When 2025 arrives, so will the end of the amateur athlete in college sports
When the page turns on 2024, it will be time to say goodbye, once and for all, to the amateur athlete in college sports.
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US sex-abuse watchdog fires investigator after learning of his arrest for stealing drug money
The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he’d been arrested for stealing money confiscated after a drug bust he was part of...
The 1st 12-team College Football Playoff arrives after 100 years, a few billion dollars — and many detours
It took more than 100 years and a few billion dollars. And now, finally, college football has what the rest of sports have — a legitimate postseason tournament.
More playing time? A fresh start? Extra cash? College football’s transfer portal produces winners and losers.
With the transfer portal open, now is a good time to look at some of the biggest winners and losers from last year’s round of what is essentially college football...
SMU in, Alabama out of the 1st 12-team College Football Playoff bracket — plus a look at 1st-round matchups
SMU captured the last open spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, edging Alabama to land in a bracket that placed undefeated Oregon at No. 1.
Miami on the outside and Alabama in the field in the penultimate College Football Playoff rankings
Miami’s playoff hopes took a potentially fatal nosedive while Alabama’s got a boost in the last rankings before the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set.
College Football Playoff rankings: SEC losses mean big gain for SMU and a cushion for Indiana
The Southeastern Conference’s losses were almost everyone else’s gain in the College Football Playoff rankings.
Conference title games are a chance at a banner, bragging rights — and for some, a season-wrecking loss
Over the next two weeks, the warm familiarity of conference championship games could run into the cold reality that comes with the first 12-team College Football Playoff.
Noodles and wine are the secret ingredients for a strange new twist in Chinese doping saga
Blame it on the noodles. That's what one Chinese official suggested when anti-doping leaders were looking for answers for the doping scandal that cast a shadow over this year's Olympic...
It’s Boise State, not BYU, with a bye in the latest College Football Playoff rankings
Boise State would get the fourth and final bye based on the new College Football Playoff rankings, placing the Big 12 alongside the SEC as power conferences with a gripe.