Tag Archives: College Athletics

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 9, 2021
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Will College Athletes Make Money? Here’s Where the Debate Stands.

The financial realities for college athletes will dramatically change this summer. State governments, the N.C.A.A. and Congress all have a hand in shaping what that might look like.

#college-athletics, #emmert-mark, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #sankey-greg, #student-athlete-compensation

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The New York Times 9:48 am on May 8, 2021
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N.C.A.A. Chief, Pressured by State Laws, Pushes to Let Athletes Cash In

Five states are poised to allow college athletes to profit from their fame starting on July 1, and the N.C.A.A.’s leader says the association is preparing to respond.

#athletics-and-sports, #atlantic-coast-conference, #basketball-college, #big-ten-conference, #coaches-and-managers, #college-athletics, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #football-college, #law-and-legislation, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #politics-and-government, #southeastern-conference, #state-legislatures, #states-us, #student-athlete-compensation, #university-of-miami, #university-of-south-florida

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The New York Times 9:00 am on May 2, 2021
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Denied a Season, Some Ivy League Athletes Craft a Baseball Gap Year

The Ivy League, unlike most Division I conferences, decided against spring sports. That has led some athletes, like baseball players at Brown, to find outside ways to train.

#baseball, #baseball-college, #brown-university, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #ivy-league, #ncaa-baseball-championships

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The New York Times 11:40 pm on April 28, 2021
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N.C.A.A. Extends Emmert’s Deal, Surprising Athletic Leaders

Mark Emmert’s extension stunned conference commissioners and university athletic directors and reflected some stubbornness as the N.C.A.A. faces legacy-shaping reckonings.

#boards-of-directors, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #emmert-mark, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 1:23 am on April 15, 2021
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New N.C.A.A. Rule Benefits Athletes Who Transfer Colleges

Under a plan tentatively approved Wednesday, Division I players who transfer will not need to sit out a year before they can play.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 6:27 pm on April 13, 2021
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Hope Trautwein Discusses Her 21-Strikeout Perfect Game

Hope Trautwein of North Texas threw a perfect game that outdid all the others, striking out 21 in seven flawless innings.

#college-athletics, #content-type-personal-profile, #softball, #trautwein-hope, #university-of-north-texas

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The New York Times 11:18 pm on April 12, 2021
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N.C.A.A. Won’t Cancel Events Over Transgender Laws, Yet

L.G.B.T.Q. advocates have pressed the N.C.A.A. to move events from states considering such laws, but so far the organization has stopped short.

#college-athletics, #emmert-mark, #human-rights-campaign, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #transgender-and-transsexuals

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The New York Times 7:20 pm on April 7, 2021
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Ex-Northeastern Coach Solicited Nude Photos From Students, U.S. Says

Steve Waithe, 28, was charged with cyberstalking and fraud in a scheme to get female track-and-field athletes at Northeastern University to send him nude or seminude photos, federal prosecutors said.

#college-athletics, #cyberharassment, #frauds-and-swindling, #northeastern-university, #waithe-steve

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The New York Times 8:54 pm on April 6, 2021
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Champions Crowned, N.C.A.A. Returns to Its Pre-Covid Problems

If anything, the coronavirus pandemic only deferred, highlighted or exacerbated the issues confronting college sports.

#basketball-college, #baylor-university, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #emmert-mark, #gonzaga-university, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #stadiums-and-arenas, #vanderveer-tara

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The New York Times 10:48 pm on April 5, 2021
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As N.C.A.A. Tournament Ends, So Does Life in Basketball Bubble

The travails of athletes underscore the burdens on athletes in pulling off the three-week basketball bonanza.

#basketball-college, #baylor-university, #college-athletics, #gonzaga-university, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #oregon-state-university, #student-athlete-compensation, #university-of-california-los-angeles, #virginia-polytechnic-institute-and-state-university

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The New York Times 5:18 pm on April 4, 2021
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How an NCAA Basketball Team Relinquished Its Season

The pandemic led to tough decisions for many college sports programs. Here is a look at how and why one of them, the Dixie State women’s basketball team, chose to stop playing.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dixie-state-university, #gustin-jd, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #quarantine-life-and-culture

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The New York Times 1:32 pm on April 4, 2021
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Women’s Basketball Is a Renewed Flashpoint for an Embattled N.C.A.A.

Women’s college basketball has followed a similar competitive arc to the men’s game. But nearly 50 years after Title IX, it is still struggling for full acceptance in college sports.

