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NEW YORK (AP) — A social media influencer from Texas was disqualified from Sunday’s New York City Marathon and banned from future competitions after he ran the race with a camera crew on e-bikes in tow. New York Road Runners, which organizes the race, said in a statement that Matthew Choi violated the group’s code [...]
Three weeks after being asked to modify a $2.78 billion deal that would dramatically change college sports, attorneys excised the word “booster” from the mammoth plan in hopes of satisfying a judge’s concerns about the landmark settlement designed to pay players some of the money they help produce. As expected, the changes filed in court [...]
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 — the nation's fastest-growing racket sport (or sport of any kind) is not tennis but pickleball, which has seen participation boom [...]
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 schools (Texas, Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Southern California) have combined to claim 12 of the last 23 titles. All that [...]
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 year, the Bearcats finished 3-9 and 1-8 in Big 12 games. That included an 0-5 record at home and four [...]
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 portal. New Athletic Director Ross Bjork has said it cost around $20 million from donor collectives and brand affiliates to [...]
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 programs in the country at a time when colleges teams are increasingly operating like professional franchises. The compensation committee of [...]
A new era has arrived in college football, with some of the most recognizable programs in history now playing in different leagues. The postseason is different, too. The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams, changing the calculus of the championship chase. There's also change for some of the game's biggest names. Jim [...]
The NFL's new dynamic kickoff is achieving its goals in the preseason of raising the rate of return and the threat of big plays after years of increasing touchbacks. Whether that will carry over to the regular season, when coaches might be more concerned with avoiding risk than testing out the new rule, remains an [...]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson’s preseason debut remains on schedule. It’s still not known who will be blocking for the Browns quarterback. Three more offensive tackles got hurt during Cleveland’s exhibition loss to Minnesota on Saturday, further depleting the vital position as the Browns wait for starters Jedrick Wills Jr. and Jack Conklin to return [...]