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Nineteen years ago, Chris Caputo was a 26-year-old assistant coach on the George Mason basketball team that became the second No. 11 seed in NCAA history to reach the Final Four. Now, as head coach at George Washington, Caputo says this type of upset is becoming increasingly difficult. Caputo called for the tournament to be […]
YouTube TV and Disney have reached a deal that will bring ESPN, ABC and other channels back to the platform’s 10 million subscribers after a nearly two-week hiatus, the companies announced Friday evening. The deal gives YouTube TV subscribers access to ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer ‘Unlimited’ service at no additional cost, as part of YouTube TV’s […]
The rebuilding Pac-12 has completed the final leg of – and the final football portion of – its new media rights deal, partnering with USA Sports (USA Network) on a five-year agreement that begins next fall. Starting next year, USA Sports will broadcast 22 regular-season Pac-12 football games, 50 regular-season men’s basketball games and five […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If you watched college football on Saturday, you saw yet another series of misleading political ads urging you to call your local congressman and tell him to save college sports! The latter give the impression that women’s and Olympic sports are in trouble because having to pay athletes a salary will put their schools out […]