#ackerman-val, #auriemma-geno, #basketball-college, #close-cori-1971, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #emmert-mark, #hillmon-naz, #lyke-heather, #mcgraw-muffet, #mulkey-kim, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #title-ix-gender-discrimination-legislation, #vanderveer-tara, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 9:00 am on March 30, 2021
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The N.C.A.A. is Under Scrutiny in Washington

The N.C.A.A. is under scrutiny on Capitol Hill and at the Supreme Court. The pressure for college sports to change is bound to intensify.

#basketball-college, #big-12-conference, #big-ten-conference, #booker-cory-a, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #draft-and-recruitment-sports, #emmert-mark, #law-and-legislation, #national-college-players-assn, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #pacific-12-conference, #remy-donald-m, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 3:32 pm on March 26, 2021
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NCAA Acknowledges $13.5 Million Tournament Budget Gap

Financial details revealed publicly for the first time show that the N.C.A.A.’s budget for the men’s tournament was nearly double that of the women’s tournament in 2019.

#athletics-and-sports, #basketball-college, #college-athletics, #emmert-mark, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women

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The New York Times 11:24 am on March 25, 2021
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How The World’s Largest NCAA Men’s Bracket in Indianapolis Gets Updated

Line by line, workers update this avatar for the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #indianapolis-ind, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #san-antonio-tex

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The New York Times 4:01 am on March 23, 2021
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What We Learned From the First Weekend of the N.C.A.A. Basketball Men’s Tournament

The Big Ten’s teams have faltered, the Pac-12’s have excelled and the upsets have been steady.

#basketball-college, #big-ten-conference, #college-athletics, #cronin-michael-1971, #gonzaga-university, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #pacific-12-conference, #university-of-california-los-angeles, #university-of-illinois, #virginia-commonwealth-university

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The New York Times 10:33 pm on March 19, 2021
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At N.C.A.A. Tournaments, Unequal Facilities for Women

Officials apologized for providing inadequate facilities for the women’s basketball players, but later acknowledged they were also receiving cheaper, less sensitive coronavirus tests.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #indianapolis-ind, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #san-antonio-tex, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 11:26 pm on March 18, 2021
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College Athletes Seek to Use March Stage to Pressure N.C.A.A.

The #NotNCAAProperty movement is the latest iteration of long-held criticisms of how benefits for athletes have not kept up with the profits in college sports.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #emmert-mark, #income, #livers-isaiah-1998, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women

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The New York Times 1:42 am on March 16, 2021
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NCAA Changes Covid-19 Quarantine Rules for March Madness Tournaments

Teams arriving in Indiana for the men’s basketball tournament were supposed to quarantine for two days. Iona, with the N.C.A.A.’s blessing, held a practice on its first day.

#basketball-college, #coaches-and-managers, #college-athletics, #emmert-mark, #iona-college, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #pitino-rick, #quarantines, #university-of-kansas, #university-of-virginia

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The New York Times 11:51 pm on March 15, 2021
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Stanford Earns the Top Seed in Women’s N.C.A.A. Tournament

The Cardinal were joined by UConn, South Carolina and North Carolina State as No. 1 seeds in the tournament that begins Sunday.

#auriemma-geno, #basketball-college, #college-athletics, #mcgraw-muffet, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #stanford-university, #texas-am-university, #university-of-connecticut, #university-of-south-carolina, #vanderveer-tara

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The New York Times 10:10 am on March 15, 2021
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N.C.A.A. Women’s Basketball: What You Need to Know

A possible showdown between Baylor and UConn. A spotlight on Maryland’s sophomore stars. A little bit of chaos among the bubble teams.

#basketball-college, #baylor-university, #college-athletics, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #university-of-connecticut

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The New York Times 11:19 pm on March 14, 2021
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March Madness Arrives: 68-Team N.C.A.A. Tournament Field Revealed

Gonzaga, Baylor, Illinois and Michigan were awarded No. 1 seeds as the bracket was revealed on Selection Sunday.

#basketball-college, #baylor-university, #college-athletics, #gonzaga-university, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #university-of-illinois, #university-of-michigan

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The New York Times 4:40 pm on March 11, 2021
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Duke Out of A.C.C. Tournament Because of Coronavirus

The trouble for the Blue Devils will likely spark new skepticism of the N.C.A.A.’s plan to hold a national tournament next week in Indiana.

