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The Kalshi prediction market has caught the attention of the NCAA, which last week issued a letter asking for changes in the way Kalshi describes its sports markets and asking for clarification on integrity safeguards against gambling risks. The governing body of College Athletics is sensitive to the appearance of a relationship between itself and […]
There is no other place in the footprint of American college football than Berkeley, California. Located at the base of Strawberry Canyon, Cal Memorial Stadium was built directly on the Hayward Fault. In 2010, the stadium underwent a 21-month, $321 million renovation to ensure it was seismically safe for years to come. But the tremors […]
The NCAA says player availability reports are intended to protect player welfare and competitive integrity from sports betting influences. Photo: Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The NCAA announced Thursday that it will introduce player availability reports for the 2026 Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships in an effort to address the pressure that sports betting puts […]
Kyle Singler, a former basketball star at Duke who played six seasons in the NBA, most recently for the Oklahoma City Thunder, was charged with domestic violence on Tuesday for allegedly attacking his girlfriend. The alleged incident happened in front of their child. Haskell County sheriff’s deputies arrested 37-year-old Singler on Thursday in the rural […]
The College Sports Commission is hiring a federal prosecutor and former deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department to lead investigations for the new enforcement agency created by the power conferences. The CSC announced Wednesday that Katie Medearis, previously chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of […]
Michigan State men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo said “the NCAA needs to regroup” after learning that a player can play two or three seasons in the NBA G League and be eligible to play in college. Izzo told reporters after practice Tuesday that he recently learned that London Johnson, a 21-year-old point guard who spent […]
Five-star forward Bryson Howard, the son of former NBA All-Star Josh Howard, verbally committed to Duke on Tuesday. Howard – the No. 12 player in the class of 2026, according to the 247Sports Composite – chose the Blue Devils over fellow finalists North Carolina and Kentucky. While Howard is Duke’s only assignment so far in […]
NCAA President Charlie Baker sees many deserving teams being left out of March Madness, which is why he’s pushing for expansion beyond the current field of 68. Speaking Monday at an event billed as “The Future of College Basketball,” held at the Empire State Building and sponsored by the Big East, Baker declined to comment […]
Apparently ‘busy’ can mean many different things. Because when we asked our men’s basketball staff to identify the coach under the most pressure this season, the answers – and interpretations of the question – varied dramatically. Of course, some went for the red-hot seats. (Unfortunately, as usual, the ACC deserved multiple mentions.) But others picked […]
For the first time in program history, Purdue is the No. 1 team in the Associated Press men’s basketball preseason Top 25. And while the preseason rankings only matter so much, in this case they reflect the Boilermakers’ recent ascension to the elite level of college basketball. Prior to the 2021-2022 season, Purdue was never […]
