Sports governance
Tennessee's top tackler transferring to rival Alabama

May. 08, 2021 01:47 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Tennessee's leading tackler Henry To’o To’o is heading to rival Alabama. The junior linebacker announced Saturday...

FILE - Georgia wide receiver Dominick Blaylock (8) looks to make a catch during an NCAA football preseason practice in Athens, Ga., in this Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, file photo. The NCAA football oversight committee is preparing to recommend changes to preseason camp that will include fewer fully padded practices and the elimination of some old-school collision drills. The football oversight committee 's initial proposal called for at least nine of a team's 25 preseason practices to be run with players wearing helmets but no other pads, and no more than eight fully-padded, full-contact practices. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP, File)/
NCAA proposal will reduce contact in preseason football camp

May. 06, 2021 06:38 PM EDT

FILE - Georgia wide receiver Dominick Blaylock (8) looks to make a catch during an NCAA football preseason practice in Athens, Ga., in this Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, file photo. The NCAA football oversight committee is preparing to recommend changes to preseason camp that will include fewer fully padded practices and the elimination of some old-school collision drills. The football oversight committee 's initial proposal called for at least nine of a team's 25 preseason practices to be run with players wearing helmets but no other pads, and no more than eight fully-padded, full-contact practices. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP, File)/
NCAA aims for less contact in preseason football practice

By Ralph D. Russo May. 05, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

Both parties back bill for image rights for college athletes

Apr. 26, 2021 05:41 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, a former Ohio State football player, reintroduced on Monday a bipartisan bill that would give college athletes...

NCAA tweaks college football OT format to shorten games

Apr. 22, 2021 04:26 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College football teams will have to go for 2 after touchdowns starting with the second overtime possession, and beginning in the third...

UTEP athletics punished over football, softball violations

Apr. 20, 2021 04:23 PM EDT
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — UTEP football coach Dana Dimel and former softball coach Tobin Echo-Hawk received one-year show-cause restrictions and the athletic...

NCAA, Youngstown State agree to violations under Bo Pelini

Apr. 20, 2021 04:18 PM EDT
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Youngstown State football on Tuesday was placed on probation for two years and hit with recruiting sanctions by the NCAA after the...

FILE - Nebraska wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (1) is chased down by Purdue defensive tackle Anthony Watts (8) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in West Lafayette, Ind., in this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, file photo. The NCAA made it official Thursday, April 15, 2021, announcing the Division I Council had voted to approve a proposal that would permit all college athletes to transfer one time as an undergraduate without having to sit out a season. Among the notable transferring football players who will now be eligible next season at their new schools are Wan'Dale Robinson, who switched from Nebraska to Kentucky. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
College sports already adapting to new NCAA transfer rules

By Ralph D, Russo Apr. 15, 2021 04:53 PM EDT

Ottawa defensive end Jennifer Anthony, left, tackles Midland's JaNasia Spand (11) during an NAIA flag football game in Ottawa, Kan., Friday, March 26, 2021. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics introduced women's flag football as an emerging sport this spring. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Following their passion, women go far to play flag football

By Eric Olson Apr. 06, 2021 03:54 PM EDT

Kansas hires Northwestern administrator Goff as next AD

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 05, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
Kansas has hired Northwestern administrator Travis Goff, a Sunflower State native who graduated from the school, to be its next athletic director during a...

FILE - The NCAA Final Four logo for the NCAA college basketball tournament is painted on a window in downtown Indianapolis, in this Wednesday, March 17, 2021, file photo. The Associated Press has learned that the NCAA has not tested players for performance-enhancing drugs while they’ve been at March Madness and other recent college championships. Three people familiar with testing protocols tell AP full-scale testing has not resumed since the coronavirus pandemic shut down college sports a year ago. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
AP Sources: NCAA has not tested for drugs at championships

By Eddie Pells Apr. 02, 2021 03:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2021, file photo the March Madness logo is shown on the court during the first half of a men's college basketball game in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports

By Jessica Gresko Mar. 30, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

Starting spring practice allows Vols to hit reset button

By Teresa M. Walker Mar. 26, 2021 04:27 PM EDT
Being back on a football field gives the Tennessee Volunteers to hit the reset button after a rough few months. The list of setbacks and...

Ex-NFL player facing felony traffic case after Vegas crash

Mar. 19, 2021 04:44 PM EDT
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former NFL player was arrested after allegedly driving away from a crash, abandoning his vehicle and leaving his injured passenger at a...

Lisa Moeller takes a photo of the NCAA bracket for the NCAA college basketball tournament on the side of the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
NCAA basketball players use biggest stage to deliver message

By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 18, 2021 02:58 PM EDT

Illinois guard Andre Curbelo (5) makes a pass under Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon (3) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Not NCAA Property: Players push for reform on social media

By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 17, 2021 06:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Texas A&M wide receiver Quartney Davis (1) celebrates after catching a touchdown pass during the seventh overtime of an NCAA college football game against LSU, in College Station, Texas. The NCAA Football Rules Committee on Friday, March 12, 2021, recommended a slight change to overtime rules that would require a team to try a two-point conversion after a touchdown when a game reaches the second overtime instead of the third. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
NCAA rules panel recommends change to shorten overtime games

By Eric Olson Mar. 12, 2021 05:49 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018, file photo, Les Miles, left, is introduced as Kansas football coach by athletic director Jeff Long, right, during a news conference in Lawrence, Kan. Kansas has fired athletic director Jeff Long less than two days after mutually parting with Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations dating to the football coach’s time at LSU, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
Kansas AD Jeff Long resigns after Les Miles debacle

By Dave Skretta Mar. 10, 2021 04:10 PM EST

FILE - In this March 23, 2016, file photo, Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder watches during a news conference to introduce Brad Underwood as the new Oklahoma State NCAA college basketball coach in Stillwater, Okla. Holder will step down after 16 years and Chad Weiberg will replace him. The school says the moves will be effective July 1. Holder took over in 2005. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File_
Oklahoma State AD Holder to step down; Weiberg to take over

By Cliff Brunt Mar. 04, 2021 02:46 PM EST

New Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Josh Heupel is shown after arriving in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. New Tennessee athletic director Danny White announced Wednesday that he has hired Heupel as Tennessee’s 27th head coach overall. (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
NCAA probe is 'speed bump' to Vols' new coach Josh Heupel

By Teresa M. Walker Jan. 27, 2021 08:34 AM EST