#atlantic-coast-conference, #basketball-college, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #duke-university, #florida-state-university, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 5:39 pm on March 2, 2021
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Gonzaga May Miss March’s Madness

Gonzaga finally has the most dominant team in college basketball and a shot at a national championship. But what could be a historic run has none of the trappings of the N.C.A.A. tournament’s usual fanfare.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #few-mark, #gonzaga-university, #ionescu-sabrina-1997, #kispert-corey, #morrison-adam, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #university-of-oregon

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The New York Times 12:14 am on February 20, 2021
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N.C.A.A. Basketball Tournaments Will Welcome Fans After All

Some epidemiologists say it’s a bad idea, because the games will attract people from all over the country to Indianapolis and San Antonio, the cities that will host every game of the men’s and women’s tournaments.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #hinkle-fieldhouse, #indianapolis-ind, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #san-antonio-tex, #stadiums-and-arenas

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The New York Times 4:22 pm on February 15, 2021
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For This College Athlete, Covid-19 Was Just the Start of a Nightmare

After learning she had myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that has been linked to some Covid cases, Vanderbilt basketball player Demi Washington spent months hoping she could play again someday.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #content-type-personal-profile, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #heart, #vanderbilt-university, #washington-demi

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The New York Times 10:05 pm on February 2, 2021
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E.A. Sports Will Resurrect College Football Video Game

The planned return of a game beloved by fans was announced amid a protracted national debate over whether players should be paid for their images.

#college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #collegiate-licensing-co, #computer-and-video-games, #electronic-arts-inc, #football-college, #national-college-players-assn, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 9:46 am on January 27, 2021
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‘Thinking of You Today’: The Texts That Helped Me Mourn the Oklahoma State Crash

Reflecting on the 2001 plane crash that killed 10 people, including two players and six others associated with the men’s basketball program.

#aviation-accidents-safety-and-disasters, #basketball-college, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #deaths-fatalities, #journalism-schools, #newspapers, #oklahoma-state-university

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The New York Times 3:59 pm on January 25, 2021
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Hammered by Pandemic, N.C.A.A. Revenue Falls by $600 Million

Insurance helped the N.C.A.A. partly recover from the cancellation of its men’s basketball tournament — a decision that cost it more than $800 million.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #emmert-mark, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men

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The New York Times 11:42 pm on January 18, 2021
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Tennessee Fires Football Coach Amid Investigation

Coach Jeremy Pruitt and nine members of his football program’s staff were fired after ongoing investigations into the team’s recruitment practices showed violations of N.C.A.A. rules.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #coaches-and-managers, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #football-college, #fulmer-phillip-1950, #pruitt-jeremy-1974, #tennessee, #university-of-tennessee

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The New York Times 12:36 am on January 13, 2021
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Pandemic Victories for College Sports Have All Come With Caveats

And the problems made clear in staging a football season now shift to a basketball season that is looking toward a complicated March.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #college-football-playoff-national-championship, #colleges-and-universities, #emmert-mark, #football-college, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 9:23 pm on January 9, 2021
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N.C.A.A. President Seeks Delay on Vote to Let Students Profit From Fame

Facing pressure from the Justice Department, the N.C.A.A. president “strongly recommended” postponing a crucial decision, almost certainly extending a protracted debate.

#antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues, #basketball-college, #california, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #emmert-mark, #florida, #football-college, #law-and-legislation, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #state-legislatures

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The New York Times 8:22 pm on January 4, 2021
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Indiana to Host Entire 2021 N.C.A.A. Men’s Basketball Tournament

The 67-game hoops bonanza will be played in and around Indianapolis as the N.C.A.A. tries to limit travel during the pandemic.

#basketball-college, #bloomington-ind, #college-athletics, #indiana, #indianapolis-ind, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 8:00 am on January 4, 2021
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The College Football Champion Not in the Title Game

The University of Connecticut led the way in shutting down its program in deference to coronavirus precautions. Most of the Huskies’ peers lacked the courage to do the same.

#college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #edsall-randy, #football-college, #shutdowns-institutional, #university-of-connecticut

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 31, 2020
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Virus Disrupts College Football Playoffs Even Before Kickoff

Both semifinals are being played in abnormal circumstances: The Rose Bowl will be in Texas, and the Sugar Bowl will feature teams hit hard by the coronavirus.

#bowl-games, #college-athletics, #college-football-playoff-national-championship, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #football-college, #rose-bowl-football-game, #sugar-bowl

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The New York Times 5:10 pm on December 30, 2020
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Was the College Football Season Worth It?

It brought joy — and revenue. But the full cost will never be tallied.

#big-ten-conference, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-reopenings, #disease-rates, #football-college, #lawrence-trevor-1999, #ohio-state-university, #warren-kevin-1963

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The New York Times 11:16 pm on December 25, 2020
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Duke Women’s Basketball Season is Cancelled After Four Games

The team is the first Power Five basketball team to start and stop its season because of the pandemic. The men’s basketball team is expected to continue playing.

#basketball-college, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #duke-university, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #north-carolina

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The New York Times 7:49 pm on December 16, 2020
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Supreme Court to Rule on N.C.A.A. Limits on Paying College Athletes

An appeals court said restrictions on compensation tied to education violated federal antitrust laws.

