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Apr 7, 2015 12:05 AM CDT

New NCAA Champs: Duke

They beat Wisconsin 68-63

(Newser) - The package deal has delivered Duke another national championship. Tyus Jones scored 23 points, his good buddy and freshman teammate Jahlil Okafor added a couple of key baskets in the closing minutes, and the Blue Devils beat Wisconsin 68-63 last night to give coach Mike Krzyzewski his fifth national championship....

Judge: College Players Can Sell Names, Likenesses

Aug 8, 2014 6:05 PM CDT

Judge: College Players Can Sell Names, Likenesses

US District Court rules against NCAA in Ed O'Bannon case

(Newser) - A federal judge has ruled that the NCAA can't stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the way to athletes getting payouts once their college careers are over. In a landmark decision issued today, US District Judge Claudia Wilken ruled...

NCAA Reaches
$70M Settlement
Over Head Injuries

Jul 29, 2014 9:50 AM CDT

NCAA Reaches $70M Settlement Over Head Injuries

Organization will pay for athletes' health testing

(Newser) - The NCAA has reached a deal in a lawsuit brought by former players: The organization will pay to test athletes for brain trauma on the field. Though it admits no wrongdoing in the settlement, the NCAA will establish a $70 million fund to cover the tests, the AP reports. The...

Here Is the 1st
Openly Gay
NCAA Division I
Player

Apr 9, 2014 12:59 PM CDT

Here Is the 1st Openly Gay NCAA Division I Player

Derrick Gordon comes out in interview with ESPN

(Newser) - Less than two months after the NBA got its first openly gay active player , NCAA Division I men's college basketball now has its first openly gay player. Derrick Gordon, a sophomore starter for the University of Massachusetts, came out to his family, coaches, and teammates earlier this month, and...

UConn Star:
I Go to Bed
'Starving'

Apr 8, 2014 7:40 AM CDT

UConn Star: I Go to Bed 'Starving'

Lawmakers take notice of Shabazz Napier comments

(Newser) - Shabazz Napier's star performance in last night's NCAA championship game is drawing attention to comments made last week that further stoke the debate over whether to pay student athletes. Napier was last week asked about the National Labor Relation Board's ruling that Northwestern football players were employees...

UConn Beats
Kentucky for
NCAA Title

Apr 7, 2014 10:52 PM CDT

UConn Beats Kentucky for NCAA Title

Huskies defeat Wildcats 60-54

(Newser) - Shabazz Napier scored 22 points and Connecticut won its second NCAA title in four years, beating freshmen-laden Kentucky 60-54 in the national championship game. Napier is among three UConn seniors who were part of the Huskies' 2011 title. Kentucky, which was trying to win its second title in three seasons...

Lawsuit: College
Sports Form
Unfair 'Cartel'

Mar 17, 2014 5:51 PM CDT

Lawsuit: College Sports Form Unfair 'Cartel'

Attorney Jeffrey Kessler wants players to get paid

(Newser) - The debate over whether to pay student athletes is about to involve the US legal system, CNN reports. An attorney has filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of four plaintiffs—all past and present university football and basketball players—that calls the NCAA and five top athletic conferences a "...

Miami Dodges Bowl Ban, but NCAA Yanks Scholarships

Oct 22, 2013 10:49 AM CDT

Miami Dodges Bowl Ban, but NCAA Yanks Scholarships

Fallout from crazy booster scandal

(Newser) - The University of Miami's football program will lose nine scholarships—three for each of the next three years—in retribution for the gifts that rogue booster and Ponzi schemer Nevin Shapiro showered on prospective players , the NCAA announced today. But it won't be banned from playing in bowl...

UConn Wins 8th
Title in Rout
of Louisville

Apr 10, 2013 2:33 AM CDT

UConn Wins 8th Title in Rout of Louisville

93-60 victory was most lopsided in title game

(Newser) - UConn rolled to its eighth national championship last night, denying Louisville a March Madness sweep and handing head coach Geno Auriemma a delicious word: dynasty. He has now tied Pat Summitt for the most titles in in NCAA history, but wasn't ready to discuss a repeat. Yet it's...

Pa. Gov to Sue NCAA
Over Sandusky Sanctions

Jan 2, 2013 4:25 AM CST

Pa. Gov to Sue NCAA Over Sandusky Sanctions

Lawmakers don't want Penn State fine spent in other states

(Newser) - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett plans to sue the NCAA in federal court over stiff sanctions imposed against Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. The Republican governor plans to hold a news conference today to announce the filing. The suit is an antitrust...

