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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of the Salt Lake City 2034 Winter Games earlier this week announced a fundraising effort that they say is the largest philanthropic campaign supporting a host city in Olympic and Paralympic history. The initiative, branded as Podium34, has raised more than $200 million and will fund community engagement programs [...]
Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on the Ohio Casino Control Commission to remove prop bets from the list of legal bets that can be placed in Ohio after Major League Baseball placed two Cleveland Guardians pitchers on leave in July related to a “sports betting investigation.” DeWine also announced he will be asking the commissioners [...]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play for in an attempt to create clearer national standards in the NCAA’s name, image and likeness era. Trump directed the secretary of Labor and the National Labor [...]
Less than two weeks after terms of a multibillion-dollar college sports settlement went into effect, friction erupted over the definition of a “valid business purpose” that collectives making name, image and likeness payments to players are supposed to have. The new College Sports Commission sent a letter to athletic directors last week saying it was [...]
The new agency in charge of regulating name, image and likeness deals in college sports sent a letter to schools last week saying it had rejected deals between players and donor-backed collectives formed over the past several years to funnel money to athletes or their schools. Those arrangements hold no “valid business purpose,” the memo [...]
The NCAA’s House settlement era opened last week, with athletic programs across the country free to start paying millions to their athletes in what has been called the biggest change in the history of college athletics. The end of the NCAA’s longstanding amateur model is expected to cause headaches and disputes among powerhouse schools and [...]
College sports leaders seeking antitrust and other protections from Congress have a potential bargaining chip: school assurances that they will provide funding for their increasingly imperiled Olympic programs, the biggest pipeline of talent for Team USA. Four people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press that lawmakers, mostly from the Democratic side that will [...]
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 room full of college athletes, they felt like the only two people who understood the gravity of the situation. “I’m [...]
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 recruiting. For some, it’s too late. Sophomore distance runner Jake Rimmel says he was one of five walk-ons cut from [...]
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 the Super Bowl. Upwards of 125,000 visitors are expected to converge on the Big Easy this week for parties, concerts [...]