When the NCAA lifted restrictions on players profiting from their name, image and likeness, it created instant millionaires of elite college football players like Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. The NIL benefits for individual athletes…
The NCAA earned praise last year when it agreed to pay referees at its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments equally. The gesture only cost about $100,000, a tiny fraction of the roughly $900 million networks pay annually to broadcast March…
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The number of women competing at the highest level of college athletics continues to rise along with an increasing funding gap for men’s and women’s sports programs. An NCAA report examining the 50th anniversary…
Gary Harris and Rodney Orr discuss the positives and negatives of the N.I.L in college sports. We discuss on what we think the NCAA can do to regulate N.I.L deals. Also we discussed…
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - The ability of college athletes to monetize their name, image and likeness has begun to trickle down to high schools. Seven states now allow prep athletes to sign NIL deals. School principals…
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - College sports leaders visited Capitol Hill, asking lawmakers to consider rules to govern name, image and likeness money for college athletes. Greg Sankey of the SEC and George…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Jeremy Bryant The slump hangover continues to linger for the University of Alabama softball team after the NCAA rankings came out and gave head coach Patrick Murphy's squad a harsh grade. Alabama has sat at…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Jeremy Bryant South Carolina women's basketball beat the Connecticut Huskies 64-49 to become National Champions and take the crown from one of the biggest dynasties in all of sports. This is the Gamecocks' second National…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Kyrsten Eller The University of Alabama gymnastics team is competing in the NCAA Regional in Seattle this weekend. However, the team had an eventful flight on the way there.…
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) - At long last, some of the cold, hard cash in the billion-dollar world of college sports is hitting the wallets of the players themselves by legitimate means. One expert estimates…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Jeremy Bryant NCAA men's basketball has almost reached the pinnacle of the season with four teams left to decide who will punch their ticket to the championship round and cement a different legacy. The Duke…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Jeremy Bryant Demolition hit the basketball court Saturday, with each of the Top-6 ranked schools falling on the same day for a never-before-seen moment in college hoops. NCAA AP voters were in for a show…
By WVUA 23 Digital Reporter Jeremy Bryant The showdown between one of the best rivalries in college sports will add another episode to the saga with Tuesday's matchup in "The Jungle" of Auburn's homecourt. Alabama is coming off one of…