The NCAA Can't Erase History

OPINION

Jul 25, 2012 1:34 PM CDT

The NCAA Can't Erase History

Penn State's voided victories should count, Gary Alan Fine argues

(Newser) - Penn State surely deserved to be punished for the Jerry Sandusky coverup, but one part of the NCAA's decision was a bit disturbing, author Gary Alan Fine writes in the New York Times . The NCAA "vacated" Penn State's victories from 1998 to 2011—and with them Joe...

Penn State
Sanctions
Not Nearly
Enough

OPINION

Jul 24, 2012 11:57 AM CDT

Penn State Sanctions Not Nearly Enough

NCAA football needs to learn a lesson: Joe Nocera

(Newser) - The sanctions handed down to Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal were harsher than Joe Nocera thought they would be—but not harsh enough. The NCAA should have imposed the so-called "death penalty," a move that would have been reminiscent of University...

NCAA Fines Penn State
$60M, Bans It From Bowls

Jul 23, 2012 8:30 AM CDT

NCAA Fines Penn State $60M, Bans It From Bowls

All wins since 1998 voided, but no death penalty

(Newser) - Penn State didn't get the so-called "death penalty," but the NCAA brought down the hammer pretty hard nonetheless, fining the university $60 million—or about what the football program grosses in one year—and banning it from bowl games for four years. NCAA President Mark Emmert said...

NCAA Prez:
'Death Penalty'
on Table for
Penn State

Jul 17, 2012 11:35 AM CDT

NCAA Prez: 'Death Penalty' on Table for Penn State

'It was more than a football scandal,' Mark Emmert tells Tavis Smiley

(Newser) - NCAA President Mark Emmert strongly hinted that the NCAA would take action against Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal—and that the so-called "death penalty" was a possibility. "I've never seen anything as egregious," Emmert told Tavis Smiley,...

Why College Sports Are Broke

Jun 29, 2012 3:20 PM CDT

Why College Sports Are Broke

Greed and need to compete ruin many programs

(Newser) - College athletic programs across the country are slashing sports and running up debts like teenagers with their first credit cards. Of the 227 public universities in Division I, just 22 turned a profit last year. Why? Because the drive to compete in theoretical cash cow sports like football and basketball...

North Dakota Votes to Scrap Fighting Sioux Nickname

Jun 13, 2012 1:52 AM CDT

North Dakota Votes to Scrap Fighting Sioux Nickname

Supporters plan to keep fighting for Sioux name

(Newser) - Voters have had their say in the long fight over the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname, and 60% of them voted in favor of allowing the university to drop the name. The state's Board of Higher Education is now expected to retire the controversial name and...

NC State Shocks Georgetown

march madness

Mar 18, 2012 4:25 PM CDT

NC State Shocks Georgetown

Lorenzo Brown sinks three free throws in final seconds

(Newser) - It's been a long time since North Carolina State was mentioned in the same breath with the elite programs in the nation—let alone its own state. Now, a new coach and a new attitude have the Wolfpack faithful harkening back to the glory days of David Thompson and...

'Fighting Sioux'
Backers Fight to
Restore Name

Feb 8, 2012 2:30 AM CST

'Fighting Sioux' Backers Fight to Restore Name

North Dakota to hold referendum on team name

(Newser) - Another battle looms in North Dakota's long-running fight over the Fighting Sioux. The University of North Dakota has been trying to retire the nickname and logo deemed offensive to Native Americans, but the name's supporters say they have gathered enough signatures to force a statewide referendum on the...

Joe Paterno
Has Lung
Cancer

Nov 18, 2011 4:48 PM CST

Joe Paterno Has Lung Cancer

Family says it's treatable, and a full recovery is expected

(Newser) - Joe Paterno has lung cancer, his family said today. Son Scott specified that it was treatable and said doctors expected a "full recovery" for his 84-year-old father, reports USA Today . "As everyone can appreciate, this is a deeply personal matter for my parents, and we simply ask that...

ND Senate: Teams Can
Drop Fighting Sioux Name

Nov 9, 2011 12:56 AM CST

ND Senate: Teams Can Drop Fighting Sioux Name

UND now allowed to drop nickname NCAA finds objectionable

(Newser) - The University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux teams can now change their nickname if they want to, the state Senate has decided. A law requiring UND teams to keep their name and logo was adopted in response to the NCAA's decision to put UND under sanctions because it...