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The NCAA Women’s Basketball Champion, if Brains Beat Brawn
An Inside Higher Ed annual tradition since 2006: the Academic Performance Tournament. And the winner is … Read more
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Davidson College forces athletes to watch ‘only whites are racist’ video
Davidson College alumni are calling for change after student athletes recently were required to watch the video “I’m Not Racist … Am I?” which labels all white people as racists. Read more
VA college sports betting proposal off the books for another year
Virginia law since 2021 has allowed sports betting through casinos and online sports books like FanDuel and BetMGM, with the exception of wagers on state youth and college sports. Read more
‘Revolutionary’ or ‘Reactionary’? NCAA Chief’s new model for big-time sports
Charlie Baker’s plan would let Division I colleges compensate players directly and give sports powers enormous latitude to set their own rules if they invest significantly in athletes. Read more
Texas A&M to Pay Record $75 Million to Buy Out Coach
Texas A&M University’s governing board agreed Sunday to pay $75 million to buy out the remaining years on the contract of Jimbo Fisher, the football coach it fired after winning 45 of 70 games over the six years he was its coach. Read more
Billions at stake as US student athlete lawsuit wins group status
Federal case, one of several threats to nation’s $16 billion college sports enterprise, could bring huge shift in power to students Read more
UCLA spent $150,000 traveling to red states on California’s blacklist
The University of California Los Angeles spent over $150,000 traveling to Republican-led states that were on the attorney general’s no-travel list. Read more
‘Deeply sorry’: Michigan State shows Hitler image before football game
A photo is circulating on the internet of the scoreboard at Spartan Stadium that appears to show Adolf Hitler on the screen. Read more
Revenge of the nerds is a fantasy, it’s the jocks who have more successful careers
Athletes have social skills that take them far in the world of business and finance, a study of US Ivy League alumni finds Read more
Conference realignment poses threats to big-time sports
As the Atlantic Coast Conference snags Stanford and Berkeley, dealing potential death blow to Pac-12, could selfishness of sports powers raise legal and tax issues? Read more
