Graduation
Study: Graduation gap widens between white, Black athletes

By Pete Iacobelli Dec. 22, 2020 02:07 PM EST
The graduation gap between white and Black and football players on bowl-bound teams is increasing. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics...

Texas wide receiver Brenden Schooler carries the ball after a reception during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech, Saturday Sept. 26, 2020, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mark Rogers)
College football graduate transfers making immediate impacts

By John Raby Oct. 06, 2020 12:28 PM EDT

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam speaks during the COVID-19 press briefing inside the Patrick Henry Building in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, May 26, 2020. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
The Latest: Iowa AD looking at different football scenarios

By The Associated Press May. 28, 2020 06:48 PM EDT

In this Nov. 30, 2019 file photo Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy walks on the sidelines during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Stillwater, Okla. Gundy said Tuesday, April 7, 2020 he hopes to have his team return to its facilities on May 1, a proposed timetable that would defy federal social-distancing guidelines and was quickly disputed by the university and its athletic director. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Oklahoma State's Gundy targets May 1 return to football

By Cliff Brunt Apr. 07, 2020 08:47 PM EDT

Injured South Carolina QB Bentley leaving football program

Dec. 02, 2019 02:54 PM EST
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Injured South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley says he’s leaving the Gamecocks to play a final college football season elsewhere. ...

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper talks to the media with Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Khalid Al Attiyah at the Pentagon in Washington. Barely four months into his tenure, Esper is making his second trek across the Pacific. And yet it is the Middle East – most recently a near-war with Iran and an actual war in Syria – that in Washington commands more attention and demands more American troops. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
US military academy athletes can now delay service, go pro

By Lolita C. Baldor Nov. 14, 2019 06:32 PM EST

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Japan for the G-20 summit.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Trump orders new policy about military academies, pro sports

Jun. 26, 2019 07:05 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks during the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump wants to restore waiver for service academy athletes

By Kevin Freking May. 06, 2019 03:46 PM EDT

Elliott leaving UNC to be grad assistant at Arkansas State

Mar. 01, 2019 02:36 PM EST
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina quarterback Nathan Elliott is leaving graduate school to become a graduate assistant at Arkansas State. In a...

Eastern Michigan football coach Chris Creighton talks with an assistant in preparation for the Camellia Bowl, in Ypsilanti, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. The Eagles will face Georgia Southern in the Camellia Bowl on Saturday, earning a spot in NCAA football postseason play for the second time in three years and just the third time in school history. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Building the Eagles at Eastern Michigan

By Larry Lage Dec. 14, 2018 02:19 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2017, file photo, Auburn fullback Chandler Cox (27) celebrates his touchdown carry with teammates in the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in New Orleans. The overall graduation rates for athletes on bowl-bound FBS football programs continues to climb, though the disparity in the rates between white and African-American players widened slightly, according to a study released on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Study: Graduation rates for bowl-bound teams up slightly

By David Brandt Dec. 03, 2018 02:42 PM EST

NCAA looking at more changes to transfer rules

Oct. 05, 2018 09:27 PM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Division I Council has introduced legislation that would allow some athletes to transfer during the summer and be immediately eligible...