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• NIL money is difficult to track, but it’s reshaping SDSU Athletics November 22, 2024 4:54 pm College athletes used to play their sport for the love of the game and loyalty to their team. The players would work their butt off to make it to the next level, which is ultimately playing professionally. But with loads of money being thrown around these …
• Next Gen Creators 2024: 15 Rising Influencers Who Are Taking Social by Storm November 21, 2024 2:10 am Youth is not in short supply on social media, where it’s relatively common to go viral before you’re legally an adult. But turning views and clicks and likes into a sustainable career is infinitely harder than those follower counts on TikTok make it seem. …
• As NIL transforms college sports and U of M athletics, calls continue for stronger oversight November 20, 2024 3:12 am As the leading scorer for the undefeated Gopher women's basketball team, junior guard Mara Braun is among the more recognizable athletes on the University of Minnesota campus. The Wayzata native, a four-star recruit out of high school, chose to enroll …
• NIL: The future of college athletics when it comes to paying players November 19, 2024 3:16 pm Today, the odds of getting paid like a professional athlete while still in school are less of a Hail Mary and are better than ever before. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Name, image, likeness (NIL) is making headlines from Caitlin Clark making more than $3 million …
• Voices in the Field: Guarding the Game with James DeMeo November 16, 2024 1:56 am Dr. James Reese, Faculty Member, Practicum Coordinator & Community Relations, Sports Management & Esports and James DeMeo, sports venue security expert; retired law enforcement officer In this episode, APU’s Dr. Jim Reese sits down with James DeMeo …
• What would Kiyan bring to Syracuse? Celebrity, talent, history make him a unique force November 15, 2024 12:47 pm Syracuse, N.Y. — Carmelo Anthony ended his NBA career less than two years ago and immediately cast a blazing spotlight on his son. In an Instagram video that began with a montage of the best moments in his career, Anthony shifted the attention to the …
• 'The experience boosted me': Inside Rob Dillingham's strange journey to the NBA November 14, 2024 1:39 pm NEW YORK -- ON THE 28TH FLOOR of a five-star hotel in midtown Manhattan, Rob Dillingham sat at a table near a window that overlooked Madison Avenue, which for years has turned athletes into pitchmen. It was the day before the 2024 NBA draft. He smiled, …
• In high supply: reminders that sports are as political as anything else November 7, 2024 9:39 pm Election season. Football season. Each of these grips the American imagination – or at least its news cycle – simultaneously every four years. Turning on the television proves that phenomenon in roughly the time it takes to turn the TV back off and return …
• 68 things to know for 2024-25 college basketball season November 4, 2024 5:01 am Are you ready? It's been a long offseason — if only because every college basketball offseason is long, bordering on seven months. Either way, the opening day of the 2024-25 season has finally arrived. Monday's schedule is full. Most of the games …
• Investing Beyond the Pros November 1, 2024 4:54 pm Art by Gus Scott   Institutional investments in professional sports teams may grab headlines, but sports investing is much more than owning a piece of a major club. Technology has pushed the boundaries of sports to encompass everything from consumers using …
• Joachim: The high school sports transfer "portal" mirrors the college athletics landscape. October 31, 2024 11:12 am Fans of college sports are growing accustomed to the transience of the modern landscape in which athletes jump from school to school and rosters turn over every offseason.  If you look around the current high school athletics landscape, it's becoming …
• Youth sports report shows girls participation growing, boys declining October 29, 2024 10:22 am Caitlin Clark. Artificial intelligence. NIL. Private equity. Pickleball. What do those national flash points have in common? All have also become influencers for youth sports participation in recent years, according to the Aspen Institute’s National State …
• Why are fewer head high school football coaches staying on the job for long? October 28, 2024 11:30 am In an era of unprecedented turnover atop Southwest Florida’s high school football programs, a pair of area head coaches recently reached an impressive milestone. On Friday, Oct. 25, Barron Collier’s Mark Jackson and Dunbar’s Sammy Brown coached in their …
• Top Creators 2024: The Influencers Turning Buzz Into Billions October 28, 2024 10:43 am The creator economy is growing fast—and growing up. Edited by Steven Bertoni. Reporting by Matt Craig, Zoya Hassan, Alexandra S. Levine, and Alex York. Photography by Cody Pickens for Forbes The influencer industry is estimated to be worth $250 billion …
• LSU President Bill Tate: 'You have to focus on … talent" October 24, 2024 9:34 am LSU President William Tate IV has led the university since July 2021. He sat down recently with Deputy Editor Arnessa Garrett and columnist Faimon Roberts to discuss his tenure so far and what’s next for the state’s flagship university. The conversation …
