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Pickleball is booming but is largely out of view at the U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Even as the U.S. Open opened this week with more than a million fans expected for the sport's biggest showcase, the game's leaders are being forced to confront a devastating fact — [...]
Realignment shifts some of the top powers in women’s volleyball
Perhaps no sport will be impacted more by the most recent round of conference realignment than women's volleyball. Five of the last nine schools to win national championships switched conferences during the offseason. Those five [...]
After a disappointing debut season in Big 12, Cincinnati looks to improve
CINCINNATI (AP) — One year in the Big 12 — and only one conference win to show for it. The Cincinnati Bearcats' first season after moving from the American Athletic Conference was a disappointment. Last [...]
Returning starters, transfers have OSU talking a national title
COLUMBUS — The national championship window has been thrown wide open again for the Ohio State Buckeyes. NIL money helped keep the cupboard full of returning starters and lured other key contributors from the transfer [...]
Amid changing college football landscape, programs implement pro sports concepts
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has given one of Kalen DeBoer's key behind-the-scenes staffers, general manager Courtney Morgan, a three-year contract worth nearly $2.5 million — a notable investment by one of the top football [...]

Athletes express concern over NCAA settlement’s impact on non-revenue sports

Sydney Moore and Sabrina Ootsburg were surrounded by hundreds of college athletes at a convention in Charlotte when news broke that the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement had been approved by a federal judge. In a [...]

Many non-revenue sports athletes left in limbo awaiting NCAA settlement decision

The $2.8 billion NCAA settlement awaiting final approval from a federal judge is touted as a solution for thousands of athletes to finally receive the money they say they deserve and provide some clarity to [...]

Security increased for Super Bowl, festivities

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After a New Year’s Day attack struck at the heart of the French Quarter, officials in New Orleans say they are confident in the security plans they have in place for [...]

Memo says Title IX applies to NIL money

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX, the Department of Education said in guidance issued last week that [...]

2025 brings end of colleges’ amateur athletes

When 2024 drew to an end, it was time to say goodbye, once and for all, to the amateur athlete in college sports. In theory, the concept held on stubbornly via the quaint and now [...]

Cleveland, Cincinnati to host Verizon FanFest events

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Caesars Superdome may be the epicenter for the Super Bowl in New Orleans next month, but Verizon has a game plan to ensure the championship excitement stretches beyond the Big [...]