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
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ACC adding Stanford, Cal, SMU feels like a new low in college sports
The most honest thing that will be said about the ACC’s nonsensical expansion gambit that was formalized Friday comes from deep in the heart of Texas: Pony Up. Read more
Minus federal oversight, states are passing their own laws on NIL deals for student-athletes
Since the passing of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act in 2019 that allowed college athletes to receive monetary compensation on behalf of their names, images and likenesses (NIL), states were quick to begin considering similar legislation of their own. Read more
From not keeping up to head of the pack
Lu Guowei is shy and has problems speaking comfortably with strangers, so this story is built on interviews conducted with those closest to him. Read more
Xi welcomes guests attending Chengdu Universiade
President Xi Jinping on Friday addressed a welcoming banquet ahead of the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, capital city of Southwest China's Sichuan province. Here are the higlights. Read more
Israeli athletes aiming high at Universiade
There was a palpable sense of excitement inside the Olympic Fencing Center in the northern Israeli city of Akko, where athletes were preparing for the Chengdu World University Games in China. Read more
Gov. Abbott signs Texas law banning biological men from female collegiate sports
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed into law legislation that prohibits biological men from competing in women’s collegiate sports. Read more
Opposition to men in women’s sports is on the rise
A new Gallup poll released Monday reveals that most Americans reject the concept of biological men competing in women's sports. Read more
University Games set for start of torch relay
The official flame for the 31st Summer World University Games was flown from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, to Beijing on Thursday for the torch relay due to start at the weekend. Read more
Supreme Court decision allows biological male to run girls track in West Virginia
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by West Virginia’s attorney general and the conservative law firm Alliance for Defending Freedom to bar a biological male from participating in female sports. Read more
