College sports

As ‘avalanche’ hits NCAA and paying players debate continues, change is coming

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With College Football Playoff expansion and NCAA men’s basketball tournament rights totaling $2.4 billion annually and women’s basketball’s most marketable player in history — Iowa’s Caitlin Clark — launching her sport to unprecedented television viewership, collegiate sports appear healthy, vibrant and lucrative. That goes for everyone except the participants. Questions are brewing from college officials … Read more

Auerbach: World Athletics’ new Olympic prize money rule is a chance for NCAA to right a wrong

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The latest dent in the NCAA’s bedrock principle of amateurism came from an unlikely place: Monaco. Track and field gold medalists will become the first athletes to earn international prize money at the Olympics, the sport’s international governing body said Wednesday. Each gold medalist will receive $50,000 for individual wins. World Athletics, which governs track … Read more

That’s a wrap: Bryant Gumbel and HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ air their last episode after 29 years

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NEW YORK — For the last few years of its life, HBO’s “Real Sports” taped its episodes on the same Manhattan block where CBS’ “60 Minutes” resides. They shared a sensibility along with a neighborhood. But while “60 Minutes” rolls along in its sixth decade, the monthly sports magazine helmed by Bryant Gumbel is calling … Read more

Taylor Swift, Lionel Messi, women’s sports boost StubHub ticket sales

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Addison O’Grady #44 of the Iowa Hawkeyes rebounds against LaDazhia Williams #0 of the LSU Lady Tigers during the 2023 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at American Airlines Center on April 2, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. C. Morgan Engel | Ncaa Photos | Getty Images Women’s sports had a banner year in 2023, according … Read more