden Lewisโ PAT bounced off the left upright and went through to give No. 15 Oregon a wild 28-27 victory against North Carolina in the Holiday Bowl at Petco Park.
Schools increasingly giving disgraced coaches second chances
The questions came one after another the moment Xavier announced it was bringing back Sean Miller, its former and wildly successful basketball coach. The guy who had been fired by Arizona and left in his wake multiple NCAA violations. Athletic director Greg Christopher went on the defensive, calling the allegations โtroubling."
news.yahoo.comWidow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC football player's death
Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player, in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a hard-hitting linebacker who was on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured countless blows that caused permanent brain damage and led to cocaine and alcohol abuse that eventually killed him at age 49, his lawyers said in closing arguments. In the first case of its kind to go to a jury, the attorneys in told Los Angeles Superior Court jurors that the NCAA, the governing body of college athletics in the U.S., had known about effects of head trauma in sports since the 1930s but failed for decades to notify players of the risks or put rules in place to protect players.
news.yahoo.comUMW: NCAA D-III men's soccer: Persistent UMW cashes in late against Marymount, reaches second round
The NCAA menโs soccer tournament returned to Fredericksburg on Saturday for the first time since 2019 and the University of Mary Washington and Marymount University gave an impactful opening match,
fredericksburg.comMiami coach Katie Meier suspended for 1st 3 games of season
Miami womenโs basketball coach Katie Meier has been suspended for the first three games of the season while the school cooperates with an NCAA probe. Meier said Sunday that she is also cooperating with the NCAA. Neither she, the school nor the NCAA has released specifics of the probe, other than Miami calling it โan enforcement matter."
news.yahoo.comBetter than you may have expected
For most prospective Trinity students, there are a few numbers that stand out in the rankings. No. 55 in the nation of Best Liberal Arts Colleges according to the U.S. News and World Report. No. 38 in the same category according to the Wall Street Journal. The no. 1 Best Small College in Texas according...
trinitonian.comThe NCAA is killing D-III competition
College athletics seasons are long, grueling, marathon-like affairs that consist of a large number of games and competitions. NCAA championships make up just a small fraction of the total number of games, yet are arguably the most important of them all, as they are the deciding factor in who is crowned at the top of...
trinitonian.comKentucky notifies NCAA of violations for unperformed work
Kentucky has self-reported violations to the NCAA following an investigation into athletes being compensated for part-time work that was not performed at the university hospital. The school asked that the violations be processed as Level III in the report, which was released Saturday but submitted Sept. 3 to NCAA reinstatement director Jerry Vaughn. The school began an investigation after learning in February of possible violations, which were found to have occurred between spring 2021 and March.
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