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CLEVELAND — As the sun dipped below Paul Brown Stadium's overhang after the Browns salvaged their season, Baker Mayfield jogged off the field and tipped his cap toward Cleveland fans partying in the lower bowl. Once again, Cincinnati — and chaos — brought out his best. And just like last season, the Browns awakened along [...]
The NCAA on Monday set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. The nation's biggest and most influential governing body in college athletics released a draft of an 18 1/2-page constitution, cut down from 43 pages over the last three [...]
MIAMI — The NBA told its players, coaches and referees this week that they should receive booster shots against the coronavirus, with particular urgency for those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The league and the National Basketball Players Association — working jointly based on guidance from the NBA's public health and infectious [...]
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State forward Malik Hall noticed the difference during games in the height of the pandemic. Coach Tom Izzo saw issues percolating in other areas of player's lives. In a season when athletes faced daily testing, regular isolation and quarantines, even uncertainty about whether games would be played or which teammates would be [...]
After a loss at Washington last month, Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young calmly aired some of his frustrations with the way NBA games are being officiated amid a new crackdown on non-basketball moves used to draw contact. The 6-foot-1, 164-pound Young, who made more free throws than anybody in the NBA last season, said he [...]
With four weeks to go in conference play, the Big Ten's three highest-ranked teams remain in pursuit of a spot in the College Football Playoff. The races in both divisions are tight, with half of the league harboring goals of reaching the conference championship. In the middle and back of the pack, even for the [...]
CINCINNATI (AP) — The bubble that covers Cincinnati's practice field to create an "indoor facility" when the temperatures begin to drop in the Midwest is patched with duct tape and casts a musty scent over the proceedings. The space isn't big enough to accommodate the whole team, so groups of players periodically file in and [...]
LINCOLN, Neb. — For all the drama of Illinois' nine-overtime win at Penn State, the game was illustrative of the difficulties many Big Ten teams are encountering when their offenses get near the goal line. The Big Ten's 14 teams have combined for the conference's lowest scoring rate in at least 10 years in the [...]
The NCAA spends more on average on male athletes than female ones, particularly when it comes to the "mere handful of championships" viewed as revenue sources, according to a new report. The law firm hired by the NCAA to investigate equity issues released its 153-page report Tuesday night, which includes a series of recommendations to [...]
There is a developing College Football Playoff race between an outgoing Big 12 school and an incoming Big 12 school. No. 2 Cincinnati, heading to the Big 12 at some point, and No. 3 Oklahoma, leaving the Big 12 at some point, remained undefeated Saturday, though neither was at its best. The Sooners trailed Kansas [...]