• UGA football going to Texas with key contributors from Lone Star State October 18, 2024 8:18 am Georgia football scours the country for top recruits to add to a program that’s hasn’t lacked for talent in Kirby Smart’s nine seasons. The Bulldogs hit their backyard for in-state prospects as well as bordering states, but it spares no expense to go far …
• ‘I’ve been an underdog my whole life’ October 17, 2024 12:55 pm VOL. 48 | NO. 42 | Friday, October 18, 2024 If there’s one thing we’ve learned about Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia in the two weeks since the 4-2 Commodores knocked off then-No. 1 Alabama, an upset that sent shock waves through the college football …
• Creighton men's basketball earns preseason ranking in AP Top 25 October 14, 2024 6:05 pm Creighton men's basketball opens season ranked in AP Top 25 for seventh time in program history Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! Updated: 11:26 AM CDT Oct 14, 2024 I'm joined now by Creighton athletic director, Marcus Blossom. …
• NCAA’s Court Victory No Safeguard Against Future Losses October 14, 2024 1:15 pm The NCAA and its member schools and conferences have agreed to pay billions of dollars to resolve antitrust lawsuits in hopes that doing so will bring order to college sports.  There’s a big problem with that calculus: Legal challenges over college …
• 'Clowns': inside the tangled Dunedin hospital project October 12, 2024 11:23 pm Incompetence, infighting and unnecessary delays. Mary Williams uncovers the inside story of how the mega-build of Dunedin's new hospital became a tangled mess. For a hot minute in August 2017 it seemed the new Dunedin hospital was on track, without the …
• NIL approved but still unproven in NC public schools October 9, 2024 6:49 pm Reidsville High School star athlete Kendre Harrison. RALEIGH – A judge in North Carolina has cleared the way for the state’s public-school athletes to profit off their fame in a court case involving a high school football player who has committed to play …
• Barry Switzer, 'The King' of Norman, is still unapologetically himself at 87 October 9, 2024 12:03 pm NORMAN, Okla. -- Across the street from Oklahoma's campus, and a mile from the football stadium that bore witness to his legendary career, Barry Switzer sits in his home office at an ornate desk with his name on the front underneath an OU logo. Around …
• The End of the Ivy League? October 8, 2024 7:05 pm With one minute left in Harvard’s last men’s basketball game of the 2023-2024 season, sophomore Chisom Okpara drove toward the basket, leaped, and released the ball. It clanked off the rim back into his hands. On the second attempt, he made the shot, his …
• Youth Sports Were Already Intense—Now AI Tools Are Supercharging the Competition October 4, 2024 4:02 pm Ashley Brown used to watch her daughter’s club volleyball games through the screen of her phone, afraid to put it down and miss out on footage of a set or kill that would catch the eye of a college recruiter. And as the coach of her daughter’s high school …
• How Angel Reese Became the WNBA’s Fashion All-Star October 3, 2024 5:01 am To say Angel Reese was busy on her 22nd birthday would be an understatement. That morning in May, at home in Chicago, the young basketball star practised with her team, the Sky, in preparation for her highly anticipated rookie season in the WNBA, North …
• Charley Walters: Vikings’ Darnold on verge of cashing in big time October 2, 2024 3:32 pm Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold is playing for $10 million on a one-year contract. If he continues his proficiency — and that will be hard to do — his next contract could be worth at least $50 million a season over three or four years, with at least $100 …
• ‘Every body is a rugby body:’ A look into the rugged nature of the Iowa women’s club rugby team October 2, 2024 1:02 am What’s the difference between a collegiate varsity team and a collegiate club team? The answer is simple: funding. Varsity teams are the ones that are publicized by their universities, receive funding from said institutions, and allow their players to earn …
• College football 'Super League' details unveiled, would be called 'College Student Football League' October 1, 2024 11:40 pm A group of executives and administrators developing a college football “Super League” formally announced its proposal Tuesday, outlining a single, national league dubbed the College Student Football League (CSFL). The details, which have been formulating …
• Drake Maye can only develop into Pats QB if he sees the field October 1, 2024 3:51 pm Thinking out loud … while wondering if my brain is equipped with facial or name recognition technology … Sure, the game stunk. Lousy game, lousier performance. The J-E-T-S didn’t crash, they R-O-L-L-E-D over the Patriots last week, embarrassingly so. New …
• Opinion: Spense Havlick: Have student-athletes become professionals? October 1, 2024 11:15 am The floodgates opened in 2019 when college students who were also athletes could be compensated for promotional opportunities under the Fair Pay to Play Act. In 2021 the Supreme Court ruled that student-athletes could receive payment by using their names, …