#alston-shawne, #antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues, #athletics-and-sports, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn, #supreme-court-us

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The New York Times 11:52 pm on December 10, 2020
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SEC Reaches $3 Billion Deal With Disney, Drawing CBS Ties Toward an End

The Southeastern Conference is poised to become the richest conference in college football after it struck a television deal with Disney, which owns ABC and ESPN.

#abc-inc, #cbs-corporation, #college-athletics, #espn, #football-college, #southeastern-conference, #television, #walt-disney-company

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 10, 2020
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N.C.A.A. Crisis Shows How Biden’s Surgeon General Pick Navigated the Pandemic

Vivek Murthy was a central figure in the decision to cancel the March Madness basketball tournaments. He’s poised to have a major role in the Biden administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #basketball-college, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #murthy-vivek-h, #ncaa-basketball-championships-men, #ncaa-basketball-championships-women, #surgeon-general-us, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 7:40 pm on December 8, 2020
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Michigan Cancels Ohio State Game Because of Virus Cases

The cancellation raised the possibility that Ohio State might not qualify to play in the Big Ten championship game later this month.

#big-ten-conference, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #football-college, #ohio-state-university, #university-of-michigan

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The New York Times 5:49 pm on November 30, 2020
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Reopening Whiplash in New York City

Schools will reopen as abruptly as they closed — but only for some.

#baltimore-md, #children-and-childhood, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #coronavirus-reopenings, #de-blasio-bill, #education, #education-k-12, #education-pre-school, #football-college, #fuller-sarah-athlete, #new-york-city, #private-and-sectarian-schools, #teachers-and-school-employees

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The New York Times 8:00 am on November 29, 2020
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The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders

Because cheerleading is not governed by the N.C.A.A., its participants can sign lucrative endorsement deals that would lead to punishment for most college athletes, including soon-to-be N.F.L. and N.B.A. millionaires.

#cheerleaders, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities

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The New York Times 12:19 am on November 25, 2020
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Alabama Tops First College Football Playoff Rankings of a Chaotic Season

The final rankings will not come until at least Dec. 20. But on Tuesday night, the Playoff’s selection committee gave an early look at how it’s approaching the pandemic-upended year.

#college-athletics, #football-college, #hancock-william-r-jr-1950, #playoff-games

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The New York Times 12:27 am on November 13, 2020
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Ivy League Cancels Winter Sports and Stalls Spring Sports Over Coronavirus

The conference said it would not stage sports like basketball and hockey as coronavirus infections rise to record-breaking levels.

#basketball-college, #big-ten-conference, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #football, #ivy-league, #southeastern-conference

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 12, 2020
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John Thompson Jr.: Let’s Pay College Players

For a long time, I resisted the idea. But after watching the N.C.A.A. take years to enforce its own rules, I changed my mind.

#basketball-college, #cheating, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #national-collegiate-athletic-assn

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The New York Times 10:02 pm on October 23, 2020
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The Big Ten’s Rocky Road Back to Football

In response to the coronavirus, the conference first said no to fall football on its campuses. Then, after being pulled in different directions by players, politicians and others, the league reversed course.

#ann-arbor-mich, #big-ten-conference, #brohm-jeff-1971, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #fields-justin-1999, #fleck-p-j-1980, #football-college, #illinois, #ingham-county-mich, #madison-wis, #michigan, #michigan-state-university, #midwestern-states-us, #ohio-state-university, #purdue-university, #rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey, #university-of-illinois, #university-of-michigan, #university-of-wisconsin, #warren-kevin-1963, #wisconsin

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The New York Times 5:29 pm on October 17, 2020
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Alabama Says Nick Saban Does Not Have Coronavirus, Can Coach Saturday

The university said an earlier positive test result was false, after a series of negative tests. He is expected to take the field against Georgia.

#coaches-and-managers, #college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #football-college, #saban-nick, #southeastern-conference, #university-of-alabama

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The New York Times 7:00 am on October 16, 2020
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Southeastern Conference’s Crises Show How College Football Teeters Day by Day

The biggest league in college football has postponed two games this week and seen the sport’s most famous coach enter isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus.

#athletics-and-sports, #college-athletics, #colleges-and-universities, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #football-college, #southeastern-conference, #university-of-alabama, #university-of-florida

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The New York Times 6:06 pm on October 14, 2020
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L.S.U. at Florida Football Game Postponed as Gators Face Virus Outbreak

The decision came days after Florida’s coach described the football program as “a model of safety” during the pandemic.

#college-athletics, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #football-college, #louisiana-state-university, #southeastern-conference, #university-of-florida

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