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University of Florida athletes celebrate the women's team title during the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships on June 11, 2022. Under a proposed legal settlement, many athletes on track and field, swimming and other collegiate sports could see their roster spots eliminated.

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As a judge weighs NCAA deal, thousands of college athletes remain in legal limbo

The class-action legal settlement would transform college sports. But this year, many athletes learned it would cost their spots on the team. Now, after a judge heard their objections, they must wait.

May 06, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
The NCAA logo is displayed in 2015 at center court at The Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

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A judge orders changes to a $2.8B NCAA deal, which attorneys say could trigger chaos

The judge overseeing the rewriting of college sports rules threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion suit redo the part of the proposed deal.

April 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Alex Condon #21 of the Florida Gators dunks the ball against Joseph Tugler #11 of the Houston Cougars during the second half in the National Championship of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on Monday in San Antonio, Texas. Florida defeated Houston to win its third title.

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Florida swamps Houston, winning 3rd NCAA men's basketball national championship

The Florida Gators downed Houston, denying the Cougars their first-ever title. Florida, one of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams to make the men's tournament, won its third NCAA championship.

April 08, 2025
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  • Dan Katz
The UConn Huskies defeated the University of South Carolina to win the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship on Sunday in Tampa. A class-action lawsuit involving thousands of current and former college athletes, known as House vs. NCAA, would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players directly. A federal judge in California holds the final hearing on the lawsuit beginning Monday.

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Landmark day for college sports as judge holds final hearing on major NCAA settlement

A class-action lawsuit involving thousands of current and former college athletes, known as House vs. NCAA, would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay players directly.

April 07, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
From left: coach and former player, former player, current player.

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How well do you know your March Madness trivia? Take our quiz

Do you know your saint schools from state schools? Your legendary coaches from your little brothers? Find out if you're in the Final Four — or didn't even get seeded.

March 20, 2025
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  • Holly J. Morris
The San Jose State players take the court for warm-ups before an NCAA women's college volleyball match against Air Force on Oct. 31, 2024, in San Jose, Calif.

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NCAA bars transgender athletes from women's sports after Trump order

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports.

February 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Florida Gulf Coast coach Karl Smesko talks during a news conference after an NCAA college basketball game in the Gulf Coast Showcase, Nov. 25, 2023, in Estero, Fla.

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Atlanta Dream hire longtime Florida Gulf Coast coach Karl Smesko to lead team

The Atlanta Dream have hired longtime Florida Gulf Coast coach Karl Smesko to lead the team. Smesko built Florida Gulf Coast into a perennial NCAA Tournament team and has the third highest winning percentage in women's college basketball.

November 13, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Official NCAA poster for Berry College as a host for the 2028 NCAA Tennis Championships. (Courtesy of Berry College)

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Berry College selected to host 2028 NCAA Tennis Championships

Berry College in Rome, Ga., was selected by the NCAA to host its Division III Men's and Women's Tennis Championship in 2028.

October 07, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax wears the championship banner after the NAIA men's national championship college basketball game against Langston, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.

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NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.

April 08, 2024
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and the Dartmouth men's basketball team.

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Is DEI a slur now? Plus, control & basketball

Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week, the city's 39 year old mayor, Brandon Scott, a Black man, stepped out to address the crisis. Hours later, a tweet went viral calling Scott a "DEI Mayor." To which Brittany and her guests, NPR's Gene Demby and Alana Wise, say "wait what?" The three dig into the racism lurking under the surface of this kind of rhetoric.

Then, as March Madness reaches its final nail-biting stages, Brittany takes a look at the reality of "student-athletes." What may feel like an accurate descriptor of these players is actually a legal classification that bars them from asking for worker's compensation and other benefits - benefits usually given to employees. Brittany is joined by sports business reporter Amanda Christovich and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in Business at Boise State University Sam Ehrlich. They discuss how the recent news of Dartmouth men's basketball team unionizing opens up doors for broader conversations around how we value "work."

April 05, 2024
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  • Barton Girdwood,
  • Alexis Williams,
  • and 5 more
Much like your bracket, the trendy upset pick Drake did not beat the odds.

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So your NCAA bracket is busted. Should you have just chosen all the top seeds?

As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.

March 23, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
From left: JuJu Watkins, Alissa Pili, Hannah Hidalgo and Te-Hina Paopao.

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These 4 stars are poised for a deep run in March Madness. Here's who to watch

It's been a banner year for women's college basketball. Now, with March Madness upon us, we've talked with some of the star players ready to go big in the NCAA tournament.

March 21, 2024
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  • Jason Fuller,
  • Kathryn Fink,
  • and 2 more
Members of the Drexel team celebrate during a game against Stony Brook in the championship of the Colonial Athletic Association conference women's tournament, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Drexel won and qualified for the NCAA women's basketball tournament - and will now face No. 1 bracket seed Texas.

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Let the madness begin: 3 things to watch at the NCAA basketball tournaments

With NCAA brackets formed, the college basketball tournaments dubbed March Madness because of its drama begin this week. Here are some highlights to watch for as the men's and women's games begin.

March 20, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
JuJu Watkins, the star freshman who has helped lead the resurgence of USC's women's team.

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A 2024 March Madness vocabulary: How to sound like you know what you're talking about

The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)

March 20, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Dartmouth Big Green gather for a team talk during their game against Columbia Lions in their NCAA men's basketball game on February 16, 2024 in New York City.

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Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, shaking up college sports

The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU Local 560, making it the first unionized college sports team in the country. Dartmouth believes the election should not have gone forward.

March 06, